Podcast appearances and mentions of phil catterall

GB2RS News Sunday the 18th of December 2022   The news headlines: Train the Trainers courses RSGB Convention videos Planning Advisory Committee recruitment   After a forced break during Covid, the RSGB will be restarting Train the Trainers courses in the spring of 2023. It is hoped that three courses will be run across the country. The team would like to run the courses where demand is greatest, rather than arrange three courses where there is no demand. If you are an existing trainer, or would like to become one, and would like to attend a course during the year, please contact  g7lfc@rsgb.org.uk  The team would also like to hear from clubs that are willing to host a course so that it can match demand with availability. For further details about the course, what it covers and what is required from hosts, please visit rsgb.org/train-the-trainers The RSGB has released four individual presentations from its 2022 Convention which cover a wide and interesting range of topics. Philip Lawson, G4FCL gives an introduction to test equipment whilst Phil Catterall, G4OBK talks about adventure radio in Europe. Taking a look back into history, Dr David Abrutat provides a fascinating insight into Bletchley Park and the Y Services between 1939 and 1945. Finally, as a link with December's YOTA month, young radio amateurs Dan McGraw, M0WUT and Hamzah Shah, 2E0HXS share their experiences and learning from the YOTA summer camp in Croatia this year. Find these and other RSGB Convention presentations on its YouTube channel at youtube.com/theRSGB The RSGB Planning Advisory Committee assists RSGB Members with planning advice. It is looking to recruit additional committee members to help with this valuable service. You should be involved with, or retired from, a discipline associated with the planning process or have a good working knowledge of the planning process. The committee would particularly like to add a planning enforcement officer or a lawyer to the panel. The duties include assisting Members with planning enquiries, enforcement notices and appeals but will not include the actual preparation of planning applications on behalf of Members. If you think you can assist, please contact the RSGB Planning Advisory Committee Chair John Mattocks, G4TEQ by email at pac.chairman@rsgb.org.uk The RSGB HQ email system encountered a technical fault between the afternoon of Tuesday the 13th of December and the morning of Wednesday the 14th of December. If you emailed the RSGB during this period, it is likely that your message was not received and will need to be resent. To help, the RadCom team has extended the deadline for submissions to the magazine to Monday the 19th of December. So, there is still time to send in reports and items for the Club Calendar and Around Your Region sections of RadCom. The RSGB apologies for any inconvenience the fault may have caused. The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will be closed for two days on the 10th and 11th of January 2023 to allow electrical maintenance work to be undertaken. When booking a visit on any other day, remember that RSGB members can download a free entry voucher to Bletchley Park from the RSGB website at rsgb.org/bpvoucher The RSGB has made two announcements about exams this week. The first gives details of how to book for the Direct to Full exam from January, and the second outlines necessary changes to the exam fees. Further details of both can be found on the RSGB website. Go to rsgb.org/exams and choose the Exam Announcements option in the righthand menu. RSGB HQ will be closed for Christmas and New Year from 12.30pm on Friday the 23rd of December until 8.30am on Tuesday the 3rd of January 2023. Next Sunday, the 25th of December, the GB2RS News script will be prepared as usual and read at the discretion of individual news readers. There will be no GB2RS broadcast on Sunday the 1st of January 2023. During the holidays, if you need information about amateur radio, exams or RadCom you'll find lots of pages on the RSGB website, www.rsgb.org  And now for details of rallies and events The Yeovil Amateur Radio Club Rally will be held on Thursday the 29th of December at Davis Hall, Howell Hill, West Camel, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7QX. Doors will be open from 9.30am to 1pm and admission is £3. Free parking is available. The event will include bring and buy as well as 20 tables for traders. For more information contact Bob on 01963 440 167. The Lincoln Shortwave Club Winter Radio Rally will be held on Sunday the 29th of January at The Festival Hall, Caistor Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3HT. Doors open at 9.30am and entry is £2. Refreshments are available on site and talk-in is available on 145.375MHz. For more information email Graham via contact@m1dhv.co.uk The Canvey Rally will be held on the 5th of February at Cornelius Vermuyden School, Dinant Avenue, Canvey, Essex, SS8 9QS. The Rally is expected to be the usual hive of activity with plenty of traders and an indoor boot sale. Hot food and drinks will be available. Contact sears.enquiries@gmail.com for further information.   