Advantages: Nostalgic memories aplenty and a great series for the next generation Disadvantages: Poorer quality produced on DVD and taken directly of origional film.
Scatterbrook. The local farmer and his wife let the family live in a Gypsy Caravan in the farmyard, the children soon meet Worzel and befriend him and soon find themselves in a lot of trouble because of him. Worzel gets himself involved with a genuine fairground AuntSally played by Una Stubbs (Summer Holiday, 'till Death Us Do Part) and falls in love with her only to be constantly shunned and humiliated by her selfish nature. Many adventures follows over the Series 1 and into the following 3 British and 2 New Zealand series.
Series 1 has the following episodes
Worzel's WashingDay
A HomeFit For ScarecrowsAuntSally
The Crowman
A Little Learning
Worzel Pays A Visit
The Scarecrow Hop
The series will apeal to many on both a nostalgic and in the case of new generations a new adventure. The quality of the DVD leaves a lot ...
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 AuntSally
* 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 ...
Advantages: great family fun for all Disadvantages: the threat of a remake... big mistake IMO
* Worzel's WashingDay
When John and Sue start a farm holiday with their father they soon discover a rather bizarre scarecrow named WorzelGummidge, who has an amazing ability.
They soon discover that the strange scarecrow has a very mischievous nature and a thing for stealing anything, especially clothing. The trouble starts for Worzel when the locals see him as a tramp and try to run him out of the village.
* A HomeFit For ScarecrowsWorzel has seen how the humans live and decide s he want his own home with furniture and everything? only he decides to 'borrow' the furniture from every bodies homes causing chaos through the entire village as the police search for him.
* AuntSallyWorzel visit's the village fate and discovers a rather attractive wooden character named AuntSally, who is about to be sold by her disgruntled owner ...
blissman70 08.10.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Worzel Gummidge
Three adventures for Worzel in 'Worzel's Washing Day', 'A Home Fit For Scarecrows' and 'Aunt Sally.' In 'Aunt Sally' a village fete bring's unhappiness to an Aunt Sally who is waiting to be sold to the tourists by her owner.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
DELTA VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT; PINNACLE VISION
Release date
23/09/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
82296
Barcode
4006408822967
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
Jon Pertwee stars as Worzel Gummidge, the walking and talking scarecrow, in this classic children's series. This collection includes the first three episodes of the first season: "Worzel's Washing Day," "A Home Fit for Scarecrows," and "Aunt Sally."
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