014 - Samira Ahmed – They All Had Hair Like Russ Tamblyn

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 and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, who's looking behind the headlines for hazy recollections of ITV Saturday Morning show The Saturday Banana, Children's BBC drama The Changes, Mary Quant-designed action doll Havoc, Nurdin & Peacock Own Brand Cola, ZX Spectrum game Thro' The Wall (especially if played on the School Computer), childhood misapprehensions about the news, and that time that ITV schools show Picture Box used a clip from Cleopatra Jones. Along the way we'll be pondering what Jacob Rees-Mogg could have learned from Metal Mickey, swapping stories about writing to Newsround and Week Ending as youngsters, and finding out the appropriate circumstances for marrying off poseable action figures - and if anyone out there can help us track down the edition of Picture Box in question, please get in touch...You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Samira on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Selfridges' Space: 1999 Walkthrough, Good Looks Ahead and The Fun Food Factory here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, why not buy us a coffee here? It can go in this Mary Quant mug, in fact.