Now the Special Event News Special event station CN22JIM ends its two-week run today, the 18th, from the High Atlas Mountain range in Morocco. The ‘India Mike' suffix to the callsign was chosen in celebration of International Mountain Day which is held on the 11th of December each year. QSL via RW6HS. Today, the 18th , is the last chance to work the nine special event callsigns hosted by The Qatar Amateur Radio Society to celebrate the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Look out for the HQ station callsign A722FWC, as well as eight callsigns that contain sequential numbers, from A71FIFA to A78FIFA. The stations are active on the HF bands and via the QO-100 Satellite. QSL via the bureau, Logbook of the World or directly. Today is also the last opportunity to log special callsign PV22CUP. The Brazilian Amateur Radio League is using the callsign in celebration of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. QSL via Logbook of the World and eQSL. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Summits On The Air France, special callsign TM15SOTA will be active until the 30th of December. QSL via eQSL. Special event stations GB1900HA and GB1900HW have been operating since the 24th of January to mark the 1900th anniversary of the beginning of the construction of Hadrian's Wall. The defensive fortification is the largest Roman archaeological feature in the British Isles. The stations will be active until Friday the 23rd of December.  Now the DX news Tony will be active as 3D2AG/P from Rotuma Island, Fiji, OC-060, until the 20th of December. He hopes to operate using CW, SSB, RTTY and some FT8 on the 160 to 6m bands. QSL via Club Log. Lester, W8YCM will be active as W8YCM/6Y from Jamaica, NA-097, until January 2023. QSL directly via his home callsign. Vincent, F4BKV will be active as XW4KV from Laos until the 23rd of December. His main activity will be on QO-100 from as many as 12 grids. He will also do some operating on the 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands. QSL via F4BKV and Logbook of the World.  Now the contest news The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon began on Thursday the 1st of December. The contest will run until the 31st of January 2023. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report and locator. Today, the 18th of December, the Stew Perry Top Band Challenge will end its 24-hour run at 1500UTC. Using CW on the 160m band, the exchange is your four-character locator. On Tuesday the 20th of December, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3GHz band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.  Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 16th of December 2022 Things hotted up last week with a healthy increase in sunspot activity. The number of sunspots ramped up, giving us a solar flux index of 165 by Thursday. The other upside was the fact that geomagnetic conditions were quite settled with the Kp index remaining between one and three all week. There were some downsides. We have had an increase in the number of solar flares, with a total of 14. Of these, 11 were M-class. This is all happening around active region 3165, which is now a prime candidate for an X-class solar flare, the most powerful. There were reports of poor HF propagation on the morning of the 15th, which can possibly be attributed to the solar flares on the Sun. The graph of the maximum useable frequency, measured at Dourbes, looks rather like a roller coaster ride, with the extrapolated MUF over 3,000km being more than 38MHz at 9.15am and below 19MHz 20 minutes later. The moral of this story is that if HF propagation seems to fail just give it 20 minutes and see if it recovers. According to NOAA, the high solar flux index won't continue for much longer. It predicts that the SFI will reduce to between 115 and 120. The Kp is also predicted to stay low, at least until the 22nd when it is forecast to rise to five, possibly because of a returning coronal hole from 27 days ago. And finally, both the Chilton and Fairford Digisondes are offline at the moment, so please select Dourbes if using Propquest.co.uk And now the VHF and up propagation news The cold weather will be displaced as a temporary mild spell brings higher temperatures, plus wet and windy weather, during this weekend.  Eventually, colder westerly air with showery troughs will return from the west, but still with further bands of rain. There will probably be some good rain and snow scatter opportunities for the GHz bands. Tropo looks a bit thin, although there may be a brief enhancement on Sunday morning to France and the Low Countries but this will be gone by the afternoon. The other modes like meteor scatter and aurora are still a consideration, but much less predictable. With the Geminids meteor shower past its peak, there are two minor showers to look out for this week. The Leonis Minorids are active from the 5th of December to the 4th of February, reaching a maximum on the 20th of December with a low Zenithal Hourly Rate, or ZHR, of around five. The Ursids are active from the 17th of December to the 26th of December reaching a maximum on the 22nd of December, also with a low ZHR of around 10. Moon declination went negative on the 17th, so Moon windows will continue to shorten and zenith angles decrease. EME path losses are falling as we head towards perigee on Christmas Eve. 144MHz sky noise is increasing all week and on Friday we get close to an eclipse, so it will be very high during the whole Moon pass. Lastly, to repeat the ‘heads up' from last week about midwinter Sporadic-E, it is still worth mentioning since it usually becomes a reference after the event, and it would be nice to be there before it happens! So, employ the usual check of HF and VHF clusters from 10 to 4m and use www.propquest.co.uk and its EPI or Es probability index plots to see where the most likely areas for Es are located. Like summer events, rarer mid-winter Es are often associated with powerful jet streams and this unsettled weather is a good source for these. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

