Tim Worthington's Blog: Tim Worthington's Quickreads, page 28

The Singing Ringing Tree

Eerie psychedelic Cold War dubbed imported children's serial The Singing Ringing Tree is now available on Blu-ray - and I've written a book to go with it...

Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard – Not Really The Modus Operandi Of Your Average Ghoul

Looks Unfamiliar with Joanne Sheppard talking to Tim Worthington about The Bump by MC Mallett, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, Mouthtrap, Connoisseur, World Magazine, All Aboard!, The Guinness Book Of Pet Records and more...!

Looks Unfamiliar: Deborah Tracey – Relax Now, Dammit

Looks Unfamiliar with Deborah Tracey talking to Tim Worthington about Hardwicke House, Five To Eleven, How Can The Labouring Man Find Time For Self Culture? by Martini Ranch, Kwik Snax, Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis, Kate's Party by Joan Solomon and more...!

Brothers In Erm

'Classic' albums and good albums are not necessarily always the same thing...

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989)

Miriam Kent joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Frank Castle temporarily sharing a flat with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in It’s Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters

From 7-Zark-7 and Firestar to Mr. Cool and Bat-Mite, a look at the hastily added new characters that not EVERYBODY loved...

Vintage Rock Presents The Wild One

Vintage Rock Presents The Rock'n'Roll Years Volume One is a new bookazine taking a look at the earliest days of the shaking, rattling and rolling sound that pretty much defined popular culture and society for the entire second half of the Twentieth Century, from the jazz, country and blues experiments that fed into it to the influence of cheap studios and new recording technology right through to the very first quiff-toting stars rock rock rocking until broad daylight to the chagrin of concerned parents, concerned clergy and concerned cameramen carefully avoiding inadvertently beaming Elvis' degenerate hip-swivels straight into the nation's television sets.

You’re Weird, Ronald

One ordinary afternoon, ITV showed a sleazy, nightmarish film that REALLY should not have been on when children were watching. But if you can't remember what it was called, how do you prove it happened??

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 2

Sophie Davies joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Doctor Octopus getting some free garlic bread when his pizza turns up late in It's Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Directing Doctor Who

Doctor Who Magazine Special: Directing Doctor Who is out now, and includes a feature by me on the many and varied headaches faced by directors in the seventies as they struggled to get the latest escapades of Bellal's Mate and The Shrivenzale down on tape in a blur of strikes, velvet smoking jackets and seemingly endless multicoloured scarves.