Tim Worthington
Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
timworthington.org
- Ironically for a comedy band The Barron Knights have ended up as a bit of a punchline, but they did do some actual good pop parodies with witty lyrics. As well as a *lot* with lyrics about eating Christmas Pudding for some reason... timworthington.org/2018/04/24/l...
- The Frankie Goes To Hollywood game - impenetrable ZX Spectrum/Commodore 64 oddity about having to traverse Liverpool collecting 'emotions' while a murder mystery may or may not take place in the background. Also notable for Ped's bizarre head-tilt angle. timworthington.org/2018/07/17/l...
- Reposted by Tim WorthingtonTonight.. 📺
- 1975: A warning from history. You can watch the fab @gkw.bsky.social and me as the eyewitness experts/survivors who rewatched a night of 1975 TV for a C5 experiment on tomorrow night. Graham has written an excellent piece about it. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/70s-tv-...
- Secrets From The School Underground - lurid gossip about a bunch of unlikeable adolescents and their bullying 'banter' related by a smug smartarse who considered himself a louche 'adult', but it became real life playground contraband regardless. timworthington.org/2018/07/27/l...
- Signed copies a-go-go at the brilliant @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Tim WorthingtonInteresting to look back now on how giddily optimistic I was at the start of Jodie Whittaker's run as Doctor Who. I still think she was brilliant, though (and if you didn't, there's no need to tell me, cheers!). timworthington.org/2018/10/25/t...
- Reposted by Tim WorthingtonI saw Scala!!!, a thrillingly hilarious documentary about the wild story of London's Scala cinema, and loved it so much that I had to write my own love letter to my own much-missed offbeat arthouse cultural and spiritual home... timworthington.org/2024/01/08/t...
- Hello Mum - complaint-friendly one-series wonder BBC2 sketch show, essentially a TV transfer of Radio 4's In One Ear and broadcast live for extra topical bite and more instances of the cast slipping slightly on those three steps on the set.. timworthington.org/2018/10/29/l...
- E.T. Cola Creams - 'space'-hued Custard Cream variants with a barely legally tenable 'cola' tinge issued to tie in with modish cinematic popularity of red-fingertipped goody-two-shoes alien who was of course seen scoffing them in every single scene. timworthington.org/2018/10/29/l...
- Reposted by Tim WorthingtonYour Mother Wouldn't Like It - non-more-eighties gunge-flinging celeb-baiting kids-run-rampant Children's ITV sketch show featuring most of the pupils of Hardwicke House; coincidentally original home of fellow out of control school-set sitcom Palace Hill. timworthington.org/2018/10/29/l...