*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. This is a collection of highlights featuring Mitch Benn on Matchbox Zoomy Balloonies, Catrin Lowe on *Heartthrob - The Dream Date Game* , Mic Wright on Army And Navy Sweets, Darrell Maclaine on *Rutland Weekend Television* , Mark Thompson on *The Giftie* , Will Maclean on *The Fourth Pan Book Of Horror Stories* , Stephen O'Brien on *The Box Of Delights* , Sophie Davies on *The All Star Impressions Show* and Tim talking to Ben Baker and Phil Catterall about *A Christmas Lantern*. Along the way we’ll be looking back the mercurial musical career of ‘Trevor’, disputing Peter Hitchens’ Hot Or Not rating, evaluating Ian Pick and Ian Mix’s retirement plan, discussing how to tackle an Out Of Control Eric Idle, finding out how ghosts answer the phone, hunting down television tie-in paperbacks in decidedly less than upmarket bookshops and rating celebrity impressions of the Jamaican Louis Walsh. Plus there’s something you may not have heard before – Tim on *(Music For) The Head Ballet* talking to Paul Abbott about *Ringing On The Engine Bell* by Bernard Cribbins. You can find more editions of *Looks Unfamiliar* at http://timworthington.org/.

.trahC steL tnoD fo edosipe wen eht ot emoclew dna olleH...ahem, sorry, we've been listening to those backwards records again as there's moral panic on the horizon and its coming for your children!!! I mean, it's not obviously. But Ben Baker and Phil Catterall will be exploring some of history's weirdest uproars alongside learning about Gangulphus of Burgundy, the things that happened in Monty Python's wake, toxins, yellow reggae, the 'Cattomeat Bin Animal', Rainbow Parties, chess nonsense, Elvis' last hit singles, foam rolling, Minnesota mascot wars and why you cant even say Christmas anymore. So come ruin your turntable for the true masters of the dark. enif yllacisab s'ti, enif s'tI Listen, share, hit subscribe, drink a vodka up your bum, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received as our current listener base could fit in a shoe. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show - and get our monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed - via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Hey kids! Do you like facts? Do you like charts? Do you like betraying your country for upwards of £6 and a bottle of Tizer? Then Don't Lets Chart is the podcast for you. Ben Baker and Phil Catterall lead the parade of the past with terrible deals, Beethoven's working titles, the finest in pathologists, money for literally nothing, your best Swedish Idol judge, unfreedom, impressing Jodie Foster, what ET is short for, a talking 12" Nelson Mandela, frame frisking, uprisings and a leather pavillion for everybody. Listen, share, hit subscribe, steal an experimental aircraft, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Want to learn some genuinely true facts from this date in time but also like silly people making jokes about Slimer's buttocks, sexy elephants and the Fuse bar throughout? Then "Don't Lets Chart" is your podcast! Its quite the trunk laden episode too with the internet's most burning questions about peanut-eating pachyderms alongside a visit to Pope Martin, 1962's biggest novelty hit, the perfection of tap dancing, Bobby Brown's unfortunate stomach troubles, cannibalism in comedy, the most misquoted movie moments, Metallica taking on the internet, a ban from the ping pong council, the possibility of a 'Jeff Erson', needless references to You Bet!, tear-pumping poetry and much more. But no Darren Day. This podcast is hosted by Phil Catterall and Ben Baker and was produced by Ben. It is not in any way sponsored by the Fuse bar. Because it was discontinued in 2006. And if you like this, please please tell your friends. Listen, share, hit subscribe, fight a bear, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people and listener numbers are way down during the pandemic so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart or Kofi here: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart

Don't Lets Chart is a podcast that looks at the current day in history, shakes it for interesting trivia and then spray paints "BUMS" over the top of it. In this look at the April 6ths of time, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall learn about America's furry millionaire, Tartan Day, Napoleon's more petty acts of sulking, celluloid filth, Olympic pigeon bothering, the true inventor of the Pog, Steve Video Plus, boxing for peace, how Teddy Roosevelt definitely sounded, the early days of animation, ABBA's rise to Eurovision dominance, New Beer's Eve, the sadness of Spare Dad Three, patently untrue patents and lots more on the way. Plus our resident robot is here with his topical take on the news. Listen, share, hit subscribe, fight a bear, all that usual stuff. We're a small scale homemade show with just two people so all the support is gratefully received. If you'd like to throw a few quid at us too you can support the show and get our soon to be announced monthly bonus show, plus access to two whole series not on the regular feed, via this here link: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Phil loves big giant fighting space robots. Ben has never seen the appeal. Now, after years of in-fighting and insults, Ben is finally conceding to try and understand his friend's genuine obsession with the whole Transformers franchise. As an outsider he's going to learn about all aspects of the Autobots and Decepticons' long history of interplanetary punch-ups over the past four decades from the good to the impossibly rotten. And we start our journey at the very beginning with the opening three-part mini series from 1984 "More Than Meets The Eye". On the way we'll- - learn how YouTube are taking their cue from TV-am; - explore why oil rigs are dangerous and not a right laugh like you thought; - debate how important a "The" is when discussing massive robots; - uncover the Gordon Brittas of the Decepticons; - rage at the toys that never were; - investigate how Ronald Reagan, "Kidd Video" and Richard Pryor fit into all this; - question if a "rear axle" equates to a part of the human body; - reveal which one of us hates Muppet Babies; - and scratch our heads to see so very many wet robots. So if you're a robo fan or metal sceptic, there should be something for you in here. Now to take you for the ride of your life.... ------------------------------------- "Transformers 101: The Education of A Robophobe" is presented by Phil Catterall with Ben Baker who edited it together. If you want more or want to suggest where in the franchise we should go next, let us know via @dontletschart on Twitter or dontletschart@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------

As you all know Ben Baker and Phil Catterall are incredibly professional young men with all their own teeth and they definitely don't make a noise every time they sit down. But what of those rare moments where things went wrong? Or funny but unnecessary tangents were followed? Or sections were simply too long to fit into the regular episode? You're about to find out in half an hour of cocks going up Denis Norden's aunt's bloomers whilst an animated David Walliams looks on disinterested...sorry, we mean funny outtakes and deleted sections from "Don't Lets Chart". Merry Christmas VT!!!!!!!!!!1111111

Between 1958 and 1972, the BBC would run a big programme entitled "Christmas Night with the Stars". In it you could find mini versions of all your favourite shows of the time plus sketches, monologues and other seasonal nonsense. Today, Don't Lets Chart are reviving that tradition with a big beefy feature length special containing bite-sized editions of some of our favourite podcasts including "Retrospecticus", "The Big Beatles Sort Out", "Looks Unfamiliar" and "Round The Archives". There's also an exclusive story from Twitter favourite Darrell Maclaine plus your top presents of all time, the seasonal episodes of a certain sitcom are ranked, too many Shreks, one of those quizzes we used to do before the war and the usual facts, events, idiocy and shouting presented by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Merry Shreksmas! ====================================================== Find Retrospecticus here: http://retrospecticus.org/ Find Round The Archives here: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/round-the-archives-524254 Find Looks Unfamiliar here: https://timworthington.org/looksunfamiliar/ Find The Beatles Big Sort here: https://anchor.fm/garry-abbott Find Darrell Maclaine here: https://twitter.com/maclockdown With thanks as ever to Simon Tyers and Paul Abbott. Thanks to everyone who has been downloading our Advent shows throughout December, it was a huge undertaking but we're very proud of it. Thanks to all our pastry pals for sticking with us through 2020 too. If you want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================================================== Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day: 90s Christmas Telly from Ant and Dec to Zig and Zag" is still available now! BUY IT ON LULU: https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/ben-baker/i-was-bored-on-christmas-day/paperback/product-7wkjmd.html BUY IT ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NS9J76Z BUY IT FOR KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NXTJBCB

