120 - Danny Kodicek – The Bergerac-Pullover Crossover

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 actor Danny Kodicek, who’s listening well to Grandpa Fox's stories of Fox Tales, Pullover, Simon Bates doing a live action version of Our Tune as part of Good Morning With Anne And Nick, Radio 5 youth shows WICR and Brassic and defunct puzzle website Time Hunt. Along the way - after we've finished taking a look behind the scenes at The Saturday Show - we'll be revisiting Jamiroquai's duet with some puppet caterpillars, hunting for the Bootleg Pullover Millions and recalling the epochal cultural impact of 'Terry' from Grange Hill.

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

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THE BEST OF LOOKS UNFAMILIAR - APOLOGIES IF I'M NICK DRAKESPLAINING

This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Georgy Jamieson on Indoor League, Nina Buckley on Murun Buchstansangur, Rose Ruane on Poochie, Bibi Lynch on Head Over Heels In Love by Kevin Keegan, Bob Fischer on Tucker's Luck and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Wella Toners And Shaders. Along the way we'll be querying when International Murun's Day is, finding out why The Get-Along Gang should never be given the vote, looking back on Richie Manic's 'Poochie' Phase, listening to a polite King Kurt and giving out fashion tips for anyone who wants to either look like a low budget Phyllis Off Coronation Street or get a Non-Copyright ‘The Rachel’. Plus you can also hear Tim on BBC 6Music talking to Stuart Maconie about Music Time and BBC Test Card F, and joining Back To Now to enthuse ever so slightly over Clouds Across The Moon by The RAH Band...

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Don't ask the Intergalactic Operator for it though. He'll probably lose connection with the vending machine halfway through.

106 - BOB FISCHER - THE THINKING MAN'S CUSTARD PIE

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 roaming the streets doing vox pops asking if anyone remembers Grange Hill spinoff Tucker’s Luck, post-punk bin-clatterers Pookiesnackenburger, We Wanna Be Famous by Buster Gobsmack And Eats Filth who are not in any way the That’s Life! team in disguise as ‘punks’, game show contestants’ occupations being booed by the studio audience and the lost ancient art of the paper plate and shaving foam Custard Pie. Along the way we’ll be meeting a Trade Union Uncle Fester, listening to a Polite King Kurt, trying to avoid being scammed by a Sicilian Jeremy Corbyn and a Blue Diana Dors, watching Jack Rosenthal’s Play Your Cards Right, and debating whether Pearl Jam would have been improved by a well-timed plate of shaving foam in Eddie Vedder’s face.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Bob on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Tom O’Connor Roadshow, Giant Hogweed, Can’t Get A Ticket (For The World Cup) by Peter Dean, Glee Bars, J. Edward Oliver’s ‘Abolish Tuesdays’ and How To Be A Wally here and Eighties ‘Tabloid Celebrities’, Accidentally Kelly Street by Frente!, The Two Ronnies’ ‘Mileaway’, Rude Food, Suggs On Saturday and School Folk Songs here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Although if you're Alan from Tucker's Luck, you probably haven't got enough ten pences for one.

There's more about the weird world of BBC Records And Tapes in Top Of The Box, available in paperback here or from the Kindle Store here.

THE BEST OF LOOKS UNFAMILIAR: CHEKHOV'S FIRE BRIGADE BAND CONCERT POSTER

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 Looks Unfamiliar featuring Gary Bainbridge on Googi The Liverpool Duck, Tim Worthington on Ferrero Prestige, Becky Darke on Tubby Turtle, Toby Hadoke on the BBC's After The Bomb season, Anna Cale on Grange Hill's Ronnie Birtles' shoplifting storyline, Genevieve Jenner on Boomerang and Mitch Benn on internationally famous celebrities acting in eighties pop videos. Along the way we'll be rifling through Billy Butler’s collection of white noise recordings, finding out what happens when you take the concept of 'Pocket Coffee' too literally, assessing which bath toys are most suitable for hand to hand combat, estimating how much money you can get on eBay for a decades-old combination of Matey, mud and jam, revealing how to thwart a vampire armed with just a duvet, debating the difference between ‘Muppets’ and ‘The Muppets’, and pondering where Michael McDonald fits into the Running Scared Expanded Universe. Plus there are a couple of extras you may not have heard - Tim doing a commentary on the Trumpton episode The Bill Poster and chatting to Tyler Adams on Goon Pod about what you were liable to find in your parents' record collection...

