In a proper society, the only rational response to a 65-year-old man saying that would be pity.
Tim Worthington
@outonbluesix.bsky.social
Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'. timworthington.org
Where can you find The Barron Knights, The Kids From Fame, Microsoft Explorapedia and Absolute Beginners? In this collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar, that's where... timworthington.org/2018/08/23/t...
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Real Bowie Says To The Imagined Bowie
Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar with Tim Worthington talking to Paul Kirkley about The Kids From Fame Again, Garreth Hirons about Sweet 75, Darrell Maclaine about the Brennan JB7, James Gent about…
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Maskatron - interchangeably-mugged robotic adversary of crank-armed Six Million Dollar Man action figure capable of variously posing as face but not necessarily physique of Steve Austin, Oscar Goldman and Generic John Saxon Bloke. Jaime would not have been fooled. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
The Saint - late eighties revival starring MFI-haired Simon Dutton as Simon Templar in a series of pin man-deficient mild-mannered mysteries where someone had clearly assumed if they used the name then stuff would just happen which ITV seemed to show by accident. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
How To Be A Complete Bastard by Adrian Edmondson - Vyvyan Bastard slash Lady Adrian Dangerous slash Vim Fuego-sponsored study in Wogan-worrying acts of HAH-HA-HAAAA!-inviting wilful antisocial antagonism aimed at all and sundry for purposes of attaining bastardry. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Space Sentinels - teenagers imbued with abilities of Hercules, Mercury and Astrea foil activities of intergalactic ne'er-do-wells with the aid of sentient computer Sentinel One and maintenance robot MO to a relentless disco-funk soundtrack. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Imagination by 'Belouis' 'Some' - wine bar art-funk tail-end of New Romantic stray hit for Smash Hits-derided oddly-monickered Max Headroom-alike, propelled chartwards by famously 'banned' nude-deploying video. Follow-up Some People only appealed to some people. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
It really is impossible now - especially as it just sounds ridiculous - to convey just how exciting it was to have a WHOLE NEW FOURTH CHANNEL in 1982, but as you can hear in this, I was so excited that I felt I had a duty to watch *all* of it... timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Top Of The Box - the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes, from Every Loser Wins to Awesome Dood! by Edd The Duck. You really won't believe which of those is better. timworthington.org/books/top-of...
Top Of The Box
Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington – the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes.
timworthington.org
Mitch Benn (@mitchbenn.bsky.social) joins me for a chat about How To Be A Complete Bastard by Adrian Edmondson, Space Sentinels, Maskatron, Imagination by 'Belouis' 'Some', Channel 4's launch previews, the revival of The Saint with Simon Dutton and more... timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Argos Blade Runner
Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn talking to Tim Worthington about Channel 4’s pre-launch trailers, Imagination by Belouis Some, Space Sentinels, Simon Dutton as The Saint, How To Be A Complet…
timworthington.org
Boxpops - BBC2 Sunday lunchtime computer generated fact box-festooned themed archive clip rampage with backwards baseball cap-esque 'trendy' affectatios in the manner of The Chart Show let loose at the BFI. timworthington.org/2018/07/01/l...
BEEB - tone-misjudging BBC attempt at establishing a rival magazine to ITV's Look-In, never quite shaking that slightly square image whether in non-canonical Grange Hill strips or John Craven fashion shoots and ironically The Roxy to Look-In's TOTP. timworthington.org/2018/07/01/l...
Once again the smashing @outonbluesix.bsky.social has invited me onto the @looksunfamiliar.bsky.social #podcast to chat about random stuff in my head. Warning: contains hard centres & an Ekco Hostess trolley. timworthington.org/2026/08/07/l...
Looks Unfamiliar: Georgy Jamieson – I Bet She Got It From A Catalogue
Looks Unfamiliar with Georgy Jamieson talking to Tim Worthington about the EKCO Hostess Trolley, Terry’s Spartan, A Sharp Intake Of Breath, John Cleese’s How To Win Holes By Influencing…
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Where can you find The Barron Knights, The Kids From Fame, Microsoft Explorapedia and Absolute Beginners? In this collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar, that's where... timworthington.org/2018/08/23/t...
