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.

This is a collection of highlights from shows thirty one to thirty six, featuring Bob Fischer on Giant Hogweed, Gillian Kirby on Teletext After Hours, Tim Worthington on Patterson, Chris Shaw on Rock School, Paul Putner on Treborland, and Andy Lewis on Vintage Anti-Enoch Powell Graffiti. Along the way we’ll be blowing the whistle on The Brexit Party’s sinister links to Giant Hogweed, listening to Herbie Hancock jamming with Emu, finding out how to get the full immersive Laurel And Hardy experience by eating toffee, and definitely not drinking any ‘Sola Cola’. Plus there's also something you might not have heard before – Tim on Round The Archives talking to Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge about the last ever episode of Chigley.

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If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Just don’t send Mr. Brackett 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 writer Chris Hughes, who's 'moving house' to BBC1 in search of evidence of the existence of Ceefax-derived Saturday Morning oddity Buzzfax, Hector The Help The Aged Dog, Home Computing-themed comic Load Runner, The Gilette Video Show, novelty confectionery The One-Two Bar, impenetrable satirical cartoonist Mordillo, Inspector Morse-themed dance record Morse (He's A Mystery To Me) by Codex, and The British Banknote Keyring. Along the way we'll be finding out how to insult Noel Edmonds via Teletext, why Elton John shimmying between two pianos in mid-air was embraced by mid-eighties Action Movie audiences, and what you'll need to establish your very own Gonch Gardener lookalike agency.

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not help to support the show by buying us a coffee here? I do actually own a Buzzfax mug if that helps.

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 to collect a full set of everyone who remembers the Neighbours sticker album, Wendy Cracked A Walnut, early 'dungeon crawl' computer game Rogue, vegetarian DIY wonderfood Sosmix, schools television programme Secrets Of The Sea and the Shackleton's High Seat Chairs advert. Along the way we'll be finding out how not to cosplay as Jason Donovan, why rock star makeup is not appropriate for your local youth club and the only possible way of finishing Bugaboo The Flea.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Anna on Looks Unfamiliar talking 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, Trev & Simon’s Stupid Video and Dors’ Dozen here and Dooby Duck’s Disco Bus, Grange Hill's Ronnie Birtles’ shoplifting storyline, Ken Loach’s McDonald’s advert, Nelson’s Column, The Doberman Gang, fashion craze ‘hair jewels’ and Radio 1 phone-in competition 31 Days In May here, and on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Press Gang here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not help to support the show by buying us a coffee here? Preferably without any Sosmix in.

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 Bob Fischer, who's saying 'aaaaahld up to anyone who doesn't remember BBC Daytime variety show The Tom O'Connor Roadshow, a media panic about hazardous plant Giant Hogweed, EastEnders spinoff single Can't Get A Ticket (For The World Cup) by Peter Dean, rum-favoured confectionery Glee Bars, J. Edward Oliver's 'Abolish Tuesday' campaign, and How To Be A Wally by Paul Manning. Along the way we'll be finding out the difference between 'spectators' and 'fans', blowing the whistle on The Brexit Party's sinister links to Giant Hogweed, working out how to get from Peter Dean to David Bowie in three moves, and learning far too much about the industrial action practices of school dinner ladies.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Bob on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Eighties ‘Tabloid Celebrities’, Accidentally Kelly Street by Frente!, The Two Ronnies’ ‘Mileaway’, Rude Food, Suggs On Saturday and School Folk Songs 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 chat about the signs that Christmas was coming that you just don’t seem to get any more here and a similarly-themed chat about the Great British Drizzly Summer here. You can also find Bob talking about how much he loves The Owl Service 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. Extra points if you can source some sort of Glee bar-flavoured syrup.

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 Beatles Expert Chris Shaw, who can identify every photo on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band but still struggles to find anyone else who can remember Bailey's Comets, Trade Test Transmission film Evoluon, BBC2 muso how-to show Rock School, live action/animation movie The Phantom Tollbooth, Radio London phone-in host Robbie Vincent, and Fighting Fantasy phone-in role-playing game F.I.S.T.. Along the way we'll be listening to Herbie Hancock jamming with Emu, revealing why you should never employ Freddie Phillips as your punchline writer and looking into what happened in that weird bit of the television listings where the font went a bit smaller than the rest of it.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Chris on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Film Fun here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not help to support the show by buying us a coffee here? There was probably some fancy coffee machine at the Evoluon. Which didn't work.

