Worzel Gummidge - The Adventures Of Worzel Gummidge (DVD)
Family - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Geoffrey Bayldon, Una Stubbs, Mike Berry, Charlotte Coleman, Jon Pertwee more
Nine episodes featuring the loveable scarecrow. Includes episodes taken from 'Worzel Gummidge -The Crowman', 'Worzel's Washing Day' and 'A Fishy Tale'.
scarecrow brings you nine classic stories. Featuring episodes from Worzel Gummidge - The Crowman Worzel's Dashing Day & A Fishy Tale'. A delightful set of tale...
their father, they make friends with a scarecrow of unbelievably human characteristics, Worzel Gummidge. They soon discover that their straw companion has a very mischievous nature and a penchant for stealing clothes - not only from the farm washing line but also from their own father. Worzel, mistaken for a thieving tramp is pursued by a policeman into a nearby quarry...A Home Fit For ScarecrowsWorzel craves not only for a home of his own but furniture as well. It is only when chairs and tables go missing from the farmhouse and village that John and Sue suspect their straw friend to be the culprit. They learn that 'a tramp' has been found trying to steal a bed from irritable villager Mr. Shepherd, and after much persuasion, manage to get the wily scarecrow back to ten acre field before the law catches up with him...Aunt SallyOn hearing that village fete is being held, Worzel pays a visit and there meets a forlorn Aunt Sally who is in fear of being sold to tourists by her grumpy owner, Mr. Shepherd. The scarecrow takes an immediate fancy to her and agrees to change clothes so that she might escape. However when Aunt Sally is caught by the police and put in jail, Worzel comes to the rescue...Disc TwoThe CrowmanThe snobbish Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton asks Worzel's creator, 'The Crowman', to make her a handsome scarecrow for her garden. When Worzel hears of this he asks The Crowman to allow him to wear the new handsome head himself in order that he might propose to a female scarecrow in an adjoining field. But having just put on the head at Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton's, he is mistaken for the crowman's assistant...A Little LearningWorzel has misplaced one of his many turnip heads, this time his 'learning' head which makes him very clever. He searches everywhere for it and then remembers that John and Sue have begun at the local school. Meanwhile Mr. Peters is doing some repair work on the schoolhouse roof, the versatile man of straw has found his learning head in the school chimney...Worzel Pays A VisitWorzel still pines to meet his old flame Aunt Sally again and is worried that not only does she remain missing, but also that Mr. Shepherd and the police are still seeking her. Therefore when John and Sue discover that she is working at Mrs Bloomsbury-Barton's as a maid, it is not long before Worzel pays a visit...Disc ThreeA Fishy TaleWhile Worzel is trying to get the hang of fishing, by wearing his wangling head and casting his rod in Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton's goldfish pond, he is mistaken for an odd job man and asked to mend her dish-washer. However, Worzel thinks that he is to mend the 'fish-washer' and when he sees an ornamental fish tank in the house, he walks off with it and into trouble...The Trial Of Worzel GummidgeWorzel is worried when a salesman suggests that Mr. Braithwaite replaces him with an electric rook scarer. The rooks in ten acres field are obviously no longer frightened of him, so he bombards them with potatoes. However, his aim is not at all good, as he breaks greenhouse glass, hits people in the village and - worst of all - knocks off The Crowman's hat. As a result, he is brought to trial...Very Good WorzelMrs. Bloomsbury-Barton has invited some important guests to lunch, so she hires a butler and a parlour maid for the day to impress them. By mistake, the jobs are given to Worzel and Aunt Sally, but when the real butler, Baines, turns up, they lock him in the cellar so that they can keep their posts...
Plot: Nine episodes featuring the loveable scarecrow. Includes episodes taken from 'Worzel Gummidge -The Crowman', 'Worzel's Washing Day' and 'A Fishy Tale'.
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Nine episodes featuring the loveable scarecrow. Includes episodes taken from 'Worzel Gummidge -The Crowman', 'Worzel's Washing Day' and 'A Fishy Tale'.
Advantages: Nostalgic memories aplenty and a great series for the next generation Disadvantages: Poorer quality produced on DVD and taken directly of origional film.
.... The television adaption was decided by Southern TV in late 1970's and with the clever writting talents of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, WorzelGummidge was born in glorious colour. WorzelGummidge the hapless scarecrow that had a number of heads for various purposes such as singing heads and magic heads was played to perfection by Jon Pertwee (Dr Who, Navy Lark). Worzel like all scarecrows in the area was made by The Crowman who was played by Geoffrey Bayldon (Catweazle) and the series follows Worzels' adventures in a small English town and countryside and the number of scrapes that he gets into with his friends.
The WorzelGummidge story starts when two children Sue and John played by the late Charlotte Coleman (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Jeremy Austin who along with their father played by Mike Berry (Are You being Served) comes to...
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Advantages: great family fun for everyone Disadvantages: none
...Creators: Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
Directors: James Hill and Graham McLean
Writers: Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse, Barbera Euphan Todd and Fran Walsh.
** MAIN STARS?
* Jon Pertwee as Wozel Gummidge
* Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally
* Bruce Phillips as the Crowman
* Jonathon Marks as Mickey
* Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler as Manu
** Firstly?for those that have never heard of WorzelGummidge let me explain?(or check out my reviews about the early series?plug,?plug)
He is a daft scarecrow who first hit the small screen in 1979.
He was made by the Crowman, who has mystical powers which bring his straw filled creations to life, to scare the crows at Scatterbrook farm, (in Hampshire), but is soon causing trouble around the village, especially when he befriends Sue and John, two kids who just moved to the village.
Worzel has...
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Advantages: Good clean health entertainment for all Disadvantages: When he went Down Under so did the quality
...Having recently sat with my youngest son watching some of what is supposed to pass as children’s TV programmes I somehow let my mind drift back to years gone by and to some of the programmes that I used to watch and enjoy and one programme kept coming back to me and that was the one and Only WorzelGummidge.
Now for those of you who have either forgotten this programme or who were unlucky enough to have never seen it, WorzelGummidge was a 30 minute programme about a scarecrow of the same name played by the late great Jon Pertwee who was able to come to life, and in doing so create havoc on a weekly basis which millions of people and I don’t just mean kids enjoyed.
Having really enjoyed this programme first time round and wishing my kids to see it I set about seeing if this was available on DVD and was please to find that Amazon...
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