The Best Of Looks Unfamiliar: The Real Bowie Says To The Imagined Bowie
Highlights from Looks Unfamiliar with Tim Worthington talking to Paul Kirkley about The Kids From Fame Again, Garreth Hirons about Sweet 75, Darrell Maclaine about the Brennan JB7, James Gent about…
timworthington.org
Maskatron - interchangeably-mugged robotic adversary of crank-armed Six Million Dollar Man action figure capable of variously posing as face but not necessarily physique of Steve Austin, Oscar Goldman and Generic John Saxon Bloke. Jaime would not have been fooled. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
This was a RIGHT tune and he was niiiice.
Tim Worthington@outonbluesix.bsky.social · 18h agoImagination by 'Belouis' 'Some' - wine bar art-funk tail-end of New Romantic stray hit for Smash Hits-derided oddly-monickered Max Headroom-alike, propelled chartwards by famously 'banned' nude-deploying video. Follow-up Some People only appealed to some people. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
The Saint - late eighties revival starring MFI-haired Simon Dutton as Simon Templar in a series of pin man-deficient mild-mannered mysteries where someone had clearly assumed if they used the name then stuff would just happen which ITV seemed to show by accident. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
How To Be A Complete Bastard by Adrian Edmondson - Vyvyan Bastard slash Lady Adrian Dangerous slash Vim Fuego-sponsored study in Wogan-worrying acts of HAH-HA-HAAAA!-inviting wilful antisocial antagonism aimed at all and sundry for purposes of attaining bastardry. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Space Sentinels - teenagers imbued with abilities of Hercules, Mercury and Astrea foil activities of intergalactic ne'er-do-wells with the aid of sentient computer Sentinel One and maintenance robot MO to a relentless disco-funk soundtrack. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Imagination by 'Belouis' 'Some' - wine bar art-funk tail-end of New Romantic stray hit for Smash Hits-derided oddly-monickered Max Headroom-alike, propelled chartwards by famously 'banned' nude-deploying video. Follow-up Some People only appealed to some people. timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
It really is impossible now - especially as it just sounds ridiculous - to convey just how exciting it was to have a WHOLE NEW FOURTH CHANNEL in 1982, but as you can hear in this, I was so excited that I felt I had a duty to watch *all* of it... timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Top Of The Box - the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes, from Every Loser Wins to Awesome Dood! by Edd The Duck. You really won't believe which of those is better. timworthington.org/books/top-of...
Top Of The Box
Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington – the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes.
timworthington.org
I'm not giving that 'take off your headphones' dullard in the Guardian the benefit of a repost, but I would put money on him being someone who talks so loud on public transport that you can hear him over The Stooges.
I was absolutely obsessed with Boxpops and there are loads of songs I heard for the first time on it and comedy sketches I saw for the first time
Tim Worthington@outonbluesix.bsky.social · 19h agoBoxpops - BBC2 Sunday lunchtime computer generated fact box-festooned themed archive clip rampage with backwards baseball cap-esque 'trendy' affectatios in the manner of The Chart Show let loose at the BFI. timworthington.org/2018/07/01/l...
Mitch Benn (@mitchbenn.bsky.social) joins me for a chat about How To Be A Complete Bastard by Adrian Edmondson, Space Sentinels, Maskatron, Imagination by 'Belouis' 'Some', Channel 4's launch previews, the revival of The Saint with Simon Dutton and more... timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Argos Blade Runner
Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn talking to Tim Worthington about Channel 4’s pre-launch trailers, Imagination by Belouis Some, Space Sentinels, Simon Dutton as The Saint, How To Be A Complet…
timworthington.org
Boxpops - BBC2 Sunday lunchtime computer generated fact box-festooned themed archive clip rampage with backwards baseball cap-esque 'trendy' affectatios in the manner of The Chart Show let loose at the BFI. timworthington.org/2018/07/01/l...
BEEB - tone-misjudging BBC attempt at establishing a rival magazine to ITV's Look-In, never quite shaking that slightly square image whether in non-canonical Grange Hill strips or John Craven fashion shoots and ironically The Roxy to Look-In's TOTP. timworthington.org/2018/07/01/l...
You honestly don't have to show me what Twitter's saying. That's why I'm here and not there.
I absolutely adore the Caravan Of Love video. Utter silliness and pisstaking from start to finish but still somehow with a 'be nice to each other' message running through it all.