Tim Worthington
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Matt Lee joins me to talk about Wake Up! With Libby And Jonathan, Park St. Under, Terramex, They Might Be Giants’ ‘Dial-A-Song’, Cola Spread, an attempted regional ban on Garbage Pail Kids and more...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Matt Lee – If The 1950s Produced A Videogame This Would Be It
Looks Unfamiliar with Matt Lee talking to Tim Worthington about Wake Up! With Libby And Jonathan, Park St. Under, Terramex, They Might Be Giants' 'Dial-A-Song' service, Tesco Cola Spread, an attempted...
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The one lost television programme I most want to see? The Madhouse On Castle Street, a BBC play starring a pre-fame Bob Dylan. You can find out why I'm so obsessed with it here...
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Desert Island Dylan
Bob Dylan's appearance in the 1963 BBC play The Madhouse On Castle Street was shown once and then lost, but you can still find new information about it in the most unlikely places...
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Darrell Maclaine joins me for a chat about Luv'd Up by Crush, Trev And Simon's PG Tips giveaway tape, Blockbusters Bubble Gum, Learn With Sooty: Be Safe, Find Out More magazine and Spike Milligan's cameo in Steps Into Summer. Listen to it here!
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Looks Unfamiliar: Darrell Maclaine – Imperial Phase Matthew Corbett
Looks Unfamiliar with Darrell Maclaine talking to Tim Worthington about Luv'd Up by Crush, Trev And Simon's World Tour, Blockbusters Bubble Gum, Learn With Sooty: Be Safe, Find Out More, Spike Milliga...
timworthington.orgWas just waiting my turn to nose through a huge stack of Doctor Who Magazine in Oxfam when one of the guys browsing through them remarked that he was on the lookout for 'issues with Tim Worthington in them'. Spent a delightful twenty minutes chatting and helping him find some of them.
Quite alarmed to have just spotted what can only be described as a four year old's idea of a 'punk' circa 1980, furiously waggling their straight up-haired head and making a sort of cat with trodden on tail 'AWAARRRKKK!' noise, in the wild. Matt Belgrano Chic clearly a 'thing'.
The Sunday Gang - BBC-sanctioned Sunday Morning Bible stories retold in modern 'yoof' context courtesy of fresh-faced teenage happy clappy singing in shopping centre types and screeching 'Scottish' puppet mouse that called everyone 'sassenachs'. Praise be!
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Knocking On Doors, Opening Windows…
Knocking on doors and opening windows with a a look back at the BBC's devotional children's show - with a screeching puppet mouse - The Sunday Gang.
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Fant4stic is absolutely NOT a good Fantastic Four film, or even a Fantastic Four film full stop. They did more better with one character in seven minutes in Multiverse Of Madness. But it's not actually *quite* as bad as everyone seems to want it to be...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Fant4stic With Mic Wright
Mic Wright joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Victor Von Doom fusing with a chew bar while listening to Cradle Of Filth in Fant4stic.
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It really is astonishing just how many people remember Duffy Moon and his catchphrase so clearly from a lone Noel Edmonds-introduced BBC showing, but they really really do...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Bibi Lynch – Everyone’s A Critic Noel
Looks Unfamiliar with Bibi Lynch chatting to Tim Worthington about The Amazing Cosmic Awareness Of Duffy Moon, Whistle Down The Wind, Look And Read: The Boy From Space, You Just Might See Me Cry by Ou...
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TV THAT TIME FORGOT: The Amazing Cosmic Awareness Of Duffy Moon (ABC, 1976)
Hokey After School Special morality tale about no clearly evident moral in particular concerning a boy who attains para-spiritual ability to 'think big' via reiteration of "you can do it, Duffy Moon".
It's surprising how fast and well-paced black and white Doctor Who looks now, even when compared to more modern episodes. Not so for poor old The Sensorites, though - but that's why I love it.
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There’s Not An Ounce Of Curiosity In Me!
Why is it so difficult to remember which episode of Doctor Who And The Sensorites you're up to? Well, there's a very good reason for that...
