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Worzel gummidge down under the complete series 1 dvd, 2002. Worzel gummidge series 1 7 episodes series 2 8 episodes series 3 8 episodes christmas special. Watch worzel gummidge season 1, episode 1 worzels washing day. In her entrancing childrens stories, worzel gummidge was a scarecrow with bottle straw for feet, a nest of robins in his pocket and a propensity for.
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Nov 08, 2014 stage door records are to release the music from the original 1981 production of worzel gummidge the musical on 10th november this cd features the original 1981 cast, including worzel himself jon pertwee, and una stubbs as aunt sally, with the songs from the stage show. Worzel gummidge discovers that aunt sally has been sold to a museum in new zealand and so he follows her there. No news on when the worzel gummidge films will premiere yet although this has christmas written all over it. Many of them were made by silverscreen 19742007, and the.
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Most of the programmes broadcast are inherited from the defunct mnet series but some are repeats of episodes already shown on mnet. Peasants revolt, with the scarecrows rising up against farmers who were going to burn them when the farming season had finished. Worzel gummidge down under tv series 19871989 imdb. The trial of worzel gummidge sees worzel placed on trial by the crowman and a jury of scarecrows when he accidentally hits passersby and a greenhouse while throwing potatoes at the rooks.
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