You can find the full versions of all of these shows and lots more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Nick Fisher will be along to paste over the Fire Brigade Band Concert posters with a Mellow Birds advert shortly.

101 - ANNA CALE - RONNIE BIRTLES, WHAT WERE YOU UP TO?

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 Anna Cale, who's trying to bag a local newspaper scoop on remembering Dooby Duck's Disco Bus, Grange Hill's Ronnie Birtles' shoplifting storyline, Ken Loach's McDonald's advert, Nelson's Column, The Doberman Gang, fashion craze 'hair gems' and Radio 1 phone-in competition 31 Days In May. Along the way we'll be discovering what happens if Drop The Dead Donkey is rewritten by The Forces Of Darkness, recalling the great Indie Girl Maggie Moone Craze of 1999, reluctantly trying The Official Council Tarmac Bar, and revealing what punishment was really handed out to all those light-fingered Grange Hill pupils.

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Please do make sure to tell Ken Loach you were inspired to get a McCafé by his advert.

098 - MITCH BENN - A SLIGHTLY MORE APOLOGETIC VERSION OF SUBBUTEO

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 musician, comedian and writer Mitch Benn, who’s trying to get a team of light entertainment stars to decipher his mimes for Children's BBC celebrity panel shows Star Turn and Star Turn Challenge, evil Grange Hill teacher Mr. Hicks, Subbuteo-rivalling tabletop football game Striker, Lines by The Planets, Marvel UK strip Night Raven and the craze for having international celebrities acting in pop videos. Along the way we’ll be debating whether the most glamorous showbiz spectacular would be a 'Challenge' or 'On Ice', revealing when you should stage a Rihanna-Off or indeed a Rhianna-Off, and enjoying a couple of rounds of The Official John Craven Soccer Game.

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find other appearances by Mitch on Looks Unfamiliar here, here and here, and on It's Good, Except It Sucks here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying one of Tim's books here or by buying us a coffee here. Please inform us straight away if an international celebrity is 'playing' the barista.

THE BEST OF LOOKS UNFAMILIAR - GEORGE MARTIN IN CAHOOTS WITH THE ZOMBIE PEOPLE

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 Looks Unfamiliar featuring Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Mr. Men Songs, Hilary Machell on Enamel Bedroom Door Name Plates, Juliet Brando on The Telebugs, Bibi Lynch on You Just Might See Me Cry by Our Kid, Tim Worthington on Bad Ronald, Mic Wright on Sharky And George and Grace Dent on The Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident as well as some extra chat with Tim about about Something Outa Nothing by Letitia Dean And Paul J. Medford and Karen Gillan's The Hoarding. Along the way we'll be scientifically evaluating the Mr. Tickle Event Horizon, playing with the official Amanda Holden Slinky, trying to figure out the logic behind posting on the Internet to say there’s nothing on the Internet about Sharky And George and trying our hardest to repel a shower of ‘refreshed’ Granada announcers and the Test Card Clown – but no Test Card Girl. Plus there's also some additional chat with Gabby on Spider-Man: No Way Home, Mic on the X-Men animated series and Tim on Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and a couple of extras you may not have heard - Tim on Good Morning Scotland talking about the proposed Grange Hill film and on Goon Pod chatting about what it was like to see A Hard Day's Night on the big screen...

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

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Do ask someone to keep an eye on The Beatles if you have to go to the buffet car for one, though. They'll be up to all kinds.