Worzel Gummidge

1979

Rating

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (7)

1 Worzel's Washing Day

2/25/79

Young John and Sun Peters move to the country with their father, and there they meet Worzel Gummidge - a scarecrow who can walk and talk. They soon discover that their straw companion has a very micheivous nature. When Worzel steals Mr Peters' new sports jacket, the children set off in a pursuit that has Worzel ending up on the local rubbish tip.

2 A Home Fit for Scarecrows

3/4/79

Worzel craves not only a home of his own, but furniture as well. And when large amounts of domestic articles begin to disappear from different houses in the village, the law becomes most interested.

3 Aunt Sally

3/4/79

Worzel visits a village fete, where he meets a forlorn Aunt Sally who fears she will be sold to tourists by her grumpy owner, Mr Shepherd. Worzel takes an immediate fancy to her and agrees to change clothes so that she might escape. Could it be the beginning of a romantic relationship for the scarecrow?

4 The Crowman

3/18/79

Cupid strikes as Worzel falls for a scarecrow in an adjoining field. Worzel asks his creator, the Crowman for a handsome new head to impress her. But he finds that his new good looks bring him nothing but trouble.

5 A Little Learning

3/25/79

Worzel has misplaced one of his many turnip heads and he turns the farm upside down looking for his Clever Head. When he finds it at the nearby school and puts it on, he encounters a teacher who takes him for a genius.

6 Worzel Pays a Visit

4/1/79

John and Sue discover that Worzel's old flame Aunt Sally is working at Mrs Bloomsbury-Barton's house as a maid. It is not long before Worzel decides to pay a visit. Aunt Sally entertains him in style, but scarecrow-style entertaining comes as a shock to the fastidious Mrs Bloomsbury-Barton.

7 The Scarecrow Hop

4/8/79

Aunt Sally and Worzel decide to go to the vlllage dance, disguised in period costumes borrowed from the local museum. Worzel's performance on the dance floor gives him fresh hope of winning Aunt Sally's hand in marriage. But Aunt Sally is 're-possessed' by her owner Mr Shepherd and Worzel is left dreaming his dreams in the solitude of Ten-Acre Field

About this show

Jon Pertwee stars as Worzel Gummidge, the lovable scarecrow of Scatterbrook Farm. When children John and Sue move to the countryside, they learn that life is never dull with Worzel around. The restless scarecrow dreams of a life away from his post in Ten Acre Field and often wanders off into mischief. Whether getting his heart broken by the creaking fairground doll Aunt Sally (Una Stubbs) or disobeying his maker, the eccentric old Crowman (Geoffrey Bayldon), Worzel is lucky to have his young friends on hand to help rescue him from trouble.

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