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 musician Paul Abbott, who's trying to line up the circular pencil mark fragments to form coherent images of Disneytime Rotadraw, What Shall We Do Now?: Fun And Games With The Andrex Puppy, Trivial Pursuit origin story drama Breaking All The Rules, Tomorrow's World demonstrating Magic Eye pictures live on air, BBC promotional mascot Kirky The HD Hunter, Frog Dreaming and Waddingtons' The Vampire Game. Along the way we'll be keeping an eye out for E.T.'s movie cameos in a cork-rimmed hat, explaining how television peaked with Eve Myles time-travelling into an eighties videotaped studio drama, examining the controversial genre of 'Andrex Hauntology', assessing the best way to draw TV's Simon And Simon and very specifically not asking for Michael Parkinson's thoughts on the Magic Eye phenomenon. Plus there's tips on how Blanco from Porridge can help your party go with a swing!

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Paul on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Zeeb And The Martians, Crab E. Crab, Rock Lords: Narlies, the Commodore Plus/4, and The Late Night Funster Show here and the Christmas Special of The Peter Serafinowicz Show here, as well as on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Transformers here and chatting to Tim about The Magic Roundabout here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy us a coffee here? In a special Looks Unfamiliar Magic Eye mug where if you concentrate for long enough, you can see... I don't know, a Pyramint or something? Sort of.

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 Genevieve Jenner, who's tilting the high school soda vending machine in search of any trace of The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, What A Way To Go! and karmically aware soft drink Fruitopia. Along the way we'll be debating whether Count Chocula is an appropriate breakfast option for 'special occasions', critically assessing Michael Powell's Xtro, shuddering at the thought of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow's most repulsive exhibit and and revealing why the hippy trail is strewn with striking dustbins, cough medicine and Crown Court.

You can also find Genevieve on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Boomerang, Over The Top, Bossa Nova, Thorazine Shuffle by Bongos Bass And Bob, Wizard’s Hall by Jane Yolen and OK Soda here, as well as Faerie Tale Theatre 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. No there is no way in which it can be improved by Fruitopia.

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 novelist and screenwriter Adam S. Leslie, who's fiddling with the radio in the hope of picking up stray mysterious signals containing evidence of the existence of Maths-In-A-Box, I Heard Your Name by Martin Rev, Noble And Silver: Get Off Me!, The Great Reality TV Swindle, Codename MAT and 1, 2, 3 And Away!. Along the way we'll be encountering a Folk Horror Sean Maguire, listening to a 1970s heroin-y version of They Might Be Giants, recalling your school's 'Special Space Treat Day' and arguing over whether the best Catatonia album was the first one or the first one.

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. If bloody Codename MAT doesn't zap the mug out of space first.

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 soprano Suzy Robinson, who's pressing the Magic Button in the hope of conjuring up recollections of Crown Court, Now That's What I Call Music! 4, Nicol Williamson's reading of The Hobbit, Floodtide and Gus Honeybun's Magic Birthdays. Along the way we'll be finding out how Morten Harket accidentally ended up in Dorking, writing in to Stanley Spencer's Magic Birthdays, revealing when BBC Test Card F might actually be your less terrifying viewing option and debating whether J.R.R. Tolkien's prose is better enhanced by deeply ingrained record scratches or by Bernard Cribbins banging his head on the studio ceiling.

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. Or you could write in to Gus Honeybun, I suppose, but even though he almost certainly had his own branded mugs where the transfer came off the first time you washed them, I severely doubt he had his own Magic Birthdays Roast.

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 Lydia Mizon on Smashie And Nicey - The End Of An Era, Katy Brent on Global Hypercolor, Tim Worthington on Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops and the BBC Pinocchio, Ricardo Autobahn on the Panther 6, Mitch Benn on BusyBodies, Joanne Sheppard on The Water Babies and Spine Chillers, Phil Norman on Spy Trap and Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson an dancing reindeer and school recorder ensembles. Along the way we'll be revealing how to avoid getting caught literally Global Hypercolor-handed, averting a Radio Times listing for Starved Robin Askwith, questioning why Richard Herring never has sports cars as guests on RHLSTP, debating the plural of ‘A Ghost Story For Christmas’ and querying the value of using Rentaghost as a sort of all-purpose philosophical yardstick.

