Looks Unfamiliar
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A podcast looking at all of the things that you remember that nobody else ever seems to.
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Stars by Hear'n'Aid - Twisted Sister-tastic Heavy Metal does Band Aid charity fundraising famine relief single with about twenty seven million guitar solos and the baffling presence of an entirely straight-faced Spinal Tap in the great big choir bits.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Stars by Hear'n'Aid - Twisted Sister-tastic Heavy Metal does Band Aid charity fundraising famine relief single with about twenty seven million guitar solos and the baffling presence of an entirely straight-faced Spinal Tap in the great big choir bits.
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Star Turn/Star Turn Challenge - Children's BBC's celeb parlour game smackdown fronted by Bernard Cribbins in the guise of notion-having deerstalker-adjusting detective Ivor Notion. Oddly forgotten now for a show with so many none-more-seventies guests.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Star Turn/Star Turn Challenge - Children's BBC's celeb parlour game smackdown fronted by Bernard Cribbins in the guise of notion-having deerstalker-adjusting detective Ivor Notion. Oddly forgotten now for a show with so many none-more-seventies guests.
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Had a fair few ones as a kid - still got most of them. Dug out these cartoon ones…
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Had a fair few ones as a kid - still got most of them. Dug out these cartoon ones…
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Why is someone ALWAYS trying to reboot The Prisoner when we've already got Stephen Fry and Jools Holland??
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November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Why is someone ALWAYS trying to reboot The Prisoner when we've already got Stephen Fry and Jools Holland??
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Atomic Man and Bullet Man - avowedly catching on-averse attempts at updating and expanding the Action Man range with a sort of copyright-skirting Six Million Dollar Man clone and Jet Age-helmeted sort of superhero possibly. The Intruder had scant cause for concern.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Atomic Man and Bullet Man - avowedly catching on-averse attempts at updating and expanding the Action Man range with a sort of copyright-skirting Six Million Dollar Man clone and Jet Age-helmeted sort of superhero possibly. The Intruder had scant cause for concern.
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Round The Twist - often quite literally down under sitcom about lighthouse-dwelling Pete, Linda and Bronson Twist and their weird encounters with reverse-doubles, pants-losing ghosts, all too effective magic lipstick and scatalogically defensive seagulls.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Round The Twist - often quite literally down under sitcom about lighthouse-dwelling Pete, Linda and Bronson Twist and their weird encounters with reverse-doubles, pants-losing ghosts, all too effective magic lipstick and scatalogically defensive seagulls.
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Mitch joins me for a chat about No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, Eureka!, The Deceivers, the Lady Sovereign/Jentina feud, Mego Pocket Heroes and more...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – A Perfect Storm Of Goth
Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn talking to Tim Worthington about No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, The Deceivers, Eureka!, Lady Sovereign and Jentina’s feud, Meg…
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November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mitch joins me for a chat about No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, Eureka!, The Deceivers, the Lady Sovereign/Jentina feud, Mego Pocket Heroes and more...
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Mitch Benn joins me for a chat about Stars by Hear'n'Aid, Into Infinity, The Humanoid, A Man Called Sloane, BusyBodies, bands that only seemed to exist on children's television and more.
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Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Spaghetti Star Wars
Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn talking to Tim Worthington about Stars by Hear’n’Aid, Into Infinity, The Humanoid, A Man Called Sloane, BusyBodies, The Kids Are Alright by The Pleasers…
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November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Mitch Benn joins me for a chat about Stars by Hear'n'Aid, Into Infinity, The Humanoid, A Man Called Sloane, BusyBodies, bands that only seemed to exist on children's television and more.
