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 featuring Paul Kirkley on The Kids From Fame Again, Garreth Hirons on Sweet 75, Darrell Maclaine on The Brennan JB7, James Gent on When The Wind Blows by David Bowie, Ros Ballinger on Microsoft Explorapedia, and Jonny Morris on Jesta Giggle by The Barron Knights. Along the way we'll be finding out why The Barron Knights should have covered T.V.O.D., where the whistling from Never Let Me Down was 'borrowed' from and which former member of Nirvana really loves accordions. Plus there’s also something you may not have heard before – Tim on Betamax Video Club talking about Absolute Beginners, and an extra downhill slaloming surprise at the end...

Don't forget that you can find the full versions of all these 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. With a bit of luck, all of the coffee shop staff will leap up and start singing and dancing around Soho. Although that might make getting the actual coffee a bit more difficult.

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 Martin Belam, who's trying not to turn around whilst carrying a plank of wood only with more 'comedy' sound effects while recalling the Laurel And Hardy cartoon, Faith No More being censored by Top Of The Pops, a scene that may or may not have gone missing since the original cinema release of Flash Gordon, an actual space shuttle touring provincial air shows, a Capital Radio documentary on the making of Dr. Mabuse by Propaganda and when New Order couldn't work out how to play Your Silent Face live. Along the way we'll be finding out how to be mistaken for a monarchist by watching the Red Arrows, what happened when Nik Kershaw asked his fans to come and have a go if they thought they were hard enough and why the science in Iron Man 2 was 'wrong'.

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. Due to obvious health and safety concerns, the cartoon Stan and Ollie will not be tasked with collecting 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 time the guest is Tim himself, who's talking to Stephen O'Brien about the fact that even he has never met anyone has ever heard of The Only Way by Lisa Stansfield, sixties crime caper movie The Brain, Jackanory's adaptation of Starstormers by Nicholas Fisk, the 'There Were Three Of Them, In A Boat...' Public Information Film, the original version of I Was Made To Love Magic by Nick Drake, trashy teen novel Secrets From The School Underground, early Mark Radcliffe vehicle Skyman and forgotten 'fourth' Trumptonshire series Rubovia, not to mention a certain less than reputable unidentified film that used to show up on German cable channels late on Saturday Nights. Along the way we'll be finding out whether Kim Wilde Doing Abba is preferable to Abba Doing Kim Wilde, tuning in for the Welsh Brass Eye, fondly reminiscing about when Billy Elliot exploded (and even then wasn't as good as Musical Youth), and getting annoyed at a fictional schoolboy's opinions on Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Tim has also appeared as the guest on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Stop-Go!, It’s A Shame by Kris Kross, Spider-Woman, I Wanted To See You To See If I Wanted You by Moose, The ITV Encyclopedia Of Adventure, The Young Poisoner’s Handbook, the original version of Right Here by SWV and Radio Tip Tophere, California Fever, Galloping Galaxies!, Bad Ronald, In-Flight Entertainment, The Chronicles Of Narmo by Caitlin Moran, Pirate Radio Four, The Collings And Herrin Podcast and What's That Noise?here, various items of long-forgotten Doctor Who-related ephemera here, Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops here, The Hoardinghere, comedy on BBC Radio 3 here, The Sound Spectrumhere, Doctor Who: The Runaway Bridehere and EastEnders spinoff single Something Outa Nothing by Letitia Dean And Paul J. Medford here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. There's always that one Lisa Stansfield didn't have time for in The Only Way of course.

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 and writer Garreth Hirons, who's hoping that the post-punk nostalgia vending machine stocks The Yellow Album by The Simpsons, the Frankie Goes To Hollywood computer game, Krist Novoselic's post-Nirvana outfit Sweet 75, sitcom Linc's, the Transformers 'Action Masters' range, The Way Of The Tiger gaming books and high-concept soft drink Quatro. Along the way we'll be finding out why Ian Amblin took exception to E.T.'s Rugby League, how marketable a Richard Stilgoe Action Figure would be, the correct angle for Ped Gill's head and more than you would ever rationally want to know about what happened on 24th November 1998. Plus there's an update on the Piers Morgan/Monster Munch debacle!

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Garreth on Looks Unfamiliar talking about talking about The Bigger The God, Food Fighters, Saboteur, The Triangle Of Terror, Sizzlin’ Bacon Monster Munch, and Fun At The Funeral Parlour here, The Yellow Album by The Simpsons, The Frankie Goes To Hollywood Computer Game, Nirvana spinoff band Sweet 75, Linc’s, Transformers Action Masters, The Way Of The Tiger and early eighties soft drink Quatro here, Copper Blue by Sugar, the Crusader Nuts advert, The Hobbit on the ZX Spectrum, Too Sussed? by These Animal Men, Spring 1994 EP by S*M*A*S*H and Ghoulies Horror Bar here, The Ghosts Of Oxford Stree there and the Futurama Christmas Specials here. You can also find Garreth on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Trap Door here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Presumably they do them in sort of low-tech vending machines for jazz musicians?

