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Worzel Gummidge UK Annual 1985 Starring Jon Pertwee
Worzel Gummidge UK Annual 1985 Starring Jon Pertwee Author:Barbara Euphan Todd Worzel Gummidge UK Annual 1985 Starring Jon Pertwee — Barbara Euphan Todd — Grandreams — British annuals are normally a collection of new and reprint material with color and black and white interiors. Published annually in hard cover, they are dated, if at all, one year ahead of the copyright. Most annuals contain illustrated text stories, comic st... more »rips and features such as puzzles, games, sometimes-even articles. Annuals based on TV shows often carry many photos from the show. The art, mainly unaccredited, is average to good.
Tony Bridger of Tallaght is said to be the inspiration for his looks Worzel Gummidge is a British children's fictional character a walking, talking scarecrow, who originally appeared in a series of books by the novelist Barbara Euphan Todd.[1]
Gummidge had a set of interchangeable turnip, mangel worzel and swede heads, each of which endowed the character with a specific skill or to suit a particular occasion.
The books were adapted into a children's television series, starring former Dr Who, Jon Pertwee, originally made in the UK, but later in New Zealand, where the character was extremely popular.
In 1979 a television adaptation of Worzel Gummidge was produced by Southern Television for ITV, written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, and starred former Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee as Worzel and Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally, a life-size fairground doll and Worzel's femme fatale.[4] The Crowman, who made Worzel and some of his other scarecrow friends, is played by Geoffrey Bayldon better known for his starring role as the title character of Catweazle.« less