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April 13, 2025 71 mins

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 Donna Rees, who's cheering from the terraces at any mention of Cupid And Psyche '85 by Scritti Politti, Ripping Yarns: Golden Gordon, The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer, Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind The Green Door and Gonks Go Beat. Along the way we'll be celebrating the chart-topping pop career of the window cleaners from Pigeon Street, explaining how to impress Michael Palin by mentioning the basic concept of 'trains', listening to Charlie off Casualty's scary trad-folk album and trying to scientifically determine what actually constitutes a 'gonk'...

You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Donna on Looks Unfamiliar talking about King Of The CastleThe Monty Python Matching Tie And HandkerchiefThe Innes Book of Records and Melody here.

If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. If you ask Green Gartside he probably knows the - boom boom - Perfect Way to make one.

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