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 Ros Ballinger, who's clicking on the search box in the hope of finding encyclopedic evidence of the existence of children's comedy crime serial Henry's Leg, sci-fi radio drama Waiting For Aliens, Those Ice Creams That Had Real Fruit In Them, a Safety Video for schools starring Hannah Taylor Gordon, Microsoft Explorapedia and reading your dad's copy of The Adventures Of Fat Freddy's Cat while he's not looking. Along the way we'll be finding out how to unsuccessfully smuggle Skittles into school, studying the art of the 'Archers Sigh', and learning which specific varieties of Smiths Crisps to avoid discussing if you want to dodge getting detention.

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. You can always look 'coffee' up on Microsoft Explorapedia if you really need to.

Some of you have been asking why there are so many disparaging references to 1997 Comic Relief single Glasses by Chris Jarvis in Looks Unfamiliar. Well, as a special extra treat, here's something from the archives that might help explain 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 James Gent, who is using 'computer graphics' to link hazy archive recollections of The Golden Oldie Picture Show, When The Wind Blows by David Bowie, Beeb Magazine, T-Rex 'Greatest Hits' albums with none of the hits on them, Boxpops, and the Montreux Special of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along the way we'll be finding out what Clive Dunn being Grandad as Grandad looks like, where the whistling from Never Let Me Down was 'borrowed' from, and exactly where you can find an alarming amount of detail about Michael Sheard And His Pet Dogs.

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy me a coffee here? Wonder if they ever did a Boxpops on the theme of ‘coffee’, with bits from a Panorama on global trade and an argument in the café in EastEnders or something?

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 Darrell Maclaine, who's trying to solve a big plastic mechanical puzzle involving Carols At Christmas by The Greater Manchester Police Choir Featuring The Cast Of Coronation Street, FunFax: Disguise And False Identity, Rubik's Clock, The Brennan JB7 Advert, The VTech Master Video Painter and The Children's BBC Broom Cupboard 1996 April Fool's Day Hoax. Along the way we'll be debating whether the Chief Constable Of Greater Manchester was secretly either Paul Morley or Phil Spector, contemplating the legend of Patrick Bossert's Rubik Elves, learning how to fake having a limp by actually having a limp, and discovering how to hide your copy of True Identity on VHS in plain sight.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Darrell on Looks Unfamiliar talking about talking about Luv’d Up by Crush, Trev And Simon’s World Tour, Blockbusters Bubble Gum, Learn With Sooty: Be Safe, Find Out More and Spike Milligan’s cameo in Steps Into Summer here and the Rutland Weekend Television Christmas Special here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show buy buying us a coffee here. Make sure there's 'CAUTION - CONTENTS HOT' warning from Bill Waddington on the cup, please.

As a special Summer treat for fans of Looks Unfamiliar, here’s a compilation of holiday highlights from the archives, with extracts from little-heard holiday-themed podcasts by Tim Worthington, Ben Baker, Phil Catterall and Darrell Maclaine. A lot of this hasn’t been available anywhere for a very long time, and a lot of it is still rather funny, so hopefully you'll enjoy it.

Along the way we'll be looking at Summer Holidays television, Rat On The Road, Wimbledon, The Radio 1 Roadshow, Why Don't You? and Now - The Summer Album, rating the best and worst holiday camps and end of the pier variety acts, and lending an ear to zany hilarious 'rude' records for fun DJs in wacky nightclubs. We'll also be finding out how to distinguish between different iterations of Mark Curry, what officially constitutes Roland Rat Canon, what happened when The Grumbleweeds went post-Blue Jam, and what Paul Shane definitely did not do to supplement his Hi-De-Hi! income. Not to mention attending a Hardwicke House Roadshow...

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

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 Paul Kirkley, who's trying not to incur late fees at his local video shop while looking for anyone else who remembers The Kids From Fame Again, the The A-Team tie-in novels, Del Amitri's debut album Del Amitri, David Nobbs' Henry Pratt novels, The Beastmaster, The Saturday Picture Show and TV Tops comic strip The Fantastic Adventures Of Adam Ant. Along the way we'll be finding out what Robert Smith takes on holiday, what happens when Dick Turpin runs head first at Sapphire And Steel and why you should never obey Musical Youth lyrics to the letter.

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It probably costs about the same as the first Del Amitri album does on Amazon Used And New.