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 political commentator Mark Thompson, who's wondering why nobody else ever does 'WHACKO!'-accompanied high fives at any mention of computer-driven action series Whiz Kids, Crash ZX Spectrum, ITV Night Time show Night Shift, Public Information Film family The Blunders, The Last Train and Drak Pack. Along the way we'll be finding out why there should be more government warnings about the dangers of hallucinating a disdainful Emma Bunton, how to distinguish an American teenager on a BMX from Arthur Mullard in a school cap, and when it is and isn't appropriate to address Colin Bennett as 'Vince Purity'.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Mark on Looks Unfamiliar talking about 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 plus some additional chat about watching television on holiday here, V: The Series, Dirty Dick, The Giftie, The Mad Death, The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) by Peter Schilling and Space Shuttle here, 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 Lenny Henry’s Square Crisps adverts, Allied Lyons – A Great British Company, The Quiet Earth, Illuminati, The Optimist, Father’s Day and a variety of just about legal payphone ‘workarounds’ here as well as on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Running Scared here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If you get it from one of those metal stands they used to have in city centres late at night you might even bump into Colin Bennett.

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 musician Garreth Hirons, who's sitting through the loading screen in the hope of seeing 48k renditions of The Bigger The God, Food Fighters, Saboteur, The Triangle Of Terror, Sizzlin' Bacon Flavour Monster Munch and Fun At The Funeral Parlour. Along the way we'll be finding out why professional wrestlers should never try their hand at topical satire, revealing why ZX Spectrum owners lived in fear of Ian Durell and assessing Piers Morgan's degree of personal responsibility for the decline of the maize-based snack industry..

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. Garreth has also appeared on on Looks Unfamiliar talking about 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 Street here 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. Please bear in mind that Sizzlin' Bacon flavour need not necessarily apply here.

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 podcaster Phil Catterall, who's wising up to his fringe-of-the-memory memories of Madballs Comic, Channel 4's youth consumer advice show Wise Up!, the Platoon tie-in computer game, Phantom 2040, a particularly irritating series of adverts for Birdseye Steakhouse Grills and animated Star Wars spin-off Droids. Along the way we'll be debating whether R1D1 is 'canon', revealing when crisps can be considered a vector for healthy living, and noting just which elements of The Untouchables were considered entirely appropriate for a scrolling platform game aimed at children.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Phil on Looks Unfamiliar talking about the Christmas Specials of On The Hour, The Chris Morris Music Show and Lee And Herring here and the Community Christmas Specials here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It really is about time we had a specialist 'Pyramint' blend.