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Tim Worthington
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Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.

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Brand new festive Looks Unfamiliar as Joanne Sheppard (@redskyatnight.bsky.social) hosts a chat with me about The Hudsucker Proxy, Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings, Victor Lewis-Smith's Bumper Christmas Cracker Cliche, Blur's Christmas single and more.

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A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
Tim Worthington joins Joanne Sheppard for a festively-tinged chat about Merry X-Mess by Rotterdam Termination Source, The Wassailing Song by Blur, BBC2’s A Perfect Christmas, Victoria Wood Wi…
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Currently on air over here with a few tunes to rouse you out of your hangover...

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December 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I didn't feel Venom: The Last Dance was *quite* as good as the previous two instalments but I still really enjoyed it. Well apart from the fourteen million hours of credits before a tag they aren't going to pay off. Here's me and David on Eddie Does Vegas...

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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Venom: The Last Dance With David Smith
David Smith joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Eddie Brock failing to maintain a consistent pair of shoes in Venom: The Last Dance.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Wassailing Song by Blur - little-heard festive fan gift from the deepest darkest Whither Dave days of Blur's not exactly vintage 1992, featuring all four of them taking lead vocals on a trad-folk medieval carol full of arcane references to underdone toast.

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December 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Merry X-Mess by Rotterdam Termination Source - neural pathway-pummeling hard techno dancefloor stomp enlivened by raucous outbreaks of carollong pilfered directly from the soundtrack of a VHS copy of Home Alone 2. Previous single was just a breakbeat and a spring.

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December 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Got a voucher or a book token burning a hole in your virtual pocket? Well you can't go far wrong with this...

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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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December 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Pop Fact! When Donny Osmond sang "Someone help me! HELP ME! Help me ple-e-aease" in Puppy Love, a freak black hole had opened in MGM Studios and he was being slowly dragged towards it.
December 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Joanne Sheppard (@redskyatnight.bsky.social) joins me for another look at Spider-Man: No Way Home, which not only includes a load of characters she'd never heard of but three - THREE - Spider-Men... but can we make it right the way through without being cancelled??
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It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard
Joanne Sheppard joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Doctor Strange inadvertently presenting compelling evidence why he is no longer Sorcerer Supreme in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Over the past week, I've been quietly adding late-night reviews of the Michael Caine movies that the BBC used to show last thing at night in the week leading up to Christmas. The last one is going up later tonight, but in the meantime...

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Michael Caine Appears In Pulp On Tuesday
It’s late December, it’s late at night on BBC1, and that can only mean one thing…
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December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Brand new festive Looks Unfamiliar as Joanne Sheppard (@redskyatnight.bsky.social) hosts a chat with me about The Hudsucker Proxy, Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings, Victor Lewis-Smith's Bumper Christmas Cracker Cliche, Blur's Christmas single and more.

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A Perfect Looks Unfamiliar Christmas: Tim Worthington – You’re Not Doing Toast Properly
Tim Worthington joins Joanne Sheppard for a festively-tinged chat about Merry X-Mess by Rotterdam Termination Source, The Wassailing Song by Blur, BBC2’s A Perfect Christmas, Victoria Wood Wi…
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December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"The first rule of Bob Hope club is...this is nothing to do with the US Government".
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Nothing against Amandaland but why dont they bring back Christmas Night With The Stars of The Funny Side of Christmas? Do loads of 5-8 minute festive specials or sketches. Introduces smaller shows to a big audience with some more standard comedy, get some names in, easy.
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
ERBLY BLARBY HERM HAM HOO IT IS ALL DONE ON A STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN COMPUTER AND AN INSULT TO THE ORIGINAL get over yourselves, it's fucking Do They Know It's Christmas. #totp
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The 1997 equivalent of "Amandaland" being the big BBC One Christmas Day sitcom would be "Spark" or "Bloomin' Marvellous".
December 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If you're enjoying the Christmas 1989 #TOTP, then I strongly suspect you're going to enjoy this look at the same year's festive Smash Hits...

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What Has Happened To Shaky This Christmas?
Time to spread ever more Christmas ‘cheer’ – it’s a look at the 1989 Christmas issue of Smash Hits!
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December 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel
Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel
When the president targeted me and my TV show, millions said no. So don’t give up on us – and always remember, we’re not all like him, says US talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel
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December 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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It's been a while since I was last able to add a lot of new reviews to my Christmas Carol blog, but I still like to try and put up at least one every year - and here today is the latest.

Yes, I have watched Carry On Christmas so you don't have to...
Carry On Christmas - 1969, television
A blog reviewing different film and television adaptations of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Did anyone listen to this??
If you find yourself wanting to avoid the inter-food festivity slump later today, I'll be on here between 6pm and 8pm with a decidedly different take on seasonal cheer...

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December 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
...and Tiny Griff, who did NOT The Nine O'Clock News
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you find yourself wanting to avoid the inter-food festivity slump later today, I'll be on here between 6pm and 8pm with a decidedly different take on seasonal cheer...

noiseboxradio.com
Noisebox Radio
Making a noise about great music
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December 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Always loved how the On The Hour Christmas Special ends with the 'Santacution', which is an unashamedly gleeful bad taste even by Lee And Herring standards. On Christmas Day morning on Radio 4.
December 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas, however you’re gonna spend it.
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
December 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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“We so rarely get a chance to celebrate, so this time we must... It’s Christmas. A Happy Christmas to all of us; and incidentally, a Happy Christmas to all of you at home!”
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Merry Podmas. Still hoping for Spider-Cavill as a Christmas miracle.
December 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM