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You Shall Have It Under Your Hand Today

The Box Of Delights soundtrack is finally available in full. But there WAS a single, which wasn't quite the same thing...

Perfect Night In: Tim Worthington

Tim Worthington takes us through his ideal evening's viewing including Skiboy, Rising Damp, The Monkees, The Banana Splits, Mr. Benn, Jonathan Miller's Alice In Wonderland, The Original Peter and Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.

Tim Worthington Presents… Black And White Christmas

For your present-wrapping accompanying listening pleasure, here's collection of mostly forgotten festive singles dating from the late fifties to the late sixties, with a pop and soul-fuelled flavour of Christmas in the days when shops shut at five, television was in black and white and shut down overnight, and the local Department Store Grotto was a bigger draw than The Big Film. All you had was secretly twiddling the radio dial with the volume turned down low...

Can’t Help Thinking About Christmas

Can't Help Thinking About Christmas - a book full of seasonal stuff by Tim Worthington.

‘Noddy Holder Men And Motors’ Anecdote Not Included

It will probably surprise very few of you to learn that I originally got into this business we call show intending to ‘do something’ in music. It will probably surprise even fewer of you to learn that I ended up getting precisely nowhere with this ambition. That’s why, unless I’m offered the kind of advance […]

Looks Unfamiliar #32: Vikki Gregorich And Jeff Lewis – No It’s Just A Radio That’s Been Left On

Looks Unfamiliar with Tim Worthington talking to game developer Jeff Lewis and board game collector Vikki Gregorich about The Secret Cabaret, Animalympics, Paul Biegel, Conrad's War, The Last American, Harry Harrison's Deathworld and more.

Looks Unfamiliar #31: Mark Thompson – Libby’s Difficult Second Carton Drink

Looks Unfamiliar 31: Mark Thompson 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 political commentator Mark Thompson, who’s offering his polling predictions for the chances of people […]

And You And I Would Call Them Dragonflies

Though I doubt that anyone who was terrified of Professor Yaffle as a youngster would agree with this definition of the word ‘fortunate’, I’ve been fortunate enough to see the entire assembled cast of Bagpuss puppets twice. The first time was at the Liverpool International Garden Festival, where they formed part of an exhibition celebrating an […]

Shindig! Issue #85

I’m in the new issue of Shindig! talking about the unexpected beat and psych highlights hidden away on obscure BBC Records And Tapes releases, covering everything from Welsh Acid Folk and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to the Salvation Army going prog and Fred Harris and Maggie Henderson trying their hand at a bit of puppet-fuelled […]

Looks Unfamiliar Halloween Extra: “Last Play School House On The Left”

Looks Unfamiliar Halloween Extra: “Last Play School House On The Left” It’s time for a creepy treat from the archives as Tim Worthington, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall count down the Top Twenty Five Things That You Were Scared Of As A Youngster That Weren’t Supposed To Be Scary! Yes, it’s time to hide behind […]