080 - JOANNE SHEPPARD - NOT REALLY THE MODUS OPERANDI OF YOUR AVERAGE GHOUL

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 trying her hardest not to be roped into appearing in the background of The Bump by MC Mallett, some mysterious unidentified horror-themed sweets with free stickers, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, wildly contrasting game shows Mouthtrap and Connoisseur, National Geographic's World Magazine, children's compilation album All Aboard! and The Guinness Book Of Pet Records. Along the way we'll be assessing Chessington World Of Adventure's suitability for Goth day trips, questioning when pirates jumped the shark, revisiting Flanders And Swann's controversial Public Information Film and recounting the revolutionary snack food innovations of Crisp Gascoine.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Joanne on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The December Rose, Colorado Beetle panic, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, The Enchanted Castle, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ and Wilderness Road here.

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066 - BOB FISCHER - IT WAS UNTHINKABLE YOU WOULD HAVE AN 'R' IN AN EIGHTIES TABLOID

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 broadcaster and writer Bob Fischer, who’s scouring the Sunday newspaper magazines for any gossip about Ralph Halpern, ‘Hunky Plasterer Terry’, Emma ‘Wild Child’ Ridley and other examples of the eighties ‘Tabloid Celebrity’ phenomenon, Accidentally Kelly Street by Frente!, The Two Ronnies’ mini-drama ‘Mileaway’, Rude Food and other books labelled ‘Explicit Content’ in book club adverts, BSB talk show Suggs On Saturday, and the mysterious origins of inexplicably widely known ‘School Folk Songs’. Along the way we’ll be recalling Joan Collins’ scandalous affair with Ian Revolution 9-Smith, revealing how TV’s Alf Stewart reacts to a small hours fire alarm, finding out how Ronnie Barker can ruin two franchises at once, and expressing some serious reservations about Suggs’ grasp of basic mathematics.

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

THE BEST OF LOOKS UNFAMILIAR 05 - THEY'RE NOT GOOSESTEPPING DOWN THE STREET SHOUTING HEIL THE KANDYMAN

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 Martin Belam on the Laurel And Hardy cartoon, Jenny Morrill on The Just Seventeen Yearbook, Jack Kibble-White on Don’t Give Up Your Day Job by Richard Digance, Tim Worthington on Secrets From The School Underground, Ben Baker on Looks Familiar, John Rain on Hello Mum and Phil Norman on The Country Life Christmas Box. Along the way we’ll be getting annoyed at a fictional schoolboy’s opinions on Monty Python’s Flying Circus, critically evaluating Richard Murdoch’s cameo in The Wire, and trying our hardest to avoid talking about a cannibalistic emulsified cross between Last Tango In Paris and Straw Dogs. Plus there’s also something you may not have heard before – Tim talking to Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding on The Zeitgeist Tapes about Doctor Who and politics…

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

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028 - JENNY MORRILL - I JUST GET PICTURES OF ACTUAL BOOTS

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 Jenny Morrill, who's rifling through an eighties teenager's diary in search of any evidence of Boots Global Collection, the Just Seventeen Yearbook, a P&O Advert using La Mer, an Eastern European animation about a bird that gets turned into a bat, Melody Maker column Diary Of A Manic Street Preachers Fan, and a film her dad remembers about some sheep. Along the way we’ll also be finding out which face mask Oasis fans favoured, who 'Andrew' was in Rainbow, and which is the most animated out of Thom Yorke and a poster of Thom Yorke, not to mention examining the evidence of The Snowman's sinister culture-jamming agenda.

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

022 - JAMES GENT - A CROSS BETWEEN THE PRISONER AND TEST MATCH SPECIAL

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, Children's BBC clip show 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/.

THE BEST OF LOOKS UNFAMILIAR 01 - CAPTAIN PEACOCK IS POMPOUS, MOVE BACK THREE SPACES

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 the first six shows, featuring Stephen O’Brien on The Morecambe & Wise Game, Garreth F. Hirons on Food Fighters, Emma Burnell on The Patchwork Monkey, Phil Catterall on the ZX Spectrum tie-in game for Platoon, Mark Thompson on Night Shift, and Ben Baker on Fiendish Feet. Along the way we’ll be finding out when it’s appropriate to address Colin Bennett as ‘Vince Purity’, how many issues of ‘Razzle And Wise’ were published, and just which elements of The Untouchables were considered appropriate for a scrolling platform game aimed at children, not to mention recalling the classic horror film ‘Dracula Vs. The Skeleton’. Plus there’s also something you may not have heard before – Tim on the radio talking to Georgey Spanswick about ridiculous seventies board games.

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

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