Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective

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Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time22 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release10 February (1953-02-10) –
3 March 1953 (1953-03-03)

Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective is a British children's television series, first aired by the BBC in 1953.[1] It was the first TV manifestation of Barbara Euphan Todd's character who had already appeared on radio and would reappear on television 26 years later.[2]

Cast[edit]

  • Frank Atkinson as Worzel Gummidge (4 episodes, 1953)
  • Carol Olver as Penny (4 episodes, 1953)
  • Mabel Constanduros as Earthy Mangold (4 episodes, 1953)
  • Margaret Boyd as Mrs. Braithwaite (4 episodes, 1953)
  • David Coote as Andrew (4 episodes, 1953)
  • Janet Joye as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton (4 episodes, 1953)
  • Alanna Boyce as Shirley Morgan (2 episodes, 1953)
  • Vernon Smythe as Mr. Dyke (2 episodes, 1953)
  • Totti Truman Taylor as Aunt Sally (1 episode, 1953)

Episodes[edit]

  • Enter Two Scarecrows (10 February 1953)
  • Aunt Sally (17 February 1953)
  • Gummidge, the Sweep (24 February 1953)
  • Gummidge Disappears (3 March 1953)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BBC - Comedy - Guide - Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective". Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Worzel Gummidge (1979-81)". screenonline.org.uk.

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