Worzel Gummidge
Season: 4
Episode: 1
Muvver's Day
Air Date:12/06/1981
After being driven out of the village baby contest Worzel decides he wants his mum. The only person who can help him is the Crowman who deduces that a scarecrow called 'Sarah Pigswill’ was made from a row of turnips which, twelve months later, seeded Worzel. Technically making her Worzel’s mother. The wheels are set in motion and Worzel prepares for the arrival of his mother on his ‘bestest birthday'. Unfortunately, he soon realises that her idea of a birthday tea and his own are very different.
Crew
Episode: 2
The Return of Dolly Clothes-Peg
Air Date:19/06/1981
A letter is delivered to Scatterbrook but no one, save for John and Sue, recognise the name of the person it is addressed to - Worzel Gummidge. When they find him they discover the Crowman is fixing him up and therefore reads the letter for him. It is from ‘Dolly Clothes-Peg’ writing that she is coming to see Worzel on the ‘eleventy-twelve’ bus and that she is bringing a big cake for him. Unfortunately she spends all her money, including her bus fare, on the cake and so she has to walk to Scatterbrook. When she doesn’t arrive on the bus Worzel thinks she is not coming and becomes upset, but worse is yet to come...
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Una Stubbs
Character: Aunt Sally
Department: Acting
Name: Charlotte Coleman
Character: Sue Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Lorraine Chase
Character: Dolly Clothes-Peg
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Berry
Character: Mr. Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Jeremy Austin
Character: John Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Norman Bird
Character: Mr. Braithwaite
Department: Acting
Name: Gordon Rollings
Character: Postman
Department: Acting
Name: Dave Carter
Character: Removal man
Department: Acting
Episode: 3
The Jumbly Sale
Air Date:26/06/1981
It’s the day of the village jumble sale and Worzel has decided that he’s going along to get himself a new outfit so that he can impress Aunt Sally into marrying him. Meanwhile Mr. Shepherd has decided to make a contribution of his own to the sale - Aunt Sally. When Worzel arrives he finds Aunt Sally in a box outside and decides to rescue her. Unfortunately, as he’s trying to free her he pulls off one of her legs and before he can put things right, is chased away by PC Parsons. Worzel is distraught by the event and decides to end it all. He goes to see the crowman to ask him to dig him into the compost heap.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Una Stubbs
Character: Aunt Sally
Department: Acting
Name: Charlotte Coleman
Character: Sue Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Berry
Character: Mr. Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Jeremy Austin
Character: John Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Norman Bird
Character: Mr. Braithwaite
Department: Acting
Name: Norman Mitchell
Character: PC Parsons
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Ripper
Character: Mr. Shepherd
Department: Acting
Name: Ted Carroll
Character: Gypsy Joe
Department: Acting
Name: Barbara Ashcroft
Character: Mrs. Mountjoy
Department: Acting
Episode: 4
Worzel in Revolt
Air Date:03/07/1981
The Crowman has dispatched pigeons to round up Aunt Sally and Worzel. When they arrive at his abode they discover why. He has heard about a cake fight the pair have had at the bishop’s tea party. He explains to them that due to their recent absenteeism they are both in bad books with their owners. The Crowman has therefore decided that the safest place for them is to stay with him until the fuss has died down. However, he wants them to both earn their keep with Worzel being his valet and Aunt Sally acting as parloir maid. Unfortunately, things don’t go the way the Crowman plans when it emerges that Aunt Sally is making Worzel do all the work.
Crew
Episode: 5
Will the Real Aunt Sally...?
Air Date:10/07/1981
Worzel cannot believe his ears when Aunt Sally accepts his proposal of marriage, but almost in the same breath he is rejected. He enlists the help of John and Sue and between them they discover that there are is another Aunt Sally in the village. The children are so worried about the effect this may have on Worzel that they tell the Crowman...
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Una Stubbs
Character: Aunt Sally
Department: Acting
Name: Charlotte Coleman
Character: Sue Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Jeremy Austin
Character: John Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Ripper
Character: Mr. Shepherd
Department: Acting
Name: Sarah Thomas
Character: Miss Maple
Department: Acting
Name: Kate David
Character: Traffic warden
Department: Acting
Name: Connie Booth
Character: Aunt Sally II
Department: Acting
Episode: 6
The Golden Hind
Air Date:17/07/1981
The Golden Hind, a new fish and chips shop has opened in the village. As usual Worzel is wandering about the village and is attracted by the smell. He is just about to enter the establishment when he meets the shop’s mascot, a ship’s figurehead called ‘Jolly Jack’. He explains what fish and chips are and reveals that he is a friend of Saucy Nancy. Once the coast is clear Jack takes Worzel inside the shop and they help themselves to as much food as they can carry. A little later Worzel bumps into Aunt Sally who, smelling the chips, decides she wants some. He stubbornly refuses to comply with her wishes and she goes off to find her own, ending up working at the Golden Hind and meeting Jolly Jack - will she find love ?
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Una Stubbs
Character: Aunt Sally
Department: Acting
Name: Charlotte Coleman
Character: Sue Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Berry
Character: Mr. Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Jeremy Austin
Character: John Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Norman Bird
Character: Mr. Braithwaite
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Ripper
Character: Mr. Shepherd
Department: Acting
Name: Patrick Newell
Character: Mr. Fletcher
Department: Acting
Name: James Coyle
Character: Mr. Arkinshaw
Department: Acting
Name: Bernard Cribbins
Character: Jolly Jack
Department: Acting
Episode: 7
Worzel's Birthday
Air Date:31/07/1981
Ten Acre field is covered in flowers of all colours and sizes for Worzel’s 'bestest birthday'. This comes as no surprise to John and Sue who, over the previous weeks, have had to endure his many hints. They plan a surprise party and have also scraped all their savings together to buy him a gigantic birthday cake... but will it survive the attention of Aunt Sally ?
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Una Stubbs
Character: Aunt Sally
Department: Acting
Name: Charlotte Coleman
Character: Sue Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Berry
Character: Mr. Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Jeremy Austin
Character: John Peters
Department: Acting
Name: Norman Bird
Character: Mr. Braithwaite
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Ripper
Character: Mr. Shepherd
Department: Acting
Name: Sarah Thomas
Character: Miss Maple
Department: Acting
Name: Laurence Harrington
Character: Landlord
Department: Acting
Name: Frank Marlborough
Character: Saggy Tatersack
Department: Acting
Name: Wally Thomas
Character: Elderly Gentleman
Department: Acting