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. This time, it's an all-star festive lineup of entertainment as Tim is joined by a series of guests to talk about television Christmas Specials that seem to have slipped under the radar despite featuring very big names or coming from very popular shows, featuring Darrell Maclaine on Rutland Weekend Television, Phil Catterall on Community, Ben Baker on Bernard And The Genie, Garreth Hirons on Futurama, Tim Worthington on Doctor Who, Emma Burnell on The West Wing and Paul Abbott on The Peter Serafinowicz Show. As well as revisiting some of the lesser-seen small-screen yuletide offerings of years gone by, we'll also be discussing how to tackle an Out Of Control Eric Idle, what happens if someone drops We Didn't Start The Fire on the floor and smashes it, being legally forced to refer to Trevor McDonald as 'Indeterminate Newscaster', assessing how to qualify as one of Internet's Leading Simpsonsmen, lamenting Russell T. Davies' slapdash adherence to Thames Riverbed Continuity, considering whether President Bartlet should have hired The Goodies, and working out how many times it's possible to say the word 'impression' in one sentence. You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/

Why is calling your child "Bloody" a bad idea? What were The Beatles doing to our Nation's youth in 1963? Can you truly fancy a spaceship? When will the "Star Wars Holiday Special" start being special? And just who is Jimmy Todhands? Answers will occur from the mouths and souls of Ben Baker and Phil Catterall in your weekly dose of history and stupidity. Also covered in this module: "Weird" Abe Lincoln's Yorkshire roots, a nice glass of Brianade, page 3 vs hard sums, the latest birthdays, the concept of Shaq Fu, vol-au-vents for the youth, pudding lawsuits, Carlos Santana's new line in auto burglaries, red ink negativity, Nixon doing a big lie, Mr T's grill situation and Joey. Want to know what any of that nonsense means? Get listening now! ======================== Ben's new book "I Was Bored On Christmas Day" will be available to pre-order from Amazon next week. Find his (surprisingly easy to wrap as presents) other books at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXK or Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

Why is Dr Seuss no help with chatting up a partner? When is Racist Cluedo too racist? Who spent all their money on "trains and Michaela Strachans"? What's the real ending to "Stand By Me"? Which presenter is planning to become dead from robot sex? As ever, we'll dive into all of the above nonsense in the new episode of "Dont Lets Chart", a comedy and history podcast by the hugely unqualified Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Also in this cavalcade of trivia nonsense we'll learn why a 10 day week was amazing a poor idea, which of us looks most like a Sesame Street monster, how Walt Disney was a rotten bastard, what the best board game wasnt, why Cummingtonite isnt a request, who was snaffling some Jesus off a window ledge, what Dr Livingstone could've alternatively heard out of Henry Morton Stanley's mouth, if Star Wars would've been better ending Ben's way, what not to say on Tinder, how the Garbage Pail Kids made a movie and a lot more besides. We can only do this with your help so thank you to everyone who supports us on Patreon and tells their friends about us. We're still slowly rebuilding our listener numbers and every bit of word of mouth helps us hugely. Thank you. And, more than anything, please remember: Turdidae. =================== Want to support the making of the podcast and get early access to new episodes, alongside hours of bonus material? Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXKor Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

How did the cowboy Black Bart give himself away? What happened to Sputnik-1? Who would win in a fight between Rin Tin Tin and Lassie? Was the event pre and post Congo? And why is Ben going to be given away to an ostrich farm? Answers to these will be forthcoming, along with countless other facts and stupid jokes from the mouths of Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Plus: the incorrect Scooby Doo, becoming unretired, some Willis, too many Air Bud films, Sticky Fingaz vs Ben Fogle, Phil is bad at metal, an evil clown, Vanilla Ice and another reference to Boyz Unlimited. Oh and the robot's got a new catchphrase. ====================== Send us a question via @dontletschart on Twitter, dontletschart@gmail.com or our new Speakpipe set up: www.speakpipe.com/DontLetsChart And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================== Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXKor Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

Which episode of Paddington featured his powerful death squads? How many Spanish Galleons is too many for private use? What is the best Steve Guttenberg film from 1984 to 1987? When will the fiancées of Darren Day get their reparations? and where does "Lovable Zanies II" fit into all this? The answers to all of the above and more are featured in this episode of the internet's eighth or ninth most popular facts and daft jokes podcast (Skipton Region ONLY) with your hosts Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. Other items of fancy include the ballad of Boss Tweed, Geoff Hamilton's increasingly unused spade, too much Police Academy, fallen bacon, telly having a nap, the worst "corruptsmans", John Letter, meeting the Neighbours, extreme stench, putting a hit on Frank Sinatra, checking for ghosts, Wallace Carruthers and his gift to the world's legs, advertising pears, Valerie Harper's contract and a sobering look at bastards. So get on the Gutten-bus and lets go! ====================== Send us a question via @dontletschart on Twitter, dontletschart@gmail.com or our new Speakpipe set up: www.speakpipe.com/DontLetsChart And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================== Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXK or Lulu Press here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents

Where is a Cheese Heavy Nation? How did the bloke off Ghostwatch make it to the Sydney Opera House? Why are the British so good at murders? Which company hit big by giving people the squits? And at what end do you check a Stevenson's Plomp? Its all in your soapy new Don't Lets Chart with Robot. (Also Ben Baker and Phil Catterall) alongside some of the best inventor-named products, rockin' disasters, secret SS pasts of the TV stars, what makes Agatha Christie better than you, Bott's dots, The Wiggles sounding too excited about social distancing, the sneakiness of the Sunday Times, Cheryl's race against surnames, the only newspaper magnate named after a Channel 5 game show, Peter Pan's opening and lots more! Send us a question via @dontletschart on Twitter, dontletschart@gmail.com or our new Speakpipe set up: www.speakpipe.com/DontLetsChart And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: www.patreon.com/dontletschart ====================== Need some Christmas present ideas? How about one of Ben's books? Find them at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B079KSMVXK or Lulu Press here: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/benbakerpresents (use the code LULUFAM10 for 10% before October 17th)

