139 - David Quantick - We Were Excited Because We Saw Hugh Scully's Makeup Chair

139 - David Quantick - We Were Excited Because We Saw Hugh Scully's Makeup Chair

From Looks Unfamiliar by Podnose

July 2, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

Tim Worthington talks to writer David Quantick about obscure cultural memories and various works of art.

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 writer David Quantick, who's trying to avoid having to resort to using a 'Time Bubble' to prove the existence of Timeslip , Black Hearts In Battersea by Joan Aiken, Elephant's Eggs In A Rhubarb Tree , Boxed by Mike Oldfield and Bright's Boffins . Along the way we'll be battling to stop the fiendish plots of The Dastardly Man and Captain Wind-Up Toy, debating whether it was worth getting a colour television to see a blue man behind a desk, explaining why Little Lord Fauntleroy was the Minions of 1890 and taking bets on who will get changed first out of Michael Palin putting on an Edwardian bathing suit and Paul McCartney dressing up as a Teddy Boy. You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/ . If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar , you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here . Please make sure not to send that Mike Oldfield album that had a mug of coffee flying down Route 101 or whatever it was on the cover.

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Host: Tim Worthington

Guest: David Quantick

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Books & works: Timeslip, Black Hearts In Battersea, Elephant's Eggs In A Rhubarb Tree, Boxed, Bright's Boffins

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