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 Catrin Lowe, who's frantically swiping right on Singing In The Band - Songs From BBC TV's Play School And Play Away, Lenny Henry sitcom Chef!, Heartthrob: The Dream Date Game, the Germs Germs Germs instalment of ITV Schools show Good Health, BBC2's controversial sitcom presentation of The Marriage Of Figaro, and True To Us by Vanilla. along the way we'll be learning Dominic West's Fish Dance, recalling the mercurial musical career of 'Trevor', disputing Peter Hitchens' Hot Or Not rating, and implementing Number Of Oasis T-Shirts Owned as a key method of assessment for potential suitors. Plus - the truth behind THAT Vanilla/Brass Eye rumour...

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. No, don't give it one of the hunks from Heartthrob instead.

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 wafery fondant his recollections of chocolate bar 54321, the Logan's Run television series, Matchbox Zoomy Balloonies, King Swamp, Action Man spinoff figures Atomic Man and Bullet Man, and the fifties nostalgia boom of the late seventies. Along the way we'll be finding out where REM didn't get their name from but secretly did, questioning the viability of the Official Mike Lindup From Level 42 Toothbrush and wondering whether it's actually physically or legally possible to prevent Paul McCartney from dressing up as a Teddy Boy.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Mitch on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Nobody’s House, Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86 by The Police, Cyborg and Muton, Orion, Two Stage Self-Assembly Ice Cream Cones and Get Stuffed here, Monday Morning 5.19 by Rialto, The Laughing Prisoner, Oh Baby by Rhianna, Pocketeers, O.T.T. and the original pre-Geoffrey incarnation of Rainbow here, Star Turn Challenge, Mr Hicks from Grange Hill, Striker, Lines by The Planets, Night Raven and international celebrities acting in pop videos here, Stars by Hear’n’Aid, Into Infinity, The Humanoid, A Man Called Sloane, BusyBodies and The Kids Are Alright by The Pleasers here, No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, The Deceivers, Eureka!, Lady Sovereign and Jentina's feud and Mego Pocket Heroes here and Channel 4’s pre-launch trailers, Imagination by Belouis Some, Space Sentinels, Simon Dutton as The Saint, How To Be A Complete Bastard by Adrian Edmondson and Maskatron here, as well as Clangers on The Golden Age Of Children's TV here.

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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 the original Only Fools And Horses theme tune, Jane Hill on His Land, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on The Llŷn Peninsula Earthquake, Carrie Dunn on Too Close To The Sun, Tom Williamson on Samurai Pizza Cats and Bob Fischer on Eighties Tabloid Celebrities. Along the way we'll be finding out what evasive manoeuvres to take if Cliff Richard’s guitar starts falling over in church, querying where Matt Goss might actually have watched a very old wall crumble, puzzling over how New York can be ‘The Citiest Of Cities’, recalling Joan Collins’ scandalous affair with Ian Revolution 9-Smith, and holding a Bad Musicals Support Group meeting during the interval of another bad musical. Plus there's something you may not have heard before - Tim on It's An S Pod Thing! talking to Sophie Davies about S Club 7's ridiculous feature-length time travel escapade S Club 7 - Back To The '50s!

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. Just please don't order one from S Club 7's time-travelling diner. That would just be impractical.

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 noticed that no newspaper front pages include anything about The Adventures Of Pete And Pete, Army And Navy Sweets, Emergency by 999, Rock On by David Essex, the early nineties Thunderbirds comic, and the murky origins of a certain unsavoury playground rumour. Along the way we'll be admiring Jeff Wayne's skateboarding skills, assessing the viability of Ian Pick and Ian Mix's retirement plan, and recounting Melissa Joan Hart's little-known stint as a the Fifth Beatle.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/, You can also find Mic on Looks Unfamiliar talking about I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape by The Times, Clarissa Explains It All , 2000 AD strip Nikolai Dante, Sharky And George, Jeff Lint andThe Game here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If there's a trendy fancy hipster Army And Navy Blend, though, please avoid it at all costs.

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 intercepting encrypted transmissions from the mothership in search of V: The Series, bullying-themed children's storybook Dirty Dick, Channel 4 cloning sitcom oddity The Giftie, dystopian BBC drama The Mad Death, The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) by Peter Schilling, and handheld video game Space Shuttle. Along the way we'll be debating the difference between Game And Watch and Game And Time, revealing how Jeremy Beadle would have outsmarted The Visitors, and querying the provenance of tapes that ended up in 'Dave's Video Van'.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Mark on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Whiz Kids, Crash ZX Spectrum, Night Shift, Public Information Film family The Blunders, The Last Train, and The Drak Pack here, Libby’s Moonshine, A. Mazing Monsters, Agony, Being Erica, Hawkeye Collins And Amy Adams – Can You Solve The Mystery? and We Know Where You Live here and Twiggy Twiggy (Twiggy Vs. James Bond) by Pizzicato Five, Your Party Needs You, Jasper Carrott’s I’ve Got This Mole, Society, Lost In Austen, Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo and Shadow Chasers here, and talking about Running Scared on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help support the show by buying us a coffee here. Do not leave it underneath the leg of a chair.