How did a goat lead to a sporting disaster for over sixty years? Is Fall Guys the ideal way to decide who is best at religion? Was Thomas Edison's first film really called "Two Lasses Doing Some Kissing In The Bare"? Where is the best place to buy bees? And what did Bruce Springsteen pull out of in 2007? All these questions amazingly will be answered in the first episode of a brand new series of weekly trivia and stupidity podcast "Don't Lets Chart" with Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. There's also room for Curses, Air Bud Rules, farmin' rock, Kermit 16:9, Klingon Sex, the use of Parrots in Divorce, Badmington for Christ, two and Half Imperial Tons Of Cats, Cliffism, another Elizabeth Taylor wedding and who REALLY did the murder in Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap". Plus everyone's favourite new comedy robot P.I.S.S.2! [we're not calling it it that - Phil] You can contact the show or send in a short recording of you asking a question via @dontletschart on twitter or dontletschart@gmail.com And if you want episodes early, along with a lot of extra shows, outtakes and bonus stuff (alongside supporting us making it!) then please visit: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart

Welcome to The Head Ballet podcast! Paul Abbott invites guests to discuss their favourite novelty songs. Joining Paul after 4 million years of slumber is podcaster Phil Catterall who has brought along Stan Bush's 1986 The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack single The Touch and some other associated transforming robot music! We also look into a couple of 1960s tributes to our mechanical friends as well.

Another chance to hear a few of our early highlights before we launch our third series on October 6th - now back to weekly releases! And if you want to hear episodes even earlier follow us on Patreon where for less than three quid a month you can get early access to all our shows, plus bonus material, out-takes and the full series of our spin-off shows Don't Lets Chart...Nights and the DLC Lockdown Roadshow, all whilst supporting us hugely: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart With over 1,300 hours of nonsense available for free, it might be quite daunting for anyone new coming to our daft mix of trivia, quizzes, history and very silly jokes. So here's a hello selection checking in with some of our favourite moments from the first 12 months, including: - The deadliest toys ever released, - Super sizzlin' Steamed Hams memes, - Amazon's greatest gravy collections, - A searing investigation of the Nixon era, - Brittas, Bono and the best of the Royal Variety Performance, - Ranker.com's top six Terry and June characters, - Beatles or Beetles? - The greatest radio quiz of all time. So whether you're a newcomer or a fool who just wants to relive some of our favourite moments, this is the podcast for you. If you cant do Patreon but fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

Creamy mash mash. That about sums up this week's episode of "Don't Lets Chart" which tries to celebrate May 4th as literally anything but Star Wars Day, looks blankly at the over-specific Grammy categories and ends on a quiz that defames every single children's puppet character you loved as a child. Its shocking, its steamy and its here! So change the password on your dog, bin that lightsaber and lets begin.... If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

Everyday is like Ghost Train on Sunday as the definitely not driven mad Ben and Phil go head to head in a Saturday Morning Showdown featuring the likes of No.73, The 8:15 From Manchester, Tiswas and - yes - Telegantic Megavision! Then there's a quiz for all fans of Derek Boy and his Peckham pals on "Only Fools And Horses" before we run down the top ten charity singles that fell through the floorboards and Ben announces his ill-advised and dubiously beneficial new project... This is what they want? Um...I'll get back to you on that after I've used this tree... If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

Happy birthday to us! Yes, this our 50th episode! I know, we dont look a day over 47! To celebrate, we present this new tailor made collectors edition episode of "Don't Lets Chart" with exquisite ruby and mushy pea-encrusted highlights of the award-borrowing lists about Phillip Schofield, bad gravy, Terry and June, hams and A Dracula to name a few. This graceful and intricate collection was crafted by artisan Ben Bakers with striking ornate Phil Catteralls sewn into the lining. This record is not available in the shops. Because shops dont exist anymore. The French have a phrase for programmes like these: "c'est mieux que d'être en feu ... juste". Oui oui! If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

Doorbell noise. Wow! Can it nearly be a whole year since Don't Lets Chart first opened its ridiculous doors? With over 1,300 hours of nonsense available for free, it might be quite daunting for anyone new coming to our unique 35 to 37 minute mix of trivia, daft quizzes and very silly jokes. So here's a hello selection checking in with some of our favourite moments from the previous 12 months, including: - The deadliest toys ever released, - Super sizzlin' Steamed Hams memes, - Amazon's greatest gravy collections, - A searing investigation of the Nixon era, - Brittas, Bono and the best of the Royal Variety Performance, - Ranker.com's top six Terry and June characters, - Beatles or Beetles? - The greatest radio quiz of all time. So whether you're a newcomer or a fool who just wants to relive some of our favourite moments, this is the podcast for you. If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

"You can watch Dog Day Afternoon because you rotated your arm..." Happy International Richard Herring Telling People About International Women's Day! We're doing our best to celebrate the day despite you know...the obvious. There's a Cheryl Baker inspired look at the lesser discussed pre-9am Saturday shows including Breakfast Serials, Kissyfur, the wrong early version of ChuckleVision and whatever the frig Ovide was meant to be. Then we visit the video shop for a very original game show not affiliated with the late Bruce Forsyth before we discuss rare dolls seriously and with great insight. And not just a lot of giggling at names like "Original Midge". To the women! And yes, we know its spelled Allan. ====================== We've currently got a bunch of exclusive, Patreon-only episodes of "Don't Lets Chart" available that will never be on the regular feed. For those wanting to give more than $3, it’s not very intuitive on the site sadly but you can If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschartchange where the amount is to whatever you feel comfortable giving. It all helps hugely. Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far. Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

