Looks Unfamiliar

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This time Tim's the guest, joining Paul Abbott for a chat about California Fever, Galloping Galaxies!, inappropriately scheduled horror film Bad Ronald, the In-Flight Entertainment compilation series, The Chronicles Of Narmo by Caitlin Moran, Pirate Radio Four, The Collings And Herrin Podcast and Children's BBC music show What's That Noise?. Along the way we'll be finding out the correct manner in which to address multiple instances of Pete Waterman, meeting Robert Bloch's Pantomime Horse, revealing how Craig Charles facilitated the demolition of a school wall and catapulting all known copies of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men into the sun.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. I mean I&

Some extra Looks Unfamiliar chat as Tim Worthington joins Paul Abbott to talk about The Hoarding, a horror short written by, directed by and starring Karen Gillan that found itself getting a little bit lost at the height of lockdown. As well as taking a look at Karen's under-celebrated spooky and creepy film-making catalogue, there's also room for some thoughts on what makes a good horror film and why nobody might have wanted one while the world was at a virtual standstill, a look at the movies that sneaked out when cinemas briefly reopened and almost immediately closed again, and a brief impersonation of Paul Daniels...

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer and author Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, who’s scouring the tiny goth shops for any traces of Mr. Men Songs, Monkey Dust, the unmade final episode of Dungeons And Dragons, TimeSplitters 2, They Might Be Giants' Friday Night Family Podcast and Hard Candy Nail Polish. Along the way we'll be scientifically evaluating the Mr. Tickle Event Horizon, debating the different between Undercoat Green and Toxic Crusader Green, and explaining why all Reply Guys should be required by law to wear nail polish.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Swizzles Wristwatch is optional.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is broadcaster and writer Bibi Lynch, who’s debating who is the prettiest one on the bus out of The Amazing Cosmic Awareness Of Duffy Moon, a quote from Whistle Down The Wind that she knows despite never having seen Whistle Down The Wind, Look And Read serial The Boy From Space, You Just Might See Me Cry by Our Kid, and Spanish Gold Sweet Tobacco. Along the way we'll be discussing the least effective methods of communicating with Elvis Presley, playing with the official Amanda Holden Slinky, keeping our fingers crossed that Scarlett Johansson will impress your parents, revealing the hidden link between The BBC Schools Clock and Baron Samedi, and recounting the terrible tale of how Ringo Starr was defrauded by some fish and chips.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.I

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Grace Dent on a mysterious clown that leaned into the television screen and waved, Deborah Tracey on Five To Eleven, Joanne Sheppard on Matchbox Fighting Furies, Lucy Pope on Barcode Battler, Mitch Benn on O.T.T. and Ben Baker on the 1990 Bullseye Christmas Special. Along the way we’ll be listening to Margaret Thatcher’s Panpipe Moods, questioning when pirates jumped the shark, admiring the Gucci Winter Barcode Collection, finding out what Naomi Campbell keeps in her pocket (providing she actually has one) and outlining the full horror of what would happen if an edition of Bullseye simply refused to stop. Plus there are a couple of extras you may not have heard before – Tim on The Sitcom Club USA talking about Friends: The One With The Football and Ben Baker's C

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is author, restaurant critic and broadcaster Grace Dent, and they're comparing notes on what they would bring to an Ultimate Christmas Experience including the Have A Cracking Christmas At Woolworths and Christmas '82 - Today's Tesco adverts, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer pilot The Weekenders, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie pilot The Crystal Cube, John Peel's Festive Fifty, The NME Singles Of The Year 1991, Sky Star Search, the lost Doctor Who panto episode from 1965, The Butthole Surfers appearing on Snub TV, a disastrous interview from Channel 4's Naked City, Chas'n'Dave's Christmas Knees-Up, Chorlton In The Iceworld, Banned From The Pubs by Peter And The Test Tube Babies, Weed Bus by The Stairs, and some unwelcome intrusions from Max Headroom, a shower of 'refreshed' Grana

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is journalist Mic Wright, who’s pushing, filing, stamping, indexing, briefing, debriefing and numbering his recollections of I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape by The Times, Clarissa Explains It All, 2000 AD strip Nikolai Dante, Sharky And George, Steve Aylett's biographies of non-existent writer Jeff Lint, and psychological puzzle sensation The Game. Along the way we’ll be debating whether Tony Soprano would still come top of all of those critics' lists if he had a pet alligator, playing Paranoid Mornington Crescent, trying to figure out the logic behind posting on the Internet to say there's nothing on the Internet about Sharky And George, and placing bets on whether anyone can beat Margaret Thatcher at The Game.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enj

