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 Looks Unfamiliar featuring Gary Bainbridge on Googi The Liverpool Duck, Tim Worthington on Ferrero Prestige, Becky Darke on Tubby Turtle, Toby Hadoke on the BBC's After The Bomb season, Anna Cale on Grange Hill's Ronnie Birtles' shoplifting storyline, Genevieve Jenner on Boomerang and Mitch Benn on internationally famous celebrities acting in eighties pop videos. Along the way we'll be rifling through Billy Butler’s collection of white noise recordings, finding out what happens when you take the concept of 'Pocket Coffee' too literally, assessing which bath toys are most suitable for hand to hand combat, estimating how much money you can get on eBay for a decades-old combination of Matey, mud and jam, revealing how to thwart a vampire armed with just a duvet, debating the difference between ‘Muppets’ and ‘The Muppets’, and pondering where Michael McDonald fits into the Running Scared Expanded Universe. Plus there are a couple of extras you may not have heard - Tim doing a commentary on the Trumpton episode The Bill Poster and chatting to Tyler Adams on Goon Pod about what you were liable to find in your parents' record collection...

You can find the full versions of all of these shows and lots more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.There's further fun on The Golden Age Of Children's TV with Tim on The Magic Roundabout here, Anna on Press Gang here, Genevieve on Faerie Tale Theatre here and Mitch on Clangers here. 

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Nick Fisher will be along to paste over the Fire Brigade Band Concert posters with a Mellow Birds advert shortly.

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 Birmingham's leading cutlery expert Nina Buckley, who’s building a bridge to anyone else who remembers Bridge To Your Heart by Wax, Murun Buchstansangur and 439 Golden Greats - Never Mind The Originals Here's The HeeBeeGeeBees. Along the way we'll be finding out what 'Pure Pop' has to do with Les Dennis dressed as Vyvyan, asking when International Murun's Day is, tuning in to Программа Поба and Brad Pitt presenting Meditate: The Side Of Need You Tonight Nobody Remembers - The INXS Story, and debating what should go on Jeremy Hunt's debut album. Apparently while mentioning Whose Line Is It Anyway? more times than is strictly necessary...

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 shove that miserable so and so out of the way if he's loitering under the sink.

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 artist and author Rose Ruane, who's applying liberal splashes of pink paint to liven up her recollections of plush toy dog Poochie, leaf-based animation Windfalls, Charmkins, Beautiful Sunday stationery, Haunted Children and The Ghost Within by Alison Prince and Tinkerbell Cosmetics. Along the way we'll be revealing the secret ink-based code of penpal hierarchy, reluctantly meeting a forgotten terrifying TV Clown, debating which members of The Get Along Gang vote Conservative and revisiting The Manic Street Preachers' early 'Poochie' phase. Plus there's also a mystery television drama about an unlikely romance between two unlikely teenagers...

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Yes there actually were Poochie mugs apparently. Like all exceptionally fluffy toy dogs can drink out of without getting ruined.

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 author Genevieve Jenner, who's flipping between college radio stations in the hope of alighting on KOMO children's show Boomerang, hastily cancelled sitcom Over The Top, Thorazine Shuffle by Bongos Bass And Bob, early internet dating-themed romcom Bossa Nova, Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen and Coca-Cola's attempt at launching a fizzy drink for Generation X OK Soda. Along the way we'll be finding out the difference between 'Muppets' and 'The Muppets', debating how many early nineties lo-fi techno-rock propaganda bands got their own tie-in carbonated drink, and contemplating Richard Herring's unwitting influence on the rise of dating apps.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Genevieve on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein, What A Way To Go! and Fruitopia here, and on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Faerie Tale Theatre here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Please note that delivering one with an OK Soda baseball cap stuffed inside it as a 'prize' is neither funny nor... funny.

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 bag a local newspaper scoop about remembering 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 gems' and Radio 1 phone-in competition 31 Days In May. Along the way we'll be discovering what happens if Drop The Dead Donkey is rewritten by The Forces Of Darkness, recalling the great Indie Girl Maggie Moone Craze of 1999, reluctantly trying The Official Council Tarmac Bar, and revealing what punishment was really handed out to all those light-fingered Grange Hill pupils.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Anna on Looks Unfamiliar talking about the Neighbours sticker album, Wendy Cracked A Walnut, Rogue, Sosmix, Secrets Of The Sea and the Shackleton’s High Seat Chairs advert here and 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 on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Press Gang here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Please do make sure to tell Ken Loach you were inspired to get a McCafé by his advert.