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 Neither Fish Nor Flesh by Terence Trent D'Arby, Mark Thompson on Libby's Moonshine, Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence on The Lone Ranger by Quantum Jump, Stephen O'Brien on Old Fashioned Christmas by Anne Charleston and Ian Smith, Garreth Hirons on The Ghosts Of Oxford Street, Vikki Gregorich and Jeff Lewis on The Secret Cabaret, Emma Burnell on Melody Radio and Paul Cornell on Terry Wogan's insistence on playing records that resolutely refused to become hits. Along the way we'll be finding out what happens when you continually ask a radio station that doesn't have Ghostbusters to play Ghostbusters, revisiting the forgotten link between Rupert And The Frog Song and Cannibal Holocaust, debating the identity of 'soft lad who stood on a pole', celebrating the career of 'DJ Ron', revealing how to avoid getting mistaken for an extra on Neighbours, singing a medley of all two and a half records owned by Radio Merseyside, and trying not to think about what ‘Dog Of Finland’ might entail. Plus there's some little-heard extra bits of chat with Emma, Stephen and Mark as well as something you might not have heard before - Tim on Perfect Night In talking to Neil Perryman about the BBC edits of The Monkees.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. There's further fun in The Golden Age Of Children's TV with Justin on Emu's Broadcasting Company here, Mark on Running Scared here, Ste on Grange Hill here, Stephen on Press Gang here, Garreth on Trap Door here, Vikki on Ulysses 31 here and Emma on Grange Hill here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy us a coffee here? In a BBC VT styrofoam cup 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 musician Andy Lewis, who's searching through a telescope for any signs of French adventure serial The Aeronauts, Spy In Space - A Scott Saunders Adventure by Patrick Moore, early interactive toy robot Sir Galaxy, stop-motion monster movie Gorgo, dubbed imported Cold War allegory children's serial The Secret Of Steel City and Vintage Anti-Enoch Powell Graffiti, plus some additional natter about repeats of The Goodies. Along the way we'll be reviewing the Gault's Brain Playset, meeting The First Cat Not In Space, recalling the classic studio jams by Garner Ted Armstrong and Wreckless Eric and definitely not drinking any 'Sola Cola'.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Andy on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about The Changes here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If they did a Sola Coffee, I'm... not interested.

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, talking to Garreth Hirons about some lesser heard examples of comedy on BBC Radio 3 including the infamous 'Piotr Zak' hoax, David Renwick and Andrew Marshall's academic broadcasting sendup The Half-Open University, left-wing theatre troupe sitcom Blood And Bruises, The National Theatre Of Brent's 'History of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War' All The World's A Globe, Chris Morris chatting to Peter Cook in Why Bother? and Armando Iannucci's talk on how to Use Your Ears. Along the way we'll be appreciating some quality drumming, starting a Mexican Wave with Dr. Hans Keller, and definitely not enrolling on Professor Alan Alanson's Magic Brain Programme (Guaranteed Not To Work!).

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can hear more about Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci's work over on Radio 4 and Radio 1 in Looks Unfamiliar with Phil Catterall here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If you can navigate your way past Jazz In The Foyer.

A special extra treat for fans of Looks Unfamiliar as previous guests Ben Baker and Phil Catterall give us a preview of their new podcast Don't Let's Chart, as they count down a list personally selected by Tim - eBay's Top Selling Annuals For February 2019! Can you tell the real Rupert Bear stories from the ones that Ben's just made up? Did Phil write every episode of Wacky Races? And what happened to The Chamberlain Bear Annual 1940 and The Degas Annual 1964? Find out all this and more - including just how racist The Dandy got - in Don't Let's Chart!

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 actor Paul Putner, who is most definitely not avin' a larf when he claims to remember E.T. cash-in disco record Phone Home by Jonny Chingas, William Castle movie The Night Walker, the Treborland advertising campaign, detective series Holmes And Yoyo, rural horror film Out Of Town, and early high-end games console the Vectrex Arcade System. Along the way we'll be finding out how to get the full immersive Laurel And Hardy experience by eating toffee, meeting The Snake Out Of Starsky And Hutch, taking a guess at what Gandhi's novelty cash-in single would have sounded like, and enjoying a quick game of Brucie's Play Your Second Hand Vectrex Right.

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 a Laurel And Hardy branded coffee doesn't bear thinking about.