You can find the full versions of all of these shows and lots more editions of Looks Unfamiliar besides at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. One of those chains probably even does a Texan Bar Latte. For National Patrick Mower week or something. If there isn't one, there ought to be.

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 Ricardo Autobahn, who's studying radio signals from Melmac in the hope of finding any trace of Pull The Other One, the Pink Panther Bar, late seventies 'Car Of Tomorrow' the Panther 6, Hot Wheels Crack-Ups, ZX Spectrum game Explorer, Inside The Magic Rectangle by Victor Lewis-Smith, I Live In A Giant Mushroom by Eric The Gardener, sentient automobile horror movie The Car, The Sooty Show episode Fun Being Small and the long-lost genre of 'Thunderclap Pop'. Along the way we'll be debating how much boggling should appear in the opening titles of any self-respecting ITV sitcom, questioning why Richard Herring never has sports cars as guests on RHLSTP, trying to figure out how 'Star Wars on land' might work and vigorously disputing Pob's influence on eighties chart pop.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Ricardo on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Ed Starink, The Big Bus, The Wizard Of Speed And Time, Roadmaker, Chimera, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, Blackgang Chine and the final season of The Dukes Of Hazzard here, as well as on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Rainbow here and on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about I Am Groot here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If they've finally synthesised some sort of Pink Panther Bar-flavoured syrup then that would not go amiss either.

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 putting a little bit in to get a little bit out of remembering 'keep fit'-themed magazine show Go For It!, Frank Muir's What-A-Mess, My Little Pony ancestor My Pretty Pony, John Carradine's The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The Water Babies, The Magnificent Race, Amazon Adventure by Willard Price and Snapper Crocodiles. Along the way we'll be finding out how bending up and down while holding the back of a chair can make you the next Steve Ovett, meeting Frank Muir 'making friends', critically evaluating The Vintage Car Cinematic Universe and assessing just how useful My Little Pony would be for hand to hand combat, as well as debating Danny Kendall's hidden influence on modern society and culture.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Joanne talking about The December Rose, Colorado Beetle paranoia, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, The Enchanted Castle, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ and Wilderness Road here, The Bump by MC Mallett, Horror Chews, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, Mouthtrap, Connoisseur, World Magazine, All Aboard! and The Guinness Book Of Pet Records here, Dramarama: The Exorcism Of Amy, Spine Chillers, Blue Peter’s Witch Puppet Make, Monsters Of The Movies by Denis Gifford, Nothing To Be Afraid Of by Jan Mark, Paperhouse, Dekker Toys’ Movie/TV Horror Make-Up Kit and Remus Playkits Identispook here and Fax, First Born, Chimera, Next Of Kin, Mother Love, I’m Your Number One Fan, The History Trail, The Yolk Folk, Victoria Plum and televised Cluedo here. You can also find Joanne talking about The Baker Street Boys 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. Please note this does not include any that Hal and Roger Hunt have 'liberated' from natives on their Fairtrade-averting 'Coffee Adventure'.

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 QI Elf Lydia Mizon, who's pushing the lever marked Let's Rock on Spice Girls Impulse Body Spray, Smashie And Nicey: The End Of An Era, The Adam And Joe XFM Podcast, Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day On The Job, Look And Read: Through The Dragon's Eye and Cognoscenti Vs. Intelligentsia by The Cuban Boys. Along the way we'll gauging the optimal moment to set off a fire alarm during Father Ted, accusing Posh Spice of smelling like your nan, discussing why bad dangers should not be allowed anywhere near the Mobile Spice Phone and debating who would 'win' out of Ricardo Autobahn and Cliff Richard.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Lydia talking about Stoppit And Tidyup, Fervour, Alphabet Castle, Roseanne And The Magic Mirror, Party Mania and a book about Lydia who hated cress here and Look Around You, Mongrels, Karma Hotel by Spooks, The Smurfs Go Pop!, Lift Off, Secret Agent: The Hunt For Red Rock Rover, Math Rescue, Ceefax Backchat and 4-Tel MegaZine here. You can also find Lydia on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Fun House here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. In one of those heat-activated Spice World mugs where they all moved very very slightly apart from Mel B, 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.