Join Ben and Phil for a "stab" at the murder podcast market with some unfortunately obvious crimes before playing the latest mop topped quiz all the kids go wild for and finishing up with a daze over days. There's tax evosion, new format pitches, PCP, thumb quandries, Wesley Snipes and Willie Nelson - together at last, gloves 'n' rhymes, Chad Beans, sock racism, America's Unwanted Chaplin, easily our dumbest quiz yet and oh so much cocaines for everybody! Plus: Why is there a zucchini on your doorstep? Who released "The Best of the Beatles"? And when is the optimum day for your cat to murder you? Discover all this and more in this week's Don't Lets Chart! -------------------- We've currently got a bunch of exclusive, Patreon-only episodes of "Don't Lets Chart" available that will never be on the regular feed. For those wanting to give more than $3, it’s not very intuitive on the site sadly but you can If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschartchange where the amount is to whatever you feel comfortable giving. It all helps hugely. Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far. Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

Its Valentine's week and as per usual Ben and Phil are here to put this d on you. Or is that old Ian Snoop Dogg? Either way, its not a very welcoming start to a show dedicated to all the best romantic things - i.e. murderous computers, Ernest Goes To Camp and the music of Mr Mister...which probably explains why your hosts are both single. That and their faces, personalities and clothing coverage in biscuits obviously. And thats before they've heard this new episode which is really very silly indeed. So...um, you seeing anyone then? If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month and your own exclusive feed: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart We've currently got a bunch of exclusive, Patreon-only episodes of "Don't Lets Chart" available that will never be on the regular feed. For those wanting to give more than $3, it’s not very intuitive on the site sadly but you can change where the amount is to whatever you feel comfortable giving. It all helps hugely. Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far. Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or email dontletschart@gmail.com Add the RSS feed to your pod machine here: https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-lets-chart-with-ben-and-phil/id1458231551?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh Don't Lets Chart is an independent podcast by Ben Baker and Phil Catterall. They should probably have some sort of production thing here. They do not.

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. This is a collection of highlights from shows forty nine to fifty four, featuring Suzy Norman on Hugo The Hippo, Richard Littler on the episode of The Waltons with a Poltergeist, Gary Bainbridge on Radio City's Jack Your Body parody Deadly Boring, Tim Worthington on It's A Shame by Kris Kross, Phil Catterall on the On The Hour Christmas Special, Ben Baker on Now - The Christmas Album, Mitch Benn on Two-Stage Self-Assembly Ice Cream Cones, and Darrell Maclaine on Blockbusters Bubblegum. Along the way we'll be finding out what Richard Stilgoe rhymed with ‘poltergeist’, speculating on what local radio’s obsession with records with ‘Of The’ in the title was all about, recounting how the cast of The Sullivans got caught up in a South-East turf war, debating Steve Ditko’s role in the invention of Cornetto, going to see a time-travelling Candy Flip, investigating how the ‘Hand Jive’ era of Blockbusters was entirely illicitly funded by holes in grandparents’ pockets, revisiting Peter Skellern’s ‘Lurpak Years’, lamenting the terrible fate of the Breakaway theme music, and unveiling our new foolproof scheme for alluding to now-disgraced celebrities without actually naming them. Plus there's also a bit of extra chat with Richard about an unusual BBC showing of 2001: A Space Osyssey, and something you might not have heard before - Tim on The Zeitgeist Tapes talking to Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding about the long-forgotten Clangers Election Special Vote For Froglet! You can find the full editions of all of these shows - and plenty more besides - at http://timworthington.org/

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 for a special Christmas edition is podcaster Phil Catterall, who’s here to talk about the Christmas Specials of radio comedy shows On The Hour, The Chris Morris Music Show and Lee And Herring. Along the way we'll be learning how to pronounce 'BBC7', finding out how to defend yourself from a bear armed only with a book about Week Ending, testing Phil's On The Hour Karaoke skills, and lamenting the terrible fate of the Breakaway theme music. Also, if you're taking part in 'Whigageddon', you might want to have a think before listening to this... You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/

Your favourite facts 'n' fannying about podcast returns with an all star tribute to six decades of Phil Catterall (aged 39). There are messages from his friends - also Ben is there. Plus Phil's top 20 things of all time ever (that arent giant fighting robots) including some nifty 90s shootouts, which comedy act he went to see instead of revising for his GCSEs, best Bonds, the best foot that can be barely considered a food, Greendale pride, perhaps the most stupid quiz yet and lots more. And because its a 40th celebration, the episode is a slightly longer almost 40 minutes in length. Happy all our birthdays! With huge thanks to Tim Worthington (@outonbluesix), Garreth F Hirons from @_Retrospecticus, @Hark87Podcast main man Paul Abbott, Christine Coulson (www.facebook.com/MadeWithYouInMindUK/) and Paul Gannon (@TheCheapShowPod) for their brilliant contributions. Go look at, listen on and enrobe yourself with their things today! If you would like to support our Patreon click here and get two bonus podcasts every month: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart We've currently got three exclusive, Patreon-only episodes of "Don't Lets Chart" available that will never be on the regular feed. For those wanting to give more than $3, it’s not very intuitive on the site sadly but you can change where the amount is to whatever you feel comfortable giving. It all helps hugely. Thank you. Or if you just fancy throwing the singular price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit Don't Lets Chart on Twitter: @dontletschart or visit us separately @benbakerbooks and @fil5000. Apparently we've also got an email address: dontletschart@gmail.com

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. This is a collection of highlights from shows thirty one to thirty six, featuring Bob Fischer on Giant Hogweed, Gillian Kirby on Teletext After Hours, Tim Worthington on Patterson, Michael Livesley on Topps Football '78 Bubblegum Cards, Chris Shaw on Rock School, and Andy Lewis on Vintage Anti-Enoch Powell Graffiti. Along the way we’ll be blowing the whistle on The Brexit Party’s sinister links to Giant Hogweed, finding out about the contribution Emlyn Hughes’ elongated leg made to road safety, planning a visit to The People’s Republic Of KDR, listening to Herbie Hancock jamming with Emu, finding out how to get the full immersive Laurel And Hardy experience by eating toffee, and definitely not drinking any ‘Solar Cola’. Plus there's also something you might not have heard before – Tim on Round The Archives talking to Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge about the last ever episode of Chigley… You can find the full versions of these episodes of Looks Unfamiliar - and many more besides - at http://timworthington.org/

