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 actor and comedian Toby Hadoke, who’s peering over fences when the bad guys aren't looking for a look back at The Red Hand Gang, Einstein A Go-Go by Landscape, the BBC's After The Bomb season, Children's BBC's adaptation of The Machine Gunners, quirky mid-eighties drama series Annika, Winter Flight, Strike It Rich! and Driving Ambition, Can't Help Falling In Love by Lick The Tins and Golden Wonder Odduns. Along the way we'll be debating the definition of 'Mutant' Monster Munch, finding out what happened if The Corrs stayed out after they were supposed to on a school night, revealing how to thwart a vampire armed with just a duvet, placing bets on who would steal whose lunch money out of Albert Einstein and Booga Benson, and exposing the secret enmity between Margaret Thatcher and TV's Sentreal from Doctor Who.

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. No I will not try drinking it out of one of those geometrically ridiculous Odduns mugs.

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 Al Kennedy, who’s clapping the Nega-Bands in the hope of swapping places with someone who remembers The High Life, MB Games Flipsiders, ZX Spectrum clone the SAM Coupé, BBC Scotland's hill-based quiz show The Golden Cagoule, British Home Stores' space toy range Explorer 12, Ladybird role playing puzzle book Steeleye And The Lost Magic and the forgotten Captain Marvel Genis-Vell. Along the way we'll be navigating the warring tribes of Blokes Getting In The Way In HMV, evaluating the commercial feasibility of Travel Twister, campaigning for equal pay for female action figures and revealing how to fool your parents into putting on Kick by INXS as a witty practical joke.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Al on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Alias The Jester, Steve Jackson’s Battle Cards, Marblehead Manor, Joe’s Apartment, Channel Hopping, Puddle Lane and Advanced Lawnmower Simulatorhere,

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. In an Air Scotia mug, obviously.

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 sports writer Carrie Dunn, who is scouring the VAR for any evidence of Tony Slattery sitcom Just A Gigolo, Don't You Worry by Madasun, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum + 2 James Bond Action Pack, The Isle Of Wight Waxworks Museum, stage musical remount Rent Remixed and Channel 4's coverage of the Women's FA Cup. Along the way we’ll be finding out how to conduct a Desmond Llewelyn Rave, studying the geological effects of the Slattery Onslaught, treating Steptoe And Son to a jaaaaam-style makeover and debating who would 'win' out of Denise Van Outen and DCI Gene Hunt.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.You can also find Carrie on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Glam Metal Detectives, Handful Of Promises by Big Fun, Shock Treatment, Too Close To The Sun, The Karen Carpenter Story and Man O Man here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Whichever coffee it was that Tony Slattery advertised where it had I'm Into Something Good and it slowed down when he drank the wrong brand. That'll do.

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 are Round The Archives hosts Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge, who are assessing predictions of how many people in the future will remember Big Terror Movie Themes by Geoff Love And His Orchestra, Plug Comic, Children's BBC drama The Swish Of The Curtain, Jim Henson's Dinosaurs, Arthur C. Clarke's Report On Planet Three and Profiles Of The Future, and Are You Being Served Sir? by John Inman. Along the way we'll be debating the commercial viability of Giant Dog Movie Themes With Digby The Biggest Dog In The World And Eleven Other Famous Giant Dogs, meeting some Heavy Metal Morris Dancers, assessing Plug's chances of survival in the pre-Alternative Comedy standup scene, and revealing which of Arthur C. Clarke's party tricks you should definitely not attempt at home.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.You can also find Lisa and Andrew on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Big John Little John, Virtual Murder, The Jaws Game, Matchbox Cascade, the Bobby Brewster novels and Enid Blyton’s Mr. Pinkwhistle here and So Haunt Me, Stonkers, Pitfall!, Furzlin’ With Shag Connors And The Carrot Crunchers, Marion Chesney’s ‘Six Sisters’ novels and Le Petit Nicolas here, as well as Animal Kwackers on The Golden Age Of Children's TVhere.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. No, John Inman. There is no innuendo in that. Stop it. And stop that as well.

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 – and Only Connect champion – Lydia Mizon, who’s hoping that choosing Twisted Flax might give her some clues about the existence of Look Around You, Mongrels, Karma Hotel by Spooks, The Smurfs Go Pop!, Australian children's television show Lift Off, Secret Agent: The Hunt For Red Rock Rover and Math Rescue, and competing Teletext 'youth' pages Ceefax Backchat and 4-Tel MegaZine. Along the way we'll be watching BBC Three's Greg Davies Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog Undogged, finding out how Ally Sloper invented Teletext, and revealing the hidden link between Margaret Thatcher and Children's BBC's 'Boz'.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Lydia on Looks Unfamiliar 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 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 here. 

