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 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 Esther Rantzen and Delia Smith, and finding out just how many people it's possible to fall out with over a black and white portable television.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Grace on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Woolworths' Christmas ads, The Weekenders, John Peel's Festive Fifty, Sky Star Search, Snub TV, Chas'n'Dave's Christmas Knees-Up, Peter And The Test Tube Babies and The Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion here. You can also find Grace on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Bagpusshere.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If it's an especially good one I might even write a review of 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.

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-side of Birdhouse In Your Soul and debating just how many hours of airtime Graham Norton devoted to a robot dog walking very very slowly across the studio floor. Plus there’s something you may not have heard before – Tim on Goon Pod talking to Tyler Adams about Peter And Sophia by Peter Sellers And Sophia Loren.

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 promise not try to impress women in Caffe Nero by waving a They Might Be Giants record around.

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://timworthington.org/. You can also find Joanne on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The December Rose, Colorado Beetle panic, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, The Enchanted Castle, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ and Wilderness Road here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Hopefully one with, erm, coffee-themed stickers.

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. Sufficiently strong to shake off the effects of Five To Eleven, please.

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 by buying us a coffee here. Preferably one of Wickers-level strength flavour.

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 impressions of the Jamaican Louis Walsh. Plus there’s something you may not have heard before – Tim on (Music For) The Head Ballet talking to Paul Abbott about Ringing On The Engine Bell by Bernard Cribbins.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. Please ignore The Bloke In The Bowler Hat saying don't buy it there, buy it elsewhere et cetera.

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 if it's served by some sort of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century Series 2-style robot I'm sending it straight back.

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 inclusion in the View-Master Netflix Universe.

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. They didn't actually do View-Master 'Coffee' reels, unfortunately. I did check.

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 Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Please make it an extra large one using Sport Billy's bag. Well he might as well be useful for something.