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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2025 · 1H 30M

125 - Mark Thompson - I'm Almost Certain No Battle Elves Appeared In This

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 political commentator Mark Thompson, who’s off on the campaign trail in search of anyone who remembers Twiggy Twiggy (Twiggy Vs. James Bond) by Pizzicato Five, Your Party Needs You, Jasper Carrott's I've Got This Mole, Society, Lost In Austen, Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo and Shadow Chasers. Along the way we’ll be debating the the importance of elongated faces in topical satire, revealing how to avert attacks by 'soldier ants', setting the Time Variance Authority on ITV schedulers and maybe, just ,maybe, finding out why Week Ending used Party Fears Two as its theme music...You can more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Mark on Looks Unfamiliar talking about Whiz Kids, Crash ZX Spectrum, Night Shift, Public Information Film family The Blunders, The Last Train and The Drak Pack here, Libby’s Moonshine, A. Mazing Monsters, Agony, Being Erica, Hawkeye Collins And Amy Adams – Can You Solve The Mystery? and We Know Where You Live plus an extra secret bit about watching television on holiday here and V: The Series, Dirty Dick, The Giftie, The Mad Death, The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime) by Peter Schilling and Space Shuttle here, as well as Running Scared on The Golden Age Of Children's TV here.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help support the show by buying us a coffee here. Itsu made mo 'love and peace' (soshite kōhī mo).

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