This time, in a special festive edition, Tim, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson are all crowding into a paper chain-strewn local radio studio ready to take your calls and chat about some of the signs that Christmas was coming that you just don't seem to get any more. So that's Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson being used to back every single local news feature, School Christmas Fairs, weird decorations that were still in use long past their cultural sell-by date, Advent Calendars with no chocolate but plenty of pictures of Shepherds sort of leaning sideways a bit, the toy pages in 'The Catalogue', the bitter rivalry between the Christmas double issues of Radio Times and TV Times, Channel 4 flinging out angular festive fare like Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, festive replacements for the BBC Globe, The Middlesborough Methodist Tableau and much more besides. In a crammed Christmas Cracker of chat we'll be debating the physics of those big televisions with shutters on them, stressing the need for a Loose Cannon reconstruction of Bob's drawing of a Lord 'a'Leaping', attempting to beat Carol Vorderman at Yuletide Maths, deploring the steady stream of one-shoed shoplifters hopping out of Bobby Cannon's, refuting any and every suggestion that clowns have any business being anywhere near anything to do with Christmas, exploring the financial potential of an Advent Calendar with Willie Rushton behind every single door and querying the value of using Rentaghost as a sort of all-purpose philosophical yardstick. Call in and donate some 'Canned Goods' now!

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. Bob and Georgy joined me for a similarly seasonal chat about the rain-lashed joys of the Great British Summertime here. You can also find Bob on Looks Unfamiliar chatting 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, Eighties ‘Tabloid Celebrities’, Accidentally Kelly Street by Frente!, The Two Ronnies’ ‘Mileaway’, Rude Food, Suggs On Saturday and School Folk Songs here and Tucker’s Luck, Pookiesnackenburger, We Wanna Be Famous by Buster Gobsmack And Eats Filth’, game show contestants’ occupations being booed by the studio audience and the lost ancient art of the paper plate and shaving foam Custard Pie here, and Georgy on Indoor League, Re-Joyce!, the The Animals In The Box sketch, the Paul Squire Fan Club, Pippa Dolls, Pig In The Middle and Good Winter Telly here and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Go For Broke!, Last Chance Lottery, Fry’s Five Centres and Vesta Ready Meals here. You can also find Georgy on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Bod here and Bob on The Owl Service here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If the 'Chocolate Train' calls at your stop you get a Mocha. Sorry, it's the rules.

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 joining guest host Garreth Hirons for a festively-tinged chat about unlikely Christmas Hit and possibly the most mid-nineties artefact there is, the CD Single of Wonderwall by The Mike Flowers Pops. Along the way we'll be revisiting Andrew Collins' superhero origin story. averting the musical equivalent of Shovelware, and revealing why Lou Reed has never seen a chicken in any degree of proximity to a road but still finds the thought of it getting to the other side hilarious.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.You can also find Tim and Garreth chatting about I Was Born On Christmas Day by Saint Etienne Featuring Tim Burgess, Ferrero Prestige, Bod’s Present, A Merry Jingle by The Greedies, Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion by Jenny T. Colgan, Mariah Carey’s rendition of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, Richard Herring’s Christmas Emergency Questions, Iron Man 3 (which IS a Christmas Film), Joe 90 Christmas Special The Unorthodox Shepherd and Merry Christmas Santa Claus (You’re A Lovely Guy) by Max Headroom here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Even if backbeat the word on the street is that the fire in your heart is out, I'm sure the kettle's still working.