Tim Worthington
@outonbluesix.bsky.social
Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
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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…
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New! 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...
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An interview with MIKE REISS of Some Of The Greatest Episodes Of The Simpsons Ever fame. This is very much worth a listen, even if it does feature ALF.
Pertinent to your interests, @herring1967.bsky.social.
Pertinent to your interests, @herring1967.bsky.social.
In an all-new ALFsplaining we chat to @thesimpsons.bsky.social showrunner, writer and producer @mikereisswriter.bsky.social about his time on ALF. It's a fascinating dive!
Listen at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Listen at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
March 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
An interview with MIKE REISS of Some Of The Greatest Episodes Of The Simpsons Ever fame. This is very much worth a listen, even if it does feature ALF.
Pertinent to your interests, @herring1967.bsky.social.
Pertinent to your interests, @herring1967.bsky.social.
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@alfsplaining.bsky.social Proof that ALF was 'hot' in 1985... twelve months before he even appeared on television!
September 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
@alfsplaining.bsky.social Proof that ALF was 'hot' in 1985... twelve months before he even appeared on television!
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025)
As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…
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November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
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The Golden Age Of Children's TV - the story of children's television from Play School and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang and everything inbetween - is out in paperback on 23rd October, and how good is that cover?
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The Golden Age Of Children’s TV
Do you live in a town? Was it Bill or was it Ben? Who is The Phantom Phlan Plinger? Can you guess what is in it today? Why don’t you just switch off your television set and go out and do something …
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October 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Golden Age Of Children's TV - the story of children's television from Play School and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang and everything inbetween - is out in paperback on 23rd October, and how good is that cover?
timworthington.org/the-golden-a...
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New! 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...
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
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New! 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...
timworthington.org/2025/11/19/l...
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Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
BSB - Part One: "I don't know why you say 'Goodbye' I say 'Hello'."
Interviewed for the New Jersey Network’s The Making of Doctor Who in 1988, producer John Nathan-Turner explained his wish to leave the series by saying it...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
Free for All, with a bunch of links to other pieces that have snuck outside the paywall in honour of the day. It's the start of the 1990 BSB Doctor Who repeat weekend, over at Psychic Paper.
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Can't Help Thinking About Me. If you don't enjoy it, it's big enough to use as a replacement housebrick. Paperback or Kindle from here.
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Can’t Help Thinking About Me
Can’t Help Thinking About Me by Tim Worthington – a collection of columns and features with a personal twist.
timworthington.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Can't Help Thinking About Me. If you don't enjoy it, it's big enough to use as a replacement housebrick. Paperback or Kindle from here.
timworthington.org/books/cant-h...
timworthington.org/books/cant-h...
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Ewoks - canonically-troubling heavily sidelined Dairylea-flogging Droids-adjacent 'serious' fan-infuriating animated further slash previous adventures of Teebo and company which once led directly into Return Of The Jedi but now... don't.
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ewoks - canonically-troubling heavily sidelined Dairylea-flogging Droids-adjacent 'serious' fan-infuriating animated further slash previous adventures of Teebo and company which once led directly into Return Of The Jedi but now... don't.
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
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Into Infinity/The Day After Tomorrow - Gerry Anderson-helmed After School Special pilot for putative space adventure meets physics lecture series with garish post-2001 pre-The Black Hole special effects and an incongruously non-shouting Brian Blessed.
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Into Infinity/The Day After Tomorrow - Gerry Anderson-helmed After School Special pilot for putative space adventure meets physics lecture series with garish post-2001 pre-The Black Hole special effects and an incongruously non-shouting Brian Blessed.
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
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Grange Hill in its earliest days was as hard-hitting as it was in any way 'unruly'. From violent teacher Mr. Hicks to Jeremy Irvine's swimming pool incident to Gripper's racist punch-up to 'the man' on the common... what storylines kept you up at night?
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Grange Hill in its earliest days was as hard-hitting as it was in any way 'unruly'. From violent teacher Mr. Hicks to Jeremy Irvine's swimming pool incident to Gripper's racist punch-up to 'the man' on the common... what storylines kept you up at night?
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
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Oh Baby by Rhianna. No, not Rihanna. Rhianna. It was a proper hit, but like a lot of early 2000s songs and artists who came and went between the decline of physical media and the rise of streaming, it seems to have fallen into a sort of digital void...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oh Baby by Rhianna. No, not Rihanna. Rhianna. It was a proper hit, but like a lot of early 2000s songs and artists who came and went between the decline of physical media and the rise of streaming, it seems to have fallen into a sort of digital void...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
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Fiftiesmania in the seventies - we all know what the most popular examples of it were, but what were the *worst*? The rock'n'roll revivalists that really did belong in the jailhouse, the silliest quiffs, the most pointless nostalgia, the lot...!
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Fiftiesmania in the seventies - we all know what the most popular examples of it were, but what were the *worst*? The rock'n'roll revivalists that really did belong in the jailhouse, the silliest quiffs, the most pointless nostalgia, the lot...!
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever isn't an easy movie to discuss. It didn't quite do what it set out to do, but given the circumstances, do you really want to sound like you're criticising it? Well me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social had a go. And mentioned cake a lot?
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever With David Smith
David Smith joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Shuri establishing diplomatic relations with an underwater nation made out of Lego Pirate Ship add-on packs in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
timworthington.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever isn't an easy movie to discuss. It didn't quite do what it set out to do, but given the circumstances, do you really want to sound like you're criticising it? Well me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social had a go. And mentioned cake a lot?
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
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The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special - and yes it does reference the Star Wars Holiday Special - seems to have dropped off the radar a bit, which is a shame as I thought it was even better than the third film. Here's me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social on it.