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Mitch Benn joins me for a chat about Star Turn Challenge, Striker, evil Grange Hill teacher Mr. Hicks, Marvel's Night Raven, New Wave band The Planets, eighties celebrity cameos in pop videos and more...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – A Slightly More Apologetic Version Of Subbuteo
Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn talking to Tim Worthington about Star Turn Challenge, evil Grange Hill teacher Mr. Hicks, Striker, Lines by The Planets, Night Raven, international celebrities acti…
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November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mitch Benn joins me for a chat about Star Turn Challenge, Striker, evil Grange Hill teacher Mr. Hicks, Marvel's Night Raven, New Wave band The Planets, eighties celebrity cameos in pop videos and more...
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Monday Morning 5: 19 by Rialto. One of those Britpop-era singles that sounded like it was going to be a massive hit but possibly arrived a little too late in the day and well after the backlash had started. Still sounds mighty though. Other lost belters?
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November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Monday Morning 5: 19 by Rialto. One of those Britpop-era singles that sounded like it was going to be a massive hit but possibly arrived a little too late in the day and well after the backlash had started. Still sounds mighty though. Other lost belters?
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Bands that were launched with a huge fanfare who you expected to do better than they ever actually did. Did anyone out there have unreasonably high hopes for Love And Rockets, King Swamp or The Lemon Trees?
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November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Bands that were launched with a huge fanfare who you expected to do better than they ever actually did. Did anyone out there have unreasonably high hopes for Love And Rockets, King Swamp or The Lemon Trees?
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TV and Movie tie-in toy cars - and branded lines like Zoomy Balloonies, and even celebrity ones if they did Elvis' milk float or something. Which did you have, which did you wish you had, and which were just any old toy car with a logo slapped on it?
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November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
TV and Movie tie-in toy cars - and branded lines like Zoomy Balloonies, and even celebrity ones if they did Elvis' milk float or something. Which did you have, which did you wish you had, and which were just any old toy car with a logo slapped on it?
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Get Stuffed - negative-budget small hours camera-bigger-than-room ITV filler with roster of students showing how to smash instant noodles, Primula and Schwartz chilli con carne seasoning together into something allegedly edible and still have change from 20p.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Get Stuffed - negative-budget small hours camera-bigger-than-room ITV filler with roster of students showing how to smash instant noodles, Primula and Schwartz chilli con carne seasoning together into something allegedly edible and still have change from 20p.
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It's 1966, and it's Series Four of Doctor Who. The Cybermen take over from The Daleks, Patrick Troughton takes over from William Hartnell, and Polly gets asked to make some coffee...
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It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Five: Well It’s A Marvellous Night For The Moonbase
Series Four of Doctor Who – The Cybermen take over from The Daleks, Patrick Troughton takes over from William Hartnell, and Polly gets asked to make some coffee.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It's 1966, and it's Series Four of Doctor Who. The Cybermen take over from The Daleks, Patrick Troughton takes over from William Hartnell, and Polly gets asked to make some coffee...
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Yes it's still November, but if you want to join in with my traditional 'advent calendar' of ITV Sitcom Christmas Specials, you'll probably need to start hunting them down online slash on Talking Pictures TV round about now...
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Festive Episodes Of All Your Comedy Favourites!
It is actually possible to make it all the way through a box set of seventies and eighties ITV sitcom Christmas Specials without hurling it at a blazing yule log…?
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November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Yes it's still November, but if you want to join in with my traditional 'advent calendar' of ITV Sitcom Christmas Specials, you'll probably need to start hunting them down online slash on Talking Pictures TV round about now...
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Mitch joins me for a chat about Pocketeers, O.T.T., The Laughing Prisoner, Rialto, Rhianna - not THAT one - and the original pre-Geoffrey line-up of Rainbow. Including THAT Bungle...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – Rumours Line-Up Rainbow
Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn talking to Tim Worthington about Monday Morning 5.19 by Rialto, The Laughing Prisoner, Oh Baby by Rhianna, Pocketeers, O.T.T. the original pre-Geoffrey incarnation …
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November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Mitch joins me for a chat about Pocketeers, O.T.T., The Laughing Prisoner, Rialto, Rhianna - not THAT one - and the original pre-Geoffrey line-up of Rainbow. Including THAT Bungle...