Or "Congratulations! It's A Knife!" Put yer hands up and drop the off-brand "Avengerists" action figure! Detectives Ben Baker and Phil Catterall are on the lookout for terrible toys from the past, street messers and sex type people doing naughty kissing and that. Why? Well, it’s summat to do between "Columbo" repeats, innit? Also: A Lady, Tim Allen funnies, bloody GoBots, dogs eating spaghetti, hugging a mutant chicken, the trouble with airplane toilets, knock off pogo balls, Hoo-Moon's arch enemy, free foundry hand-outs, Morrissey the Consumer Monkey, public speedboats, what makes an "Open All Hours relationship", Oasis cassingles, the recalled Jo Brand action figure, the lie that 90s were over twenty years ago, Peter Falk sex and a tramp. With apologies to CheapShow for...well, they'll find out. If you would like to support our new Patreon from less than a pound a month and get an exclusive, not found anywhere else episode of "Don't Lets Chart" plus early access to others, click here: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Or if you just fancy throwing the price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit the new Don't Lets Chart Twitter feed: @dontletschart or visit us separately @benbakerbooks and @fil5000. And listen to CheapShow here: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/

Sunday, Sunday here again and...wait, we dont upload our new episodes on Sundays, do we? Aaahhhh, but we do. Presenting our mildly irrelevant move to Sundays for the forseeable future. In this week's episode, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall attempt to provide the complete Lord's Day experience from morning papers to the late night telly and most importantly of all: gravy. Plus: Bully's special prize, Creme Egg record breakers, Michael Hordern is The Singing Detective, Gazza's face, the correct words to the "Crazy Like A Fox" theme tune, we wear our Mushroom with Pride, an unwelcome IKEA food story, the "Days Like These" podcast, "some farts", Lee and Herring as social enhancement, Aladdin wishes for all the gravy and rubber faced ribaldry as standard. Oh that Sunday sleep! If you would like to support our new Patreon from less than a pound a month and get an exclusive, not found anywhere else episode of "Don't Lets Chart" plus early access to others, click here: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Or if you just fancy throwing the price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit the new Don't Lets Chart Twitter feed: @dontletschart or visit us separately @benbakerbooks and @fil5000.

Sponsored by Nixon's Crisps. "The crisps that are crisps". It was the philosopher Ian Reelbigfish who once sang "Sell out / with me oh yea / sell out / with me tonight". And never has a truer word been skanked as your hosts Ben Baker and Phil Catterall decide it’s time to cash in on the giant success "Don't Lets Chart" clearly is and try and hook one of those big sponsors. So why they decide to mention ghosts, "On the Buses" and controversial stamps is anyone's guess. Also in the mix are such topics as fancying a toilet ghost, podcasts vs. Blakey, Roger Taylor must die, a promotion from the American Wheat Council, Pacmanology, David Bowie does a terrible thing, a haunted mattress, when Harry S. Truman is the better option, the stench of Slimer, Robert Johnson enjoys a delicious Zoom lolly, terrible atrocities by mail, the first episode of "Get Bent Phil", John Barrowman is confused for his TV character and all the fictional crisps you can eat. Plus: your chance to help us fund this stuff as we can't work in fast food all our lives. If you would like to support our newly launched Patreon, click here: https://www.patreon.com/dontletschart Or if you just fancy throwing the price of a coffee in our faces: https://ko-fi.com/dontletschart Visit the new Don't Lets Chart Twitter feed: @dontletschart or visit us separately @benbakerbooks and @fil5000.

A special extra treat for fans of Looks Unfamiliar as previous guests Ben Baker and Phil Catterall give us a preview of their new podcast Don't Let's Chart, as they count down a list personally selected by Tim - eBay's Top Selling Annuals For February 2019! Can you tell the real Rupert Bear stories from the ones that Ben's just made up? Did Phil write every episode of Wacky Races? And what happened to The Chamberlain Bear Annual 1940 and The Degas Annual 1964? Find out all this and more - including just how racist The Dandy got - in Don't Let's Chart! You can subscribe to Don't Let's Chart via https://anchor.fm/s/a1225dc/podcast/rss - you can also find it on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/7bCp6FH0u2YXcbhvyImhWh or on your favourite Podcast app. You can hear Ben and Phil's appearances on Looks Unfamiliar at https://timworthington.org/looksunfamiliar/.

Orignally recorded in 2013 and mildly reworked in 2019, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall investigate several Wales-themed charts and lists in an attempt to learn more about our fellow nation's culture. SPOILERS: they fail. Plus: the sexiest Welsh people, egg soup, a lot of Super Furry Animals songs and a concerning lack of Max Boyce.

To celebrate fifty five years of Doctor Who being on the telly, Ben Baker was tasked with creating a simple pub quiz to be recorded in podcast form. He failed. So instead here's thirty minutes of trivia questions, sketches, pisspoor Yoda impressions, archive clips, Phil Catterall becoming the very first contestant on Ludicrously Niche Mastermind and very stupid jokes about going to the toilet in space. So grab your sonic screwdriver and order a pan-galactic gargle blaster cos where we're going we dont need roads. Because its a podcast. Obvs.