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer and broadcaster Ben Baker, who's putting a big circle round the listings in TV Times so he doesn't miss Mr T's Christmas Dream, Kid Creole And The Coconuts musical There's Something Wrong In Paradise, Adam Buxton's Christian Rave documentary God In The House, Christian Metal tour movie To Hell With The Devil, Highway, The Flint Street Nativity, the 1990 Bullseye Christmas Special, Adam And Joe's Fourmative Years and - uh oh - TFI 1998. Along the way we'll be discussing whether Jesus could have improved This Life +10, setting the video for Michael Moore's TV Mayhem and Paul Shane Infinity War, questioning what would happen if an edition of Bullseye simply refused to stop, and studiously avoiding going to see One Love In The Sky - A Stone Roses Musical.You can find more

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is musician, comedian and writer Mitch Benn, who’s painting the whole world with Monday Morning 5.19 by Rialto, Jools Holland's one-off Channel 4 oddity The Laughing Prisoner, Oh Baby by Rhianna, Pocketeers, 'Adult Tiswas' O.T.T. and the original pre-Geoffrey incarnation of Rainbow. Along the way we'll be helping Patrick McGoohan to escape from an angry cupcake, visiting a pub full of men playing Rat-A-Tat, and wrestling with the multidimensional implications of the existence of Rhianna Prime.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is yoga teacher Lucy Pope, who’s leading a guided nidra meditation on high concept ITV game show Interceptor, supermarket-skewed gaming device Barcode Battler and franchise ending movie sequel Teen Witch. Along the way we'll be admiring the Gucci Winter Barcode Collection, finding out what Naomi Campbell keeps in her pocket (providing she actually has one), assessing how easy it is to dance to the Interceptor theme and debating who would 'win' out of Robyn Lively and Doogie Howser M.D..You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Caffeine is a form of yoga. Yes it is. Stop arguing.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is author, restaurant critic and broadcaster Grace Dent, who's refusing to eat anywhere that doesn't remember Magic Smile by Rosie Vela, a mystery clown who appeared on the television from nowhere, the BBC's 1986 Domesday Project, Puddles In The Lane by Alan Parker, ITV stunt cycling show BMX Beat, BBC Scotland summer holidays children's programme The Untied Shoelaces Show, gritty ITV teen drama Going Out, eighties backing vocalists extraordinaire The Fabulous Wealthy Tarts, eighties video shop favourite Wacko and That's Life! trying to whip up a bit of panic about raw kidney beans. Along the way we'll be recounting Phil Redmond's ascent to superstardom in the Netherlands, gauging The Beastie Boys' impact on social statistic analysis, betting on a pay-per-view smackdown between

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights featuring Joel Morris on the View-Master Demonstration Reel, Joanne Sheppard on Colorado Beetle panic, Emma Burnell on the stage musical version of Dirty Dancing, Samira Ahmed on The Fun Food Factory, Jonny Morris on Battlestar Galactica action figures, Matt Lee on They Might Be Giants' 'Dial-A-Song' service, Shanine Salmon on Neopets and Anna Cale on Diana Dors' Dors' Dozen. Along the way we’ll be nominating our suggestions for the View-Master Netflix Universe, revealing how to spot a supervillain transporting a ‘formula’, learning about the influence a giant floating image of Patrick Swayze had on the civil rights movement, considering whether it's possible for Dirty Dancing to have too much dancing in it, revealing how not to wow the opposite sex by listening to the b-si

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard, who’s trying her hardest not to be roped into appearing in the background of The Bump by M.C. Mallett, some mysterious unidentified horror-themed sweets with free stickers, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, wildly contrasting game shows Mouthtrap and Connoisseur, National Geographic's World Magazine, children's compilation album All Aboard! and The Guinness Book Of Pet Records. Along the way we'll be assessing Chessington World Of Adventure's suitability for Goth day trips, questioning when pirates jumped the shark, revisiting Flanders And Swann's controversial Public Information Film and recounting the revolutionary snack food innovations of Crisp Gascoine.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthingto