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 Becky Darke, who’s trying to send messages from the nostalgia equivalent of the beyond to Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors, Tubby Turtle, Jim Henson's The Tale Of The Bunny Picnic, In The Garden Of Bad Things by Doug MacLeod, Bucky O'Hare and the Secret bar. Along the way we'll be assessing which bath toys are most suitable for hand to hand combat, examining the physics underpinning Cadbury's Spira, estimating how much money you can get on eBay for a decades-old combination of Matey, mud and jam, and questioning why parents apparently immediately lose the capacity to understand the syntax of swearing - and that's not even getting started on Becky's secret metal arm...

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. Please do not serve it poured into a Tubby Turtle. Or 'enhanced' by chocolate-flavoured Shredded Wheat for that matter.

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 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 Gentlemen, 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. Along the way we'll be debating how to politely deal with a gatecrashing Roland Rat, finding out what happens when you take the concept of 'Pocket Coffee' too literally, going to see The Snowman: No Way Home and revealing the identity of the one viewer who never got to see Russ Conway's Yuletide Jamboree.

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. Yes I know Ferrero Prestige lattes are only available to the jet-setting ultra-rich but maybe if I turn up with the woman from the Küsschen advert they won't notice.

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 Gary Bainbridge, who’s searching for the next instalment of the comic strip serialisations of Googi The Liverpool Duck, Big Bubbles, No Troubles by Ellis Beggs And Howard, stunt-riding action figure for girls Derry Daring, Looney Tunes and DC Comics stage crossover Bugs Bunny In Space, The London Connection, Cliff Richard's dance record as 'Black Knight', DJ Spuddles Original Gourmet Fries, The Shinsei Miracle and Shut Yer Gob by Lee Brennan. Along the way we'll be debating whether it's acceptable to play Paddington Bear in 'bearface', revisiting lost rock genre Rod Jane And Rogercore, rifling through Billy Butler's collection of white noise recordings, listening to Barry Cryer's cover of Scott Walker's Tilt, and pondering why so many children in seventies mail order catalogues looked like Matt Berry.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Gary on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Screen Two: Coast To Coast, Radio City’s Jack Your Body parody Deadly Boring, Supersonic Man, Audisee’s The War Of The Worlds, Limp-Along Leslie, That Look In Your Eye by Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks, Ace Reports Annual 1981 and Unbranded Soluble Cola Tablets here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Do not let 'DJ Spuddles' anywhere NEAR 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 Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge on Plug Comic, Toby Hadoke on the Cabana bar, Carrie Dunn on The Isle Of Wight Waxworks Museum, David Smith on Stranger In This Town by Richie Sambora, Al Kennedy on The Golden Cagoule and Lydia Mizon on Ceefax Backchat. Along the way we'll be assessing Plug’s chances of survival in the pre-Alternative Comedy standup scene, debating the Cabana-related exceptions to libel laws and finding out how Ally Sloper invented Teletext. Plus there's something you might not have heard - an extract from Tim's commentary on the Bluray release of legendary spooky ITV children's serial The Owl Service...

You can find the full versions of all of these shows and lots 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 you've got access to a time machine, one of those coffee bars that Gillian Hills hung out at in Beat Girl would be worth a try.

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 trying to get a team of light entertainment stars to decipher his mimes for Children's BBC celebrity panel shows Star Turn and Star Turn Challenge, evil Grange Hill teacher Mr. Hicks, Subbuteo-rivalling tabletop football game Striker, Lines by The Planets, Marvel UK strip Night Raven and the craze for having international celebrities acting in pop videos. Along the way we’ll be debating whether the most glamorous showbiz spectacular would be a 'Challenge' or 'On Ice', revealing when you should stage a Rihanna-Off or indeed a Rhianna-Off, and enjoying a couple of rounds of The Official John Craven Soccer Game.

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, 54321, Logan’s Run The Series, Matchbox Zoomy Balloonies, Action Man’s Atomic Man and Bullet Man, King Swamp, and fifties nostalgia in the seventies 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, Stars by Hear’n’Aid, Into Infinity, The Humanoid, A Man Called Sloane, BusyBodies and The Kids Are Alright by The Pleasers here and No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, The Deceivers, Eureka!, Lady Sovereign and Jentina’s feud and Mego Pocket Heroes here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying one of Tim's books here or by buying us a coffee here. Please inform us straight away if an international celebrity is 'playing' the barista.