EPISODE · May 17, 2017 · 29 MIN
006 - Emma Burnell - Jessica Wakefield Is Jessica Fletcher Writ Large
from Looks Unfamiliar · host Podnose
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 journalist Emma Burnell, who is raising funds for the cause of remembering Which Side Are You On? - Music For The Miners, Sweet Valley High, short-lived playground craze Scoubidou, children's horror novella The Patchwork Monkey, Rutger Hauer vehicle Split Second and the Ever Ready 'Power To The People' advert. Along the way we'll be discussing the sociocultural ramifications of an earnest man talking to some earnest men, assessing the potential risk factors inherent in hiring videos from 'a van' and speculating on the potential psychotropic effects of smoking a Fanta Yo-Yo.You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Emma on Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Royal Potwasher, Melody Radio, Channel 4’s Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, A Woman In Your Own Right, The Lords Of Midnight and Herman’s Head here, her role in an ITV Saturday Morning TV Show that never actually happened here, the The West Wing Christmas Specials here and the stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally here. You can also find Emma on The Golden Age Of Children's TV talking about Grange Hill here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. That's whose side I'm on.
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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 does. Joining Tim in this episode is broadcaster, columnist and standup comic Emma Burnell, who is banking on somebody else remembering Miners' Strike fundraising album Whose Side Are You On?, the Sweet Valley High novels, short-lived playground craze Scoubidou, children's horror novella The Patchwork Monkey, undistinguished Rutger Hauer vehicle Split Second, and the Ever Ready 'Power To The People' advert. Along the way we'll be discussing the sociocultural ramifications of an earnest man talking to some earnest men, assessing the risks of hiring videos from 'a van', and speculating on the possible psychotropic effects of smoking a Fanta Yo-yo.
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