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Did you know there was a stage musical version of When Harry Met Sally starring Alyson Hannigan and Luke Perry? If you didn't, that might not be *altogether* surprising...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Emma Burnell – I’ve Hung Around Enough Bloody Guitar Playing Boys
Looks Unfamiliar with Emma Burnell talking to Tim Worthington about the 2004 stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally starring Alyson Hannigan and Luke Perry and assorted other theatrical oddities...
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Anna Cale joins me for a chat about Captain Marvel, covering such vital issues as the etiquette of shouting about spotting a cat on screen and the importance of having hair bobbles to hand when fighting aliens...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Captain Marvel With Anna Cale
Anna Cale joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Carol Danvers discovering she probably didn't need to stock up on all of that Iams after all in Captain Marvel.
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It's hardly Captain America: The Winter Solider, but there's something weirdly likeable about this earlier attempt at Nick Fury, and nobody can ever really decide whether it's actually any good or not. We had a go here though...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. With David Smith
David Smith joins Tim Worthington for a chat about the ongoing war of nerves between HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. entering an alarming new 'admin' phase in Nick Fury - Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D..
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TV THAT TIME FORGOT: Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Fox, 1998)
David Hasselhoff dons the pre-L. Jackson eyepatch for a visually comics-accurate dramatically Baywatch-accurate polite disaster movie runaround with no Inhumans, LMDs or Fitz and Simmons anywhere to be seen.
The Larks Ascending. A guide to some of the best comedy shows you've probably never heard, because they were on Radio 3 and hardly anyone did. Peter Cook, Chris Morris, Sue Townsend and more. Paperback (15% off code WRITEBOOKS15) or Kindle from here.
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The Larks Ascending
The Larks Ascending by Tim Worthington - a guide to comedy on BBC Radio 3 featuring little-known shows by Chris Morris, Peter Cook, Armando Iannucci, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop and more.
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Chris Hughes on Buzzfax, The Gilette Video Show, UK Banknote Keyrings, the rave version of the Inspector Morse theme, Load Runner, Mordillo Posters, Hector The Help The Aged Dog and more...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Chris Hughes – The Mr. Willmott-Brown Of Chocolate Bars
Looks Unfamiliar with Chris Hughes talking to Tim Worthington about Buzzfax, Hector The Help The Aged Dog, Load Runner, The Gillette Video Show, the One-Two bar, Mordillo, Morse (He's A Mystery To Me)...
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Shanine Salmon joins me for a chat about Habbo Hotel, Renegade, Married For Life, Blouse And Skirt, Night And Day and Neopets.
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Looks Unfamiliar: Shanine Salmon – By Law You Had To Have A McGann
Looks Unfamiliar with Shanine Salmon talking to Tim Worthington about Married For Life, Habbo Hotel, Blouse And Skirt, Renegade, Night And Day, Neopets and more...!
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Venom is far from perfect - and Sony really still haven't got the hang of what to do with the Marvel characters they own the rights to - but it's actually a lot more enjoyable than you'd be led to believe...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Venom With Garreth Hirons
Garreth Hirons joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Eddie Brock's bid to thwart the sale of a popular social media platform to a carnivorous alien life form in Venom.
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Given how much intelligence it credited the audience with, it's hardly surprising that Silver Surfer is so fondly remembered even despite lasting for one series. Here's some thoughts on how surprisingly well it holds up...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Silver Surfer With Al Kennedy
Al Kennedy joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Norrin Radd gaining the cosmic ability to look a bit sad every couple of seconds in Silver Surfer.
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TV THAT TIME FORGOT: Silver Surfer (Fox/Marvel, 1998)
Complex cosmological angst and Galactus-riddled guilt for kids who'd got hooked on the X-Men cartoon, deploying suitably eerie mix of drawn animation and early CGI for Norrin Radd's encounters with Beta Ray Bill and Gamora.
Things People *Don't* Get Nostalgic About: The weird dislocated ambience of the late summer and early autumn of 1997...