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special With Tim Worthington
David Smith joins Tim Worthington for a chat about about Mantis confusing The Twelve Days Of Christmas with Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon in The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special.
timworthington.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special - and yes it does reference the Star Wars Holiday Special - seems to have dropped off the radar a bit, which is a shame as I thought it was even better than the third film. Here's me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social on it.
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
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The story of early Lee And Herring vehicle Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World - one of the best radio comedy series of all time, and the fact that it isn't better remembered and more celebrated is a mystery worthy of investigation by Lionel Nimrod himself
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
Come With Me Now, Into The Swirling Mists Of Human Inadequacy…
The just about explicable story of Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s first ever comedy show – Lionel Nimrod’s Inexplicable World.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The story of early Lee And Herring vehicle Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World - one of the best radio comedy series of all time, and the fact that it isn't better remembered and more celebrated is a mystery worthy of investigation by Lionel Nimrod himself
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
Can't Help Thinking About Me. If you don't enjoy it, it's big enough to use as a replacement housebrick. Paperback or Kindle from here.
timworthington.org/books/cant-h...
timworthington.org/books/cant-h...
Can’t Help Thinking About Me
Can’t Help Thinking About Me by Tim Worthington – a collection of columns and features with a personal twist.
timworthington.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Can't Help Thinking About Me. If you don't enjoy it, it's big enough to use as a replacement housebrick. Paperback or Kindle from here.
timworthington.org/books/cant-h...
timworthington.org/books/cant-h...
Ewoks - canonically-troubling heavily sidelined Dairylea-flogging Droids-adjacent 'serious' fan-infuriating animated further slash previous adventures of Teebo and company which once led directly into Return Of The Jedi but now... don't.
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ewoks - canonically-troubling heavily sidelined Dairylea-flogging Droids-adjacent 'serious' fan-infuriating animated further slash previous adventures of Teebo and company which once led directly into Return Of The Jedi but now... don't.
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
timworthington.org/2023/12/07/l...
Into Infinity/The Day After Tomorrow - Gerry Anderson-helmed After School Special pilot for putative space adventure meets physics lecture series with garish post-2001 pre-The Black Hole special effects and an incongruously non-shouting Brian Blessed.
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Into Infinity/The Day After Tomorrow - Gerry Anderson-helmed After School Special pilot for putative space adventure meets physics lecture series with garish post-2001 pre-The Black Hole special effects and an incongruously non-shouting Brian Blessed.
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
timworthington.org/2023/10/30/l...
Grange Hill in its earliest days was as hard-hitting as it was in any way 'unruly'. From violent teacher Mr. Hicks to Jeremy Irvine's swimming pool incident to Gripper's racist punch-up to 'the man' on the common... what storylines kept you up at night?
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Grange Hill in its earliest days was as hard-hitting as it was in any way 'unruly'. From violent teacher Mr. Hicks to Jeremy Irvine's swimming pool incident to Gripper's racist punch-up to 'the man' on the common... what storylines kept you up at night?
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
timworthington.org/2022/11/04/l...
Oh Baby by Rhianna. No, not Rihanna. Rhianna. It was a proper hit, but like a lot of early 2000s songs and artists who came and went between the decline of physical media and the rise of streaming, it seems to have fallen into a sort of digital void...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oh Baby by Rhianna. No, not Rihanna. Rhianna. It was a proper hit, but like a lot of early 2000s songs and artists who came and went between the decline of physical media and the rise of streaming, it seems to have fallen into a sort of digital void...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
timworthington.org/2021/11/09/l...
Fiftiesmania in the seventies - we all know what the most popular examples of it were, but what were the *worst*? The rock'n'roll revivalists that really did belong in the jailhouse, the silliest quiffs, the most pointless nostalgia, the lot...!
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Fiftiesmania in the seventies - we all know what the most popular examples of it were, but what were the *worst*? The rock'n'roll revivalists that really did belong in the jailhouse, the silliest quiffs, the most pointless nostalgia, the lot...!
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
timworthington.org/2020/10/20/l...
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever isn't an easy movie to discuss. It didn't quite do what it set out to do, but given the circumstances, do you really want to sound like you're criticising it? Well me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social had a go. And mentioned cake a lot?
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever With David Smith
David Smith joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Shuri establishing diplomatic relations with an underwater nation made out of Lego Pirate Ship add-on packs in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
timworthington.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever isn't an easy movie to discuss. It didn't quite do what it set out to do, but given the circumstances, do you really want to sound like you're criticising it? Well me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social had a go. And mentioned cake a lot?
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
timworthington.org/2022/11/30/i...
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special - and yes it does reference the Star Wars Holiday Special - seems to have dropped off the radar a bit, which is a shame as I thought it was even better than the third film. Here's me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social on it.
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special With Tim Worthington
David Smith joins Tim Worthington for a chat about about Mantis confusing The Twelve Days Of Christmas with Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon in The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special.
timworthington.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special - and yes it does reference the Star Wars Holiday Special - seems to have dropped off the radar a bit, which is a shame as I thought it was even better than the third film. Here's me and @davidstrathdee.bsky.social on it.
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
timworthington.org/2022/12/22/i...
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Edward Trunk in the trunk, the jailer man and Sailor Sam searching everyone etc.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Edward Trunk in the trunk, the jailer man and Sailor Sam searching everyone etc.
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Also to say, you can have this book AND @outonbluesix.bsky.social's book - they are completely different takes on kids TV.
Richard Marson's The Box of Delights covering BBC children's TV 1967-97: a surprise revelation on every page so far. Eg Just discovered the original choice to front Newsround before John Craven was Jonathan Dimbleby. (The adult news depts don't come out of it well.)
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Also to say, you can have this book AND @outonbluesix.bsky.social's book - they are completely different takes on kids TV.