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. Joining Tim this time is writer Jacqueline Rayner, who's heading to the top of the department store on a mission to find out if anyone else shares her recollections of Tommy Steele's ITV panto Quincy's Ques...

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 Will Maclean, who's hoping that if he zooms the camera magnification out far enough someone will share his hazy recollections of educational historical cartoon Once Upon A Time... Ma...

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, broadcaster and TV Crisp Expert Steve Berry, who’s keen to scratch a nostalgic itch for Single Versions Of Pop Songs That Never Get Played Anywhere Any More, Elastoplast Heroes, late ni...

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 and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, who's looking behind the headlines for hazy recollections of ITV Saturday Morning show The Saturday Banana , Children's BBC drama The Changes ,...

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 Rae Earl, who insists that she's not just making up the episodes of  Battle Of The Planets where Zoltar was a woman, Rock'n'Bubble Bubble Gum, Gyles Brandreth quiz show Puzz...

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 entertainment journalist Steve O'Brien, who fills us in on his hotly contested recollections of  Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings , KP Sky Divers, BBC sitcom Health And Efficiency , Hig...

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 podcasters Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge, who are sharing their not especially widely shared memories of Big John Little John , Virtual Murde r, Matchbox Cascade , the Bobby Brewster books...

As a special extra Christmas treat for Looks Unfamiliar listeners, here's a compilation of highlights from the archives, with extracts from Christmas-themed podcasts of Christmases past by Tim Worthington, Ben Baker, Phil Catterall and Darrell Maclaine-Jones. A lot of this hasn't been available for years, and a lot of it is still rather funny, so we hope you enjoy it! Along the way we talk...

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 Mark Griffiths, who's trying to find a suitably off-beat sound effect to go with his recollections of microchip revolution-era synthpop track Five Minutes by Mainframe, The Bloke Who...

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 Martin Ruddock, who tries to get a show of nostalgic hands for Children's BBC Sherlock Holmes-spinoff The Baker Street Boys , Eagle comic strip Doomlord , techno-powered toy range Ro...

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 comedy historian and storyteller Jem Roberts, who's sharing his widely-challenged recollections of an advert reuniting Neil and Vyvyan from The Young Ones , ZX Spectrum game Dizzy and its m...

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, broadcaster and quizmaster Ben Baker, who shares his not-widely-shared memories of Children’s ITV magazine show Toksvig , the Whizzkids’ Guide book series, sophisticated yet not exactly...

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 is raising funds for the cause of remembering Which Side Are You On? - Music For The Miners , Sweet Valley High , short-lived playground craze Scoubidou, children&#...

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, broadcaster and quizmaster Ben Baker, who's filling out a form in the hope of finding a penpal who remembers early Chris Evans vehicle TV Mayhem , football comic The Onion Bag , nov...

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 Stephen O'Brien, who's wondering why he gets blank looks all round whenever he mentions Steven Moffat sitcom The Office , early 'lad mag' LM , eighties puzzle cash-in pap...

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 political commentator Mark Thompson, who's wondering why nobody else ever does 'WHACKO!'-accompanied high fives at any mention of computer-driven action series Whiz Kids , Crash ZX...

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 musician Garreth Hirons, who's sitting through the loading screen in the hope of seeing 48k renditions of his memories of The Bigger The God, Food Fighters, Saboteur , The Triang...

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 podcaster Phil Catterall, who's wising up to his fringe-of-the-memory memories of Madballs Comic, Channel 4's youth consumer advice show Wise Up! , the Platoon tie-in computer game, Pha...