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Of course, what everyone remembers the most about Big John Little John - over and above anything about the contents of the show itself - is every single word of the overlong theme song...
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Looks Unfamiliar: Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge – He Looks Like A Normal Boy With A Nose
Looks Unfamiliar with Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge talking to Tim Worthington about Big John Little John, Virtual Murder, Matchbox Cascade, Bobby Brewster, Mr. Pink Whistle, The Jaws Game and …
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September 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Of course, what everyone remembers the most about Big John Little John - over and above anything about the contents of the show itself - is every single word of the overlong theme song...
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TV THAT TIME FORGOT: Big John Little John (NBC, 1976)
Respectable thirtysomething high school teacher accidentally takes a swig from the Fountain Of Youth while on holiday, leaving him with a propensity to turn into a twelve-year-old version of himself at inopportune moments.
Respectable thirtysomething high school teacher accidentally takes a swig from the Fountain Of Youth while on holiday, leaving him with a propensity to turn into a twelve-year-old version of himself at inopportune moments.
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
TV THAT TIME FORGOT: Big John Little John (NBC, 1976)
Respectable thirtysomething high school teacher accidentally takes a swig from the Fountain Of Youth while on holiday, leaving him with a propensity to turn into a twelve-year-old version of himself at inopportune moments.
Respectable thirtysomething high school teacher accidentally takes a swig from the Fountain Of Youth while on holiday, leaving him with a propensity to turn into a twelve-year-old version of himself at inopportune moments.
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I saw them play live at the Abbey Park Show in Leicester 🤣
I think it was either in 77 or 78 if I recall
I think it was either in 77 or 78 if I recall
September 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I saw them play live at the Abbey Park Show in Leicester 🤣
I think it was either in 77 or 78 if I recall
I think it was either in 77 or 78 if I recall
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If someone described Animal Kwackers to you - basically a regionally-accented Glam Rock slant on The Banana Splits with an ITV budget - you'd assume they just weren't very good at making stuff up. But as @lisaandandrew.bsky.social can confirm, it's all too real...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
If someone described Animal Kwackers to you - basically a regionally-accented Glam Rock slant on The Banana Splits with an ITV budget - you'd assume they just weren't very good at making stuff up. But as @lisaandandrew.bsky.social can confirm, it's all too real...
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
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With @lisaandandrew.bsky.social on Animal Kwackers, @markauthor.bsky.social on Noggin The Nog, @adamsleslie.bsky.social on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, @pablovich.bsky.social Transformers, @skepticcanary.bsky.social Blockbusters, @gralefrit.bsky.social on Scooby Doo.
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The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “The Grasshopper That Barely Moved”
Watch with Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on Animal Kwackers, Mark Griffiths on Noggin The Nog, Adam S. Leslie on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, Paul Abbott on Transformers, Tom Williamson on Blockb…
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September 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
With @lisaandandrew.bsky.social on Animal Kwackers, @markauthor.bsky.social on Noggin The Nog, @adamsleslie.bsky.social on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, @pablovich.bsky.social Transformers, @skepticcanary.bsky.social Blockbusters, @gralefrit.bsky.social on Scooby Doo.
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timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
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NEW! A long time before he started spending his Sundays singing hymns in the middle of dual carriageways, Harry Secombe spent almost the entire sixties heading the smash stage musical Pickwick - and I'm on @goonpod.bsky.social looking at this lost phenomenon...
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timworthington.org/2025/08/15/g...
Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat about Harry Secombe’s turn in the phenomenally successful Charles Dickens-derived stage smash, Pickwick.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEW! A long time before he started spending his Sundays singing hymns in the middle of dual carriageways, Harry Secombe spent almost the entire sixties heading the smash stage musical Pickwick - and I'm on @goonpod.bsky.social looking at this lost phenomenon...
timworthington.org/2025/08/15/g...
timworthington.org/2025/08/15/g...
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Still one of TV's greatest theme tunes.
Hagger and Bowker are on the case when the Newton Marriage Guidance Centre is burnt down.
Premiere: 🚓 Z CARS (1978) 🚓 7pm Stars #JohnCollin #BrianGrellis #GrahamAshley in 'Debris' #TPTVsubtitles
Premiere: 🚓 Z CARS (1978) 🚓 7pm Stars #JohnCollin #BrianGrellis #GrahamAshley in 'Debris' #TPTVsubtitles
May 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still one of TV's greatest theme tunes.
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Essential reading for anyone interested in British SF or the development of British TV in the 20th century
@tobyhadoke.bsky.social @tenacrefilms.bsky.social
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@tobyhadoke.bsky.social @tenacrefilms.bsky.social
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Quatermass: Review: The Quatermass Experiment
By Toby Hadoke Ten Acre Films, out now The making of TV’s first sci-fi classic… The book’s subtitle – reprinted above – and the identity of the author should pretty much tell you all you need to kn…
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May 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Essential reading for anyone interested in British SF or the development of British TV in the 20th century
@tobyhadoke.bsky.social @tenacrefilms.bsky.social
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@tobyhadoke.bsky.social @tenacrefilms.bsky.social
scifibulletin.com/books/tie-in...
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Goon Pod Film Club: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
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March 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Goon Pod Film Club: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
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From Pogles' Wood and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang, a brand new look at the good, the bad and the extra school of children's television. Available in all good bookshops now!
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timworthington.org/2024/10/08/t...