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It's chemical symbol NScf on the Look Around You periodic table, don't you know. Thanks, Barista. Tharista.

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 quiz expert David Smith, who's trying to recharge the remembering batteries for Have I Got Unbroadcastable News For You, Stranger In This Town by Richie Sambora, 28 Acts In 28 Minutes, the soundtrack from Billy Connolly's World Tour Of Australia, the Sega Game Gear, Grand Theft Auto Vice City Official Soundtrack Box Set, Police Squad!, Bart Simpson's Guide To Life and Duck Tales The Movie - Treasure Of The Lost Lamp. Along the way we'll be finding out how to spot anyone doing the Have I Got News For You Walk Of Shame, querying the dictionary definition of 'Didactogreekophobia', revealing why Davro's Sketch Pad is official Star Wars canon, and debating how to react if you order John Sergeant and get sent John Humphrys by mistake instead.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. David has also appeared on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Earthworm Jim, Torin’s Passage, Bandslam, City Bomber, Little Clowns Of Happytown, Sonic Mountain Quest and Real Robots, which you can find here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. At least it'll be easier to carry around than a Sega Game Gear.

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 and comedian Toby Hadoke, who's looking for clues to the who, the what and the when of Hey Matthew by Karel Fialka, late-night alternative comedy show Who Dares Wins, Channel 4 sci-fi pilot starring John Taylor from Duran Duran Timeslip, Spanish horror short La Cabina, Cadbury's Cabana, Kit Williams' puzzle book Masquerade and the brief primetime career of comedian Paul Squire. Along the way we'll be thrilling to the escapades of B.E. Baracus, watching a Gold Blend Video Nasty, debating the Cabana-related exceptions in the libel laws and taking part in the grand launch of Find The Bin With A '5' Written On It.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.You can also find Toby on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Red Hand Gang, Einstein A Go-Go by Landscape, the BBC’s After The Bomb season, The Machine Gunners, Annika, Winter Flight, Strike It Rich!, Driving Ambition, Can’t Help Falling In Love by Lick The Tins and Golden Wonder Odduns here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. There's probably some reason why 'Matthew' wouldn't be allowed one, though.

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 Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Mr. Men Songs, Hilary Machell on Enamel Bedroom Door Name Plates, Juliet Brando on The Telebugs, Bibi Lynch on You Just Might See Me Cry by Our Kid, Tim Worthington on Bad Ronald, Mic Wright on Sharky And George and Grace Dent on The Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident as well as some extra chat with Tim about about Something Outa Nothing by Letitia Dean And Paul J. Medford and Karen Gillan's The Hoarding. Along the way we'll be scientifically evaluating the Mr. Tickle Event Horizon, playing with the official Amanda Holden Slinky, trying to figure out the logic behind posting on the Internet to say there’s nothing on the Internet about Sharky And George and trying our hardest to repel a shower of ‘refreshed’ Granada announcers and the Test Card Clown – but no Test Card Girl. Plus there's also some additional chat with Gabby on Spider-Man: No Way Home, Mic on the X-Men animated series and Tim on Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and a couple of extras you may not have heard - Tim on Good Morning Scotland talking about the proposed Grange Hill film and on Goon Pod chatting about what it was like to see A Hard Day's Night on the big screen...

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. Do ask someone to keep an eye on The Beatles if you have to go to the buffet car for one, though. They'll be up to all kinds.

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, chatting to Ben Baker about Something Outa Nothing, the song 'written' and performed by The Banned, a group formed by the teenage residents of Albert Square in EastEnders, and then released by BBC Records And Tapes as an actual hit single credited to Letitia Dean And Paul J. Medford. Along the way we'll be speculating on which exotic rare synthetically-furred animal was used to make Letitia and Paul's stage costumes, debating the correct syntax for Jimi Hendrix-based insults, questioning the wisdom of using the word 'alabaster' in song lyrics and revealing why people kept handing Nick Berry unwanted plates of fish and chips.

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. Although please make it out of Nescafe rather than 'nothing'.

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 Hilary Machell, who’s searching for anyone with the same name as her who remembers Noah And Nelly In SkylArk, Wombles T-Shirts, Enamel Bedroom Door Nameplates, the correct spelling of 'Kerb', Children's ITV magazine show CBTV and the mysterious and sinister disappearance of rissoles and corresponding rise of quiche. Along the way we'll be celebrating those much-loved children's television favourites The Selbmow, sending off for The Funny Richard Nixon Buzzer ('you never know when it'll do Watergate next!'), hitting the town in Mickey Mouse t-shirts with lenticular eyes and assessing the financial viability of Postal Quiche.

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Please make sure to get it from one of those vegetarian cafes that respectable middle-class parents considered 'suspicious'.