It's time for a creepy treat from the archives as Tim Worthington, Ben Baker and Phil Catterall count down the Top Twenty Five Things That You Were Scared Of As A Youngster That Weren't Supposed To Be Scary! Yes, it's time to hide behind the sofa from Camberwick Green, Return To Oz, Test Card F, Picture Box, Raggerty, World In Action, Professor Yaffle, The Open University, Angie Baby, Ode To Billie Joe, Spitting Image, Vrillon Of Ashtar Galactic Command, The Blue Peter Boat and much, much, terrifyingly more. Along the way we'll be waving cheerfully to some Video Nasties to avoid looking at the Children's section, meeting Parky The Lion, learning why The Muppets aren't frightening but their eyes are, finding out which family friendly cinematic icon was really a man who exploded and went inside out, and in a lighter moment recalling the classic scene where Terry Scott falls through a chair. And right at the end, there's our very own scary broadcast intrusion featuring a dog dressed as an elephant... stitch that, 'Pipes'! You can find more episodes of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/

Join Alex, Ben, Bryn, Helen and Lydia as they wait with bated breath for Eren Fairhands to work his magic.In the sanctuary which is the Temple of Aphrodite, it's heals for everyone! Even Sasha...?! The party then returns the heart to the vault before heading to the Tahan family home. Plans are made and the L.O.L.O.M.G. prepare for the next stage in their quest.Thanks to this week's Patrons; Phil Catterall, Seb Wake, Graham Knight, Bradley Renshaw, Cailyn Toomey, Hilary Merline, Ben Plopper, Crowbi, Calacatia, Plunder Duck, Robbie Lyons.Editing this week by Ed von Aderkas, Ian Hayles & Alexander J NewallSFX this week by previously credited artists via freesound.orgIf you'd like to support us, head to www.patreon.com/rustyquillAs always, today’s game system is available for free at www.d20pfsrd.comLike what you’re hearing? Let us know! Tweet us at @theRustyQuill, drop us an email at mail@RustyQuill.com or comment on our dedicated Forums available at www.rustyquill.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a special extra Summer treat for Looks Unfamiliar listeners, here’s a compilation of highlights from the archives, with extracts from Summer-themed podcasts by Tim Worthington, Ben Baker, Phil Catterall and Darrell Maclaine-Jones. A lot of this hasn’t been available for years, and a lot of it is still rather funny, so we hope you enjoy it! Along the way we talk about Summer Holiday television, Rat On The Road, Wimbledon, The Radio 1 Roadshow, Why Don't You? and Now - The Summer Album; rate the best and worst holiday camps and end of the pier variety acts; and lend an ear to some zany hilarious 'rude' records for fun DJs in wacky nightclubs. We'll also be finding out how to distinguish between different iterations of Mark Curry, what constitutes Roland Rat Canon, what happened when The Grumbleweeds went post-Blue Jam, and what Paul Shane definitely did not do to supplement his Hi-De-Hi income. Not to mention visiting a Hardwicke House Roadshow. Find more episodes of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/

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. This is a collection of highlights from the first six shows, featuring Stephen O'Brien on The Morecambe & Wise Board Game, Garreth F. Hirons on Food Fighters, Emma Burnell on The Patchwork Monkey, Phil Catterall on the ZX Spectrum tie-in game for Platoon, Mark Thompson on Night Shift, and Ben Baker on Fiendish Feet. Along the way we'll be finding out when it’s appropriate to address Colin Bennett as ‘Vince Purity’, how many issues of ‘Razzle And Wise’ were published and just which elements of The Untouchables were considered appropriate for a scrolling platform game aimed at children, not to mention recalling the classic horror film ‘Dracula Vs. The Skeleton’. Plus there's also something you may not have heard before - Tim on the radio talking about ridiculous seventies board games! You can find the full versions of all of these editions of Looks Unfamiliar - and many more besides - at http://timworthington.org/

As a special extra Christmas treat for Looks Unfamiliar listeners, here's a compilation of highlights from the archives, with extracts from Christmas-themed podcasts of Christmases past by Tim Worthington, Ben Baker, Phil Catterall and Darrell Maclaine-Jones. A lot of this hasn't been available for years, and a lot of it is still rather funny, so we hope you enjoy it! Along the way we talk about Now - The Christmas Album, Val Doonican, A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector, School Fairs, Department Store Grottos, Last-Minute Shopping and Disastrous Office Parties; run down charts of Bad Santas, The Worst Ever Christmas Songs and The Best Ever Christmas Quotes; and listen to bewildering Christmas Singles by Russ Conway, Rotterdam Termination Source, Mr. Christmas, Percy Sugden from Coronation Street and The Count from Sesame Street. We'll also be finding out who Tim thinks is more important than Father Christmas, who Ben suspects might be Father Christmas, what happened when Phil went carol singing, and what the other tape in Darrell's house was. Not to mention who recorded a song called 'Santa's A Big Fat Fuck'... Ben Baker's Festive Double Issue is an informative and hilarious book looking at the good, the bad and the plain baffling from forty years of Christmas TV, from Morecambe And Wise and The Box Of Delights to some thing with Willy Rushton as Santa stuck in the Wild West. No I'm not making that up. It comes very highly recommended and you can get it in time for Christmas from https://benbaker.ecwid.com/Ben-Bakers-Festive-Double-Issue-Forty-Years-Of-Christmas-TV-p95383976

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 this time is host of the Don’t Let’s Chart podcast Phil Catterall, who’s sharing his fringe-of-the-memory memories of Madballs Comic, Channel 4’s youth-orientated consumer advice show Wise Up!, the tie-in computer game of Platoon, ill-advised animated newspaper strip update Phantom 2040, a particularly irritating series of adverts for Birdseye Steakhouse Grills, and long-forgotten Star Wars cartoon spin-off Droids. Along the way we’ll also be finding out whether R1D1 is ‘canon’, whether crisps are an appropriate vector for healthy living, and just which elements of The Untouchables were considered appropriate for a scrolling platform game aimed at children. You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at http://timworthington.org/.