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 Bob Fischer, who’s scouring the Sunday newspaper magazines for any gossip about Ralph Halpern, 'Hunky Plasterer Terry', Emma 'Wild Child' Ridley and other examples of the eighties 'Tabloid Celebrity' phenomenon, Accidentally Kelly Street by Frente!, The Two Ronnies' mini-drama 'Mileaway', Rude Food and other books labelled 'Explicit Content' in book club adverts, BSB talk show Suggs On Saturday, and the mysterious origins of inexplicably widely known 'School Folk Songs'. Along the way we’ll be recalling Joan Collins' scandalous affair with Ian Revolution 9-Smith, revealing how TV's Alf Stewart reacts to a small hours fire alarm, finding out how Ronnie Barker can ruin two franchises at once, and expressing some serious reservations about Suggs' grasp of basic mathematics.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Bob on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Tom O’Connor Roadshow, Giant Hogweed, Can’t Get A Ticket (For The World Cup) by Peter Dean, Glee Bars, J. Edward Oliver’s ‘Abolish Tuesdays’ and How To Be A Wally here, Tucker’s Luck, Pookiesnackenburger, We Wanna Be Famous by Buster Gobsmack And Eats Filth, game show contestants’ jobs being booed by the audience and paper plate and shaving foam Custard Pies here, and joining forces with Georgy Jamieson for a look at some of the signs that Christmas was coming that you just don’t seem to get any more here and a similar chat about the drizzly joys – or lack thereof – of the Great British Summer here. You can also find Bob on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about The Owl Service here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Let’s have none of this ‘Rude Coffees’ nonsense 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 comedian Jane Hill, who’s on the lookout for anyone else who remembers gymnastics-heavy Children's BBC thriller Out Of Bounds, a mystery Saturday Morning Cinema serial about pirates, Cliff Richard documentary movie His Land, Showell Styles' 'Simon And Mag Hughes' mountain adventure novels, rig-bound BBC drama Oil Strike North!, and artificial mystery meat product Breakfast Slices. Along the way we'll be finding out what evasive manoeuvres to take if Cliff Richard's guitar starts falling over in church, questioning the entire purpose of Sweet Pebbles, and trying not to get caught reading a Green Dragon book when you're actually Red Dragon age.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can find Jane talking about her love of Blue Peter on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Swipe Simon and Mag’s flask if you have to. They’re probably ‘plucky’ enough to improvise around 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 from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Shanine Salmon on the 1993 version of the EastEnders theme, Lydia Mizon on Stoppit And Tidyup, Jenny Morrill on The Elvis Special 1983, Al Kennedy on Steve Jackson's Battle Cards, David Smith on Little Clowns Of Happytown, Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge on Furzlin' With Shag Connors And The Carrot Crunchers and Meryl O'Rourke on The International Shoparound Exotic Glamourwear Catalogue. Along the way we’ll be finding out what happens if you play the EastEnders theme backwards, how to cope with an anxiety dream about The Fiddly Foodle Bird, why you would need to pass a wordsearch test in order to become an Elvis Presley fan, whether there is such a thing as a Non-Advanced Combat Card, how many different ways Shag Connors can spell his own name, why less underwear costs more, and generally trying not to think too much about the operational logistics behind party invites reading ‘Graham is bringing his porn’. Plus there's something you might not have heard before - Tim on TV Cream Stays Indoors talking to Graham Kibble-White about Space Sentinels.

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. Don't get MO to deliver it though, or you'll probably just end up having to get a replacement one.

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 sports writer Carrie Dunn, who’s trying to keep score of her recollections of The Glam Metal Detectives, Handful Of Promises by Big Fun, The Rocky Horror Show sequel Shock Treatment, Ernest Hemingway musical Too Close To The Sun, The Karen Carpenter Story and Chris Tarrant game show Man O Man. Along the way we'll be questioning how many hoodies you can wear at any one time, puzzling over how New York can be 'The Citiest Of Cities', and holding a Bad Musicals Support Group meeting in the interval of another bad musical.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Carrie on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Just A Gigolo, Don’t You Worry by Madasun, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum + 2 James Bond Action Pack, The Isle Of Wight Waxworks Museum, Rent Remixed and Channel 4’s coverage of the Women’s FA Cup here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Because let's face it, anyone watching The Glam Metal Detectives will need one.

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 Justin Lewis, who’s knocking up a When Was Things? card featuring the original Only Fools And Horses theme tune, Anglo American by Golden, The Rock Year Book, Joy by Isaac Hayes, forgotten Watch With Mother show Thomas, Stand In Line by Impellitteri, sitcom sequel Selwyn and the Glamorgan Tiles advert. Along the way we'll be critically evaluating Isaac Hayes' Toilet Flush Orchestra, making placards for Teddy Edward's Yippie Uprising, and bidding a fond closedown to Algernon Lunchbiscuit and everyone at BBC2.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Justin on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D’Arby, In One Ear, The London Symphony Orchestra version of Tommy, Orbit, Pop Score and the Welsh Language dubbed version of Trumpton here and I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels, The Uncyclopedia Of Rock, Friends by The Police, Philip Glass’ Sesame Street composition Geometry Of Circles, Walk Right Through by Raissa, Nicholas And The Gang by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé and Very Hard Questions here. You can also find Justin talking about Emu’s Broadcasting Company on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. I can confirm that I want the best one and I won't ask questions, only with a slightly different theme tune.