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Let The Melody Shine, Let It Cleanse My Mind
Sometimes, a song is so powerful that it transcends what you think of an artist - and that's exactly what Bitter Sweet Symphony did.
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Anna Cale joins me for a chat about Sport Billy, Silly Games by Lindy Layton, Trev And Simon's Stupid Video, Return To Eden, Joni Jones, The Incredible Hulk Smash-Up Action Game, Diana Dors' TV-am diet slot and more...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Anna Cale – It Felt Like A Social Realist Jonny Briggs
Looks Unfamiliar with Anna Cale talking to Tim Worthington about Sport Billy, Silly Games by Lindy Layton, Joni Jones, The Girl In The Picture, Return To Eden, The Incredible Hulk Smash-Up Action Game...
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For all your Simon May, BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Keith Harris And Orville needs, it's Top Of The Box - a guide to every single released by BBC Records And Tapes. Paperback (15% off code WRITEBOOKS15) or Kindle from here.
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Top Of The Box
Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington - the story behind every single released - and some not released - by BBC Records And Tapes.
timworthington.orgDid Mick Jagger not consider that it's a bit of a step down from killing the king to 'railing' at all his servants?
Even though nobody upon nobody actually bothered watching Marvel horror series Helstrom, I really enjoyed having this chat about it, and actually enjoyed the show itself a lot more than others seemed to. Maybe not quite *that* much though...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Helstrom With Vikki Gregorich
Vikki Gregorich joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Daimon and Ana having to literally decide whether it's better the devil you know in Helstrom.
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View-Master, Chutes Away!!!!!, St. Michael gift books and Hanna Barbera's Alice In Wonderland - Joel remembers them even if you don't...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Joel Morris – No-One In My Family Was Going To Be Conned By Big Battery
Looks Unfamiliar with Joel Morris talking to Tim Worthington about 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, Chutes Away!!...
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If he's nominally a 'villain', why do we all love Loki so much?
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I Feel Like Everything’s Going To Work Out Fine
If Loki is nominally a 'villain', then why do we always find ourselves rooting for him.... or is that just what he wants us to think??
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For many years, rumours circulated about an unmade final episode of Dungeons And Dragons where they finally found their way back out into the amusement park. Well, you can find out what all that was *really* about here...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch – I Ate My Necklace, It Was Too Tasty
Looks Unfamiliar with Gabby Hutchinson Crouch talking to Tim Worthington about Mr. Men Songs, Monkey Dust, the unmade final episode of Dungeons And Dragons, TimeSplitters 2, They Might Be Giants' Frid...
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TV THAT TIME FORGOT: Dungeons And Dragons (CBS, 1983-85)
Markedly younger viewer-skewed animated adaptation of the board game that only eighteen months previously was supposedly liable to turn their elder siblings into rampaging occultists before vanishing through a 'portal'.
Enjoyed X-Men '97 so much that I'm now demanding Disney+ do a continuation of the Beatles cartoon as Beatles '70.
Kelly Monteith, Aubrey, Kellogg’s Rise & Shine, Girl and Jackie Magazine, The Man Who Juggled Blocks On Variety Shows, Rimmel Coffee Shimmer and much much more...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Melanie Williams – She Was Just Completely Expunged From The Girl-Verse
Looks Unfamiliar with Melanie Williams talking to Tim Worthington about Kelly Monteith, Aubrey, Kellogg's Rise And Shine, Patty's World, Mustard Mind, The Man Who Juggled Blocks On Variety Shows, Rimm...
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From Galaxy Gold to Space Wars - Fact And Fiction, here's a bit of a chat about all of those non-franchise post-Star Wars cash-in efforts that relatives would get you as birthday presents after hearing you liked 'space'...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Jonny Morris – There’s No Robots, I’m Not Interested
Looks Unfamiliar with Jonny Morris talking to Tim Worthington about Galaxy Gold by Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra, Battlestar Galactica action figures, the second season of Buck Rogers In The 25...
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Just in time for the warm weather, here's a look at the story of Mariah Carey's genre-reviving Christmas Single. They did record it around this time of year to be fair.