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is actress, singer, writer and 1980s Pop Culture Geek Deborah Tracey, who's taking time out at 10.55am to invite us all to reflect on Hardwicke House, Five To Eleven, How Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self Culture? by Martini Ranch, budget computer game Kwik Snax, Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis and Kate's Party by Joan Solomon. Along the way we'll be answering an Accidental Rik Mayall Trick Question, listening to Margaret Thatcher's Panpipe Moods, meeting the Simon Cowell of cheap computer games and addressing a problematic difference of opinion on what Mariah Carey 'doing an L7' might actually entail.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Sufficientl

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard, who's scouring the shelves for literary records of The December Rose, national panic about the Colorado Beetle, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, Roger Hargreaves' Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, the BBC's 1979 adaptation of The Enchanted Castle, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ and Wilderness Road. Along the way we'll be revealing how to spot a supervillain transporting a 'formula', debating the identity of the Chickeniest Chicken Flavour Of All Time, asking Jeeves about The Ugly-Wuglies, questioning Little Professor's qualifications and, most importantly of all, beating Dave Clark at table tennis.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights featuring Mitch Benn on Matchbox Zoomy Balloonies, Catrin Lowe on Heartthrob - The Dream Date Game, Mic Wright on Army And Navy Sweets, Darrell Maclaine on Rutland Weekend Television, Mark Thompson on The Giftie, Will Maclean on The Fourth Pan Book Of Horror Stories, Stephen O'Brien on The Box Of Delights, Sophie Davies on The All Star Impressions Show and Tim talking to Ben Baker and Phil Catterall about A Christmas Lantern. Along the way we’ll be looking back the mercurial musical career of ‘Trevor’, disputing Peter Hitchens’ Hot Or Not rating, evaluating Ian Pick and Ian Mix’s retirement plan, discussing how to tackle an Out Of Control Eric Idle, finding out how ghosts answer the phone, hunting down television tie-in paperbacks in decidedly less than upmarket bookshops and rating celebrity

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim for an interstellar funk spectacular is writer Jonny Morris, who’s setting the controls for the heart of the disco with Galaxy Gold by Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra, Battlestar Galactica action figures, the disastrous second season of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, H.G, Wells’ The Shape Of Things To Come, Fall Out by DATA and Space Wars - Fact And Fiction. Along the way we’ll be finding out what happened when Doctor Who met Henry’s Cat, why nothing is more dystopian than Bryan Pringle wandering around a Midlands University, the origins of Barry Morse’s feud with Elon Musk, and why Taran Wood Beast costumes were all the rage at Studio 54.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Though i

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer Joel Morris, who’s holding his NostalgiaViewerTM up to the light for a glimpse of Hanna Barbera's Alice In Wonderland Or What's A Nice Kid Like You Doing In A Place Like This, Channel 4's Four-Mations strand, Chutes Away!!!!!, Marks And Spencer's 'St. Michael' gift books, Dungeons And Dragons-inspired TV Movie Mazes And Monsters and the View-Master Demonstration Reel. Along the way we’ll be pondering whether Dad's Army would have been improved by being entirely about some triangles, flicking through Patrick McGoohan's Big Book Of Blunders, and nominating our suggestions for the View-Master Netflix Universe.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is writer Anna Cale, who's trying her best not to think of punning introductions to Sport Billy, Silly Games by Lindy Layton, Welsh language children's serial Joni Jones, mid-eighties romantic comedy The Girl In The Picture, blockbuster Australian miniseries Return To Eden, The Incredible Hulk Smash-Up Action Game, Trev & Simon's Stupid Video and Diana Dors' TV-am slot Dors' Dozen. Along the way we'll be finding out how to ruin a promising romance by being touchy about Camberwick Green, studying for a degree in Bruce Leeology, discussing whether The Hulk is more frightening when 'revving' and revealing what to do when confronted with a sentient out-of-control Blue Peter feature.You can find find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Loo

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is theatre critic Shanine Salmon, who's trying to remember what email address she used to sign up to ITV's Married With Children remake Married For Life, early social media site Habbo Hotel, BBC2 panel show Blouse And Skirt, late-night action thriller Renegade, short-lived Soap Opera With A Twist Night And Day, and virtual four legged friend service Neopets. Along the way we'll be learning how to communicate with trees using HTML, querying how 'Night And Day Nights' would work, asking a parent or guardian to fax their consent, and debating just how many hours of airtime Graham Norton devoted to a robot dog walking very very slowly across the studio floor.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the sh