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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March 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
From Pogles' Wood and Pipkins to Pob's Programme and Press Gang, a brand new look at the good, the bad and the extra school of children's television. Available in all good bookshops now!
timworthington.org/2024/10/08/t...
timworthington.org/2024/10/08/t...
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If someone described Animal Kwackers to you - basically a regionally-accented Glam Rock slant on The Banana Splits with an ITV budget - you'd assume they just weren't very good at making stuff up. But as @lisaandandrew.bsky.social can confirm, it's all too real...
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
March 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If someone described Animal Kwackers to you - basically a regionally-accented Glam Rock slant on The Banana Splits with an ITV budget - you'd assume they just weren't very good at making stuff up. But as @lisaandandrew.bsky.social can confirm, it's all too real...
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
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New! @lisaandandrew.bsky.social on Animal Kwackers, @markauthor.bsky.social on Noggin The Nog, @adamsleslie.bsky.social on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, @pablovich.bsky.social Transformers, @skepticcanary.bsky.social Blockbusters, @gralefrit.bsky.social on Scooby Doo.
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “The Grasshopper That Barely Moved”
Watch with Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge on Animal Kwackers, Mark Griffiths on Noggin The Nog, Adam S. Leslie on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, Paul Abbott on Transformers, Tom Williamson on Blockb…
timworthington.org
March 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New! @lisaandandrew.bsky.social on Animal Kwackers, @markauthor.bsky.social on Noggin The Nog, @adamsleslie.bsky.social on Mysterious Cities Of Gold, @pablovich.bsky.social Transformers, @skepticcanary.bsky.social Blockbusters, @gralefrit.bsky.social on Scooby Doo.
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timworthington.org/2025/03/04/t...
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Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge join me for a chat about Geoff Love's Big Terror Movie Themes, Plug from The Bash Street Kids' solo comic and a John Inman album that it's safe to say reflects the attitudes of the era it was made...
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timworthington.org/2022/08/24/l...
Looks Unfamiliar: Lisa Parker And Andrew Trowbridge – The Curse Of Plug Is A Myth
Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge join Tim Worthington for a chat about Big Terror Movie Themes by Geoff Love And His Orchestra, Plug, The Swish Of The Curtain, Dinosaurs, Arthur C. Clarke’s …
timworthington.org
February 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge join me for a chat about Geoff Love's Big Terror Movie Themes, Plug from The Bash Street Kids' solo comic and a John Inman album that it's safe to say reflects the attitudes of the era it was made...
timworthington.org/2022/08/24/l...
timworthington.org/2022/08/24/l...
A sublime end to Wolf Hall, a painful episode to watch. And I'm glad they didn't show the execution. I'm planning a full rewatch in the not too distant future. #WolfHall
December 15, 2024 at 10:15 PM
A sublime end to Wolf Hall, a painful episode to watch. And I'm glad they didn't show the execution. I'm planning a full rewatch in the not too distant future. #WolfHall
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Bringing you such delicacies as these
November 22, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Bringing you such delicacies as these
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...casting light upon wonders like this!
November 22, 2024 at 11:09 AM
...casting light upon wonders like this!
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...and the peas. All of the peas
November 22, 2024 at 11:29 AM
...and the peas. All of the peas
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...and aspicmungous "things" like this
November 22, 2024 at 11:44 AM
...and aspicmungous "things" like this
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My wife and I are at the age where we wake up, drink coffee and just continuously clear our throats for 45 mins.
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
My wife and I are at the age where we wake up, drink coffee and just continuously clear our throats for 45 mins.
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How exquisite are these illuminations of Queen #CatherineofAragon & King #HenryVIII? From Catherine’s Book of Hours by Jean Pichore, c.1509, likely commissioned for her wedding by her sisters. @onthetudortrail.bsky.social thank you so much for showing me! guenther-rarebooks.com/artworks/984...
November 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM
How exquisite are these illuminations of Queen #CatherineofAragon & King #HenryVIII? From Catherine’s Book of Hours by Jean Pichore, c.1509, likely commissioned for her wedding by her sisters. @onthetudortrail.bsky.social thank you so much for showing me! guenther-rarebooks.com/artworks/984...
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After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
by Richard Brooks for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
by Richard Brooks for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:09 PM
After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
by Richard Brooks for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
by Richard Brooks for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Donna Rees on Mr. Benn, Chris Shaw on Film Fun, Suzy Robinson on The Wombles, Lydia Mizon on Fun House and Deborah Tracey on Emu's All-Live Pink Windmill Show.
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timworthington.org/2024/11/16/t...
The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “It’s Always Also Very Important What Schools Everybody Are From”
Watch with Donna Rees on Mr. Benn, Chris Shaw on Film Fun, Suzy Robinson on The Wombles, Lydia Mizon on Fun House and Deborah Tracey on Emu’s All-Live Pink Windmill Show..
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November 17, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Donna Rees on Mr. Benn, Chris Shaw on Film Fun, Suzy Robinson on The Wombles, Lydia Mizon on Fun House and Deborah Tracey on Emu's All-Live Pink Windmill Show.
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timworthington.org/2024/11/16/t...
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Cadbury's Whole Nut - a bar that has apparently somehow existed since 1933 without *anyone ever noticing it*.
October 21, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Cadbury's Whole Nut - a bar that has apparently somehow existed since 1933 without *anyone ever noticing it*.