Description
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.
Based on the stories of Barbara Euphan Todd, Worzel Gummidge was produced by Southern Television and ran for four series between 1979 and 1981, enchanting audiences of all ages. Enjoy the first time the entire series now fully restored from the original negatives and packed full of incredible bonus material, both old and new….
Special Features including
9 all new audio commentaries with cast and crew
A Visit to Scatterbrook Farm with Jeremy Austin and Wayne Norman revisiting the original Hampshire locations
Isolated music and effects tracks on 6 episodes
Unearthed Southern Television promotional films released for the first time
An option to watch each episode with the original Southern TV curation and the original continuity from a Southern TV repeat of the Christmas special
BFI Restoration Preview – a panel discussion with Jeremy Austin, Mike Berry, Lorraine Chase, Wayne Norman and Sean Pertwee from the launch of the restoration
A Chat with Saucy Nancy – Barbara Windsor reveals her experiences of appearing several times throughout the series
A Visit to the Crowman – Geoffrey Bayldon recalls his fond memories of playing Worzel’s creator
Experience life through Worzel’s eyes with “Worzel Cam” featuring rushes from the original production
The abandoned episode ‘Worzel Gives a Lecture’ presented as an audiobook with Jon Pertwee
Barn Find – an insight into the discovery of the original Worzel film cans
Restoring Worzel – showing the process of bringing the original film negatives back to life
Revisiting Worzel – Jeremy Austin shares photos from his personal collection while behind the scenes during the audio commentaries
Outtakes – a couple of bloopers from the 2nd series
Worzel Audio Outtakes – cast and crew can be heard rehearsing key scenes from the 3rd series
Sounds Of Worzel – sound effects outtakes from 1981
Worzel on Location – rare 8mm footage of Worzel And The Saucy Nancy being made
Trailers and adverts – ITV publicity adverts shown across the network for the series and when Worzel went commercial for the TV Times
Extensive photo galleries for each series
Day by Yesterday with Jon Pertwee’s final appearance on Southern Television as Worzel
Day By Day Cast Interview – Worzel, Aunt Sally and the Crowman appear on the regional ITV programme to preview the series with predictably riotous results
Series guide booklet
A Double-Sided Poster of the All- New Artwork
And many other archive treats including: Una Stubbs and Geoffrey Bayldon on This Morning, Jerry Austin and Charlotte Coleman on Southern Gold, a rediscovered interview with Jon Pertwee on Robson’s People, Worzel in character on The Saturday Show, Aunt Sally visits Downing Street, Lorraine Chase on Day By Day, plus Worzel on the radio
5 Discs
