Looks Unfamiliar

A special extra bit of Looks Unfamiliar as Tim Worthington, Garreth Hirons, Vikki Gregorich and Jeff Lewis get together to play the Telly Addicts DVD Game. Along the way we'll be questioning Noel's choice of prop books, debating Busman's Holiday -related disinformation and trying to avoid unexpected appearances by someone we can no longer mention... You can find more regular editions o...

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 Jim Sangster, who's scouring the archive shelves for any trace of controversial BBC2 satirical drama  A Small Problem , The Ballad Of Lady Di by The Hon. Nick Jones and Ian Macrae,...

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 Paul Abbott, who's frantically trawling defunct search engines for any mention of VHS-only documentary  The Compleat Beatles , the Cadbury's Smash spin-off Zeeb And The Martia...

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 academic Melanie Williams, who's in search of primary sources on American-at-the-BBC sitcom-sketch show hybrid  Kelly Monteith , absurdist cartoon  Aubrey , Kellogg's Rise & Shine,...

Some extra chat with Melanie about Dead Ernest , Once Upon A Time... Man , Battle Of The Planets and The Legend Of Tim Tyler along with some additional thoughts on Star Fleet , Ulysses 31 and Mr. Rossi Looks For Happiness , not to mention what pushed the Bristol Evening Post too far, what Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand should have said to Andrew Sachs, and the unlikely identity of Blur's orig...

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 shows thirty one to thirty six, featuring Bob Fischer on Giant Hogweed, Gillian Kirby on Teletext After Hours, Tim Worthington on Patterson , Chris Shaw on  Rock School , Paul P...

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 Chris Hughes, who's 'moving house' to BBC1 in search of evidence of the existence of Ceefax-derived Saturday Morning oddity  Buzzfax , Hector The Help The Aged Dog, Home Com...

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 to collect a full set of everyone who remembers the Neighbours sticker album, Wendy Cracked A Walnut , early 'dungeon crawl' computer game Rogue , veg...

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 Bob Fischer, who's saying 'aaaaahld up to anyone who doesn't remember BBC Daytime variety show  The Tom O'Connor Roadshow , a media panic about hazardous plant Gian...

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 Beatles Expert Chris Shaw, who can identify every photo on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band but still struggles to find anyone else who can remember Bailey's Comets ,...

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 Justin Lewis on Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D'Arby, Mark Thompson on Libby's Moonshine, Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence on The Lone Range r by Qua...

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 Andy Lewis, who's searching through a telescope for any signs of French adventure serial The Aeronauts , Spy In Space - A Scott Saunders Adventure by Patrick Moore, early interacti...

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, talking to Garreth Hirons about some lesser heard examples of comedy on BBC Radio 3 including the infamous 'Piotr Zak' hoax, David Renwick and Andrew Marshall's academic broa...

A special extra treat for fans of Looks Unfamilia r as previous guests Ben Baker and Phil Catterall give us a preview of their new podcast Don't Let's Chart, as they count down a list personally selected by Tim - eBay's Top Selling Annuals For February 2019! Can you tell the real Rupert Bear stories from the ones that Ben's just made up? Did Phil write every episode of Wacky Races...

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 actor Paul Putner, who is most definitely not avin' a larf when he claims to remember E.T. cash-in disco record Phone Home by Jonny Chingas, William Castle movie The Night Walker , the Tre...

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 juggler Gillian Kirby, who doesn't want your money honey but does want your memories of an unidentified episode of  Dramarama about two youngsters trying to walk around the perimeter of En...

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 Paul Cornell, who's wondering if anyone else remembers Australian sci-fi series  Phoenix Five , canonically-dubious Middle Earth-'inspired' novel Fear In Firland . the Danny...

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 are writers Stephen Brotherstone And Dave Lawrence, who have been scarred for life by the lack of shared memories of The Lone Ranger by Quantum Jump, the Roger Moore And The Crimefighters books,...

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 Martin Belam on the Laurel And Hardy cartoon, Jenny Morrill on The Just Seventeen Yearbook , Jack Kibble-White on Don't Give Up Your Day Job by Richard Digance, Tim Wort...

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 editor Justin Lewis, who's hoping that while you may not know what night is bins, you might remember Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D'Arby, Radio 4's 'dange...

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 Emma Burnell, who's going to the polls with her hazy memories of  The Royal Potwasher , Melody Radio, Channel 4's presentation of Accidental Death Of An Anarchist , A Woman...

An extra bit of chat with Emma, who might just be able to explain why wrestler Big Daddy was the host of early eighties Saturday Morning ITV programme The Saturday Show , and then suddenly wasn't... You can find more regular 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 for a special festive edition is writer and musician Garreth Hirons, who's ransacking his advent calendar for tangible recollections of Channel 4's 1991 Christmas Day oddity The Ghosts Of Oxford Str...

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 a special Christmas edition is writer Stephen O'Brien, who's here to talk about little-heard eighties Christmas Singles including Hokey Cokey by The Snowmen, Jingle Bells Laughing All The Way by...

A special extra Looks Unfamiliar Top Forty Breaker as Tim Worthington and Stephen O'Brien provide a running commentary on Top Of The Pops from 9th October 1986, which handily features two almost entirely forgotten singles by two major eighties artists. Along the way we'll be considering Howard Jones as a potential Jigsaw presenter, finding out how to locate Paul Young on medieval maps, and...