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 and artist Juliet Brando, who’s trying not to get anyone expelled courtesy of hazy recollections of Gideon, Escaping by Asia Blue, The Cuckoo Sister, The Telebugs, Slapwrist Bracelets, Tottie: The Story Of A Doll's House and Tab Clear. Along the way we’ll be finding out which crimes are worthy of incarceration in Doll Alcatraz, evaluating which Roxette single will most impress your teenage crush, discussing how to react if you suddenly hear your voice in the background of a bleak American drama series and debating whether a school trip ever actually happened if nobody randomly fell into an oxbow lake.

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If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Unless they still have any Tab Clear in that discount store.

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'm not expecting one direct from Rick's Place, but it would be nice.

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 outlining 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/.Gabby has appeared on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Parallel 9, The Llŷn Peninsula Earthquake, The Revenger’s Tragedy, Discworld Noir, Feed The Tree by Belly and Craic here and Cricklewood by The Goodies, Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies, The American Adventure, L.A. Noire, Wella Shaders And Toners and 'Catherine' her school ghost here. You can also find Gabby on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Press Gang here.

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/.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. The Spanish Gold Sweet Tobacco is most definitely an optional extra though.

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 Christmas Box talking about BBC Schools programme Watch's retelling of The Nativity, plus a bit of chat with Joanne on It's Good, Except It Sucks about Blade II.

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. Make sure Rachel goes really long for it.

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 suitably festive notes on what they would both bring to a Looks Unfamiliar 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' Granada announcers and the Test Card Clown - but no Test Card Girl. Along the way we'll be evaluating the scientific veracity of Schrodinger's Peel Session, querying whether David Quantick is the real Santa, suffering from the effects of Hugh Laurie Seasickness, discovering the exact wrong Pulp song to serenade someone with and calling for the immediate abolition of Sexually Assertive Butter Men.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can find another appearance by Grace on Looks Unfamiliar - talking about Magic Smile by Rosie Vela, a mystery clown who appeared on the television from nowhere, the BBC Domesday Project, Puddles In The Lane by Alan Parker, BMX Beat, The Untied Shoelaces Show, Going Out, The Fabulous Wealthy Tarts, Wacko and That’s Life!'s raw kidney bean awareness campaign - here. You can also find Grace on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Bagpuss here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Please feel free to purchase it using one of those exciting new futuristic Tesco checkouts with the LED displays.

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/. You find Mic on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Adventures Of Pete And Pete, Army And Navy Sweets, Emergency by 999, Rock On by David Essex, Thunderbirds comic and the murky origins of a certain unsavoury playground rumour here and Cargo by Men At Work Rocko’s Modern Life, Party Animals, Solitary Fitness by Charles Bronson and Tazos here. You can also find Mic on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Around The World With Willy Fog here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If you think about buying me a coffee, you've just lost at Not Buying Me A Coffee.

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 editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.If you're looking for more Looks Unfamiliar with a Christmas twist, you can find Ben talking about Bernard And The Genie here and the unsurprisingly long-forgotten original version of Now - The Christmas Album here and The Goodies: Snow White 2, Roland’s Yuletide Binge and Grange Hill For Christmas here, and chatting with me about the Nativity module of BBC Schools show Watch here. 

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Festive Lattes are very much accepted. Especially in a 'Red Triangle' mug.

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/.