About this episode

Tim Worthington talks to Gareth Randall about obscure memories from television and advertising.

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 broadcast historian Gareth Randall, who's trying to decide whether he'd really rather not have any confirmation of his recollections of notorious Screen Test Young Film-Maker Of The Year entry Ice Cream , Pepe Jeans' 'Where's Pepe?' advertising campaign, Keep Your Pecker Up by Eugene And The Syncopaters, Captain Micro's Electronic Comic , Tim And The Hidden People by Sheila K. McCullagh, Master Maze , Skirrid , 'one-man body band' Darren Kimpton and Take Hart On Holiday . Along the way we'll be assessing the commercial potential of the Lib Dems of jeans, finding out how to get two Blue Peter badges by mistake, casting an eye over the Paul Daniels Video Nasty, explaining why Morph is legally 'different' if he has a mohican but not if he has a knotted handkerchief on his head and cheering on a team of swearing nuns. Plus there's yet another attempt at answering the longstanding question of whether Mike Oldfield really did the theme music for Aubrey ... You can find more editions…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Worthington

Guest: Gareth Randall

Topics covered

• nostalgia
• broadcast history
• advertising campaigns
• children's television
• music
• comedy

Keywords

• Tony Hart
• Screen Test
• Blue Peter
• video nasties
• mohican
• swearing nuns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pepe Jeans

Books & works: Ice Cream, Keep Your Pecker Up, Captain Micro's Electronic Comic, Tim And The Hidden People, Master Maze, Skirrid, Take Hart On Holiday, Aubrey

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