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I’m Just Gonna Keep On Waiting Underneath The Mistletoe
I don't want a lot for Christmas - there is just one thing I need...
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NEW! It's 1975, and Tom Baker has just taken over as Doctor Who - and nothing will ever quite be the same again...
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It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Thirteen: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magrik
It's 1975, and with a rustle of his seemingly endless multicoloured scarf, Tom Baker takes over as Doctor Who - and it will never be quite the same again...
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It rarely seems to get mentioned now, but if you want an idea of how much of an influence Monkey Dust had on the next generation of comedy writers, have a listen to this...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch – I Ate My Necklace, It Was Too Tasty
Looks Unfamiliar with Gabby Hutchinson Crouch talking to Tim Worthington about Mr. Men Songs, Monkey Dust, the unmade final episode of Dungeons And Dragons, TimeSplitters 2, They Might Be Giants' Frid...
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TV THAT TIME FORGOT: Monkey Dust (BBC Three, 2003-05)
Web 2.0-inflected 'not THAT kind of adult animation' adult animation featuring the regular adventures of Ivan Dobsky, Geoff The First-Time-Cottager, Alex The Relationship Seeking Girl and other now cancellable favourites.
Does Michael Jackson go 'wyh-HOO!' continually throughout Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough because the arrangement makes it sound like the song is teetering on the edge of tipping over and he's being flung about like a Disney character on a 'sailboat' in a storm?
A Horse With No Name just came on in Tesco and a couple put down their baskets and started skipping along the aisles singling along to it. I know I probably say 'relationship goals' about a lot of things, but... relationship *goals*.
STILL getting the 'Agatha All Along' song as a constant earworm even now, but that's neither a surprise nor unwelcome as, frankly, pretty much everything about WandaVision is brilliant...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: WandaVision With Hanna Flint
Hanna Flint joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Wanda Maximoff trying not to accidentally reference Hangin' With Mr. Cooper by mistake in WandaVision.
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Deadpool 2 might not be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - yet - but it certainly, erm, rubs up against it. Here's a chat about Wade Wilson leading the newly formed X-Force straight into some overhead power lines...
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Deadpool 2 With Phil Catterall
Phil Catterall joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Wade Wilson leading the newly formed X-Force straight into some overhead power lines in Deadpool 2.
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The very first episode of Camberwick Green - the one where Peter Hazel The Postman's bag gets caught on the windmill's sails - was shown dozens of times by the BBC... but how come you probably didn't see what viewers saw back in 1966? Well...
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Wound Up And Ready To Play
Peter The Postman - the very first episode of Camberwick Green - was first broadcast in January 1966. But what audiences saw then was a little different to what they would see now...
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Some spectacularly unspectacular finds from the days when I used to grab some random forgotten pop culture odds and ends from charity shops and then try to make some sense of them...
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Relics
An assortment of bizarrely mundane - or mundanely bizarre - Charity Shop finds.
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There was also a fairly wild album of Mr. Men Songs tying in with the series, which you can hear some very ropey impressions of here...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch – I Ate My Necklace, It Was Too Tasty
Looks Unfamiliar with Gabby Hutchinson Crouch talking to Tim Worthington about Mr. Men Songs, Monkey Dust, the unmade final episode of Dungeons And Dragons, TimeSplitters 2, They Might Be Giants' Frid...
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TV THAT TIME FORGOT: Mr. Men (BBC1, 1974-78)
Arthur Lowe-narrated melancholy-themed big-brogued double bill of page-to-screen Roger Hargreaves adaptations linked by existential musing on what a lot of Mr. Men there are and bafflingly-judged 'staring through windows' gambit.
Thoroughly depressed by the sure and certain realisation that at some point, somebody somewhere has Not All Men-ed It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls.
TV Times' resident astrologer Maurice Woodruff made some pretty wild - if conveniently vague- predictions for 1967. So how many of them did he actually right? I tried to find out here...
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…And Looks Into 1967
I set out to find out just how many of TV Times' astrological predictions for 1967 actually came true. The results may (not) surprise you...
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