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Logan's Run the spinoff TV series. No it's not as good as the movie, but for many youngsters it was the first they knew of the franchise and they accepted and enjoyed it on face value. The same goes for a lot of similar spinoffs that get sneered at now.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Logan's Run the spinoff TV series. No it's not as good as the movie, but for many youngsters it was the first they knew of the franchise and they accepted and enjoyed it on face value. The same goes for a lot of similar spinoffs that get sneered at now.
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Also this happens in Ever Decreasing Circles, and frankly the Two-Stage Self-Assembly Ice Cream Cone is just about the most Howard And Hilda ice cream delivery system imaginable.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Also this happens in Ever Decreasing Circles, and frankly the Two-Stage Self-Assembly Ice Cream Cone is just about the most Howard And Hilda ice cream delivery system imaginable.
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Apparently Two-Stage Self-Assembly Ice Cream Cones were officially branded as the 'Coola Bar'. Which it has to be said is exactly the sort of trying to be cool but ending up feeling like school type of name that the ever-square Lyons Maid would have given it.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Apparently Two-Stage Self-Assembly Ice Cream Cones were officially branded as the 'Coola Bar'. Which it has to be said is exactly the sort of trying to be cool but ending up feeling like school type of name that the ever-square Lyons Maid would have given it.
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A naughty version of a pop video. Well an excuse to recomended the latest @looksunfamiliar.bsky.social with @mitchbenn.bsky.social it's a good listen #TOTP
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A naughty version of a pop video. Well an excuse to recomended the latest @looksunfamiliar.bsky.social with @mitchbenn.bsky.social it's a good listen #TOTP
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Top Of The Box - the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes. Paperback (10% off code BOOKBINDING10) or Kindle from here.
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Top Of The Box
Top Of The Box by Tim Worthington – the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Top Of The Box - the story behind every single released by BBC Records And Tapes. Paperback (10% off code BOOKBINDING10) or Kindle from here.
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Orion - late seventies space opera meets rock opera BBC2 extravaganza about the quest to find 'Earth II', waving two fingers at punk by basing itself on a full-tilt prog concept album from 1969 complete with Phil Collins on drums.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Orion - late seventies space opera meets rock opera BBC2 extravaganza about the quest to find 'Earth II', waving two fingers at punk by basing itself on a full-tilt prog concept album from 1969 complete with Phil Collins on drums.
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Denys Fisher Toys' Cyborg, Muton and Android - off-brand outer space outsmarters with pseudo-sophisticated futuristic backstory who were a permanent hopeful if rarely acquired inclusion on the Christmas List of many a sci-fi obsessed youngster.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Denys Fisher Toys' Cyborg, Muton and Android - off-brand outer space outsmarters with pseudo-sophisticated futuristic backstory who were a permanent hopeful if rarely acquired inclusion on the Christmas List of many a sci-fi obsessed youngster.
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54321 - Manfred Mann-fanfared futuristic Chocolate Bar Of Tomorrow complete with 'calculator' lettering and Rik Mayall dressed as a spaceman in the advert, rapidly revealed on consumption to be just... a chocolate bar with bits of caramel, wafer and cereal.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
54321 - Manfred Mann-fanfared futuristic Chocolate Bar Of Tomorrow complete with 'calculator' lettering and Rik Mayall dressed as a spaceman in the advert, rapidly revealed on consumption to be just... a chocolate bar with bits of caramel, wafer and cereal.
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For reasons best known to themselves, The Police re-recorded an eerie slower baroque version of Don't Stand So Close To Me as Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 - a minor hit and the last single before their acrimonious split. It's since basically disappeared.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For reasons best known to themselves, The Police re-recorded an eerie slower baroque version of Don't Stand So Close To Me as Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 - a minor hit and the last single before their acrimonious split. It's since basically disappeared.
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