Who played 'Aunt Sally', to Jon Pertwee's 'Worzel Gummidge'?
Worzel Gummidge Rollings. "Worzel Gummidge Again" was read in November 1974 (with one story tying in with Guy Fawkes Night) by Geoffrey Bayldon, later to appear in the 1979-81 TV series. Southern Television's production for ITV was written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, and starred Jon Pertwee as Worzel, with Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally, a life-size fairground doll and Worzel's femme fatale. This was a significant change from the original books, where Aunt Sally is, in fact, Worzel's aunt. The Crowman, who made Worzel and some of his other scarecrow friends, was played by Geoffrey Bayldon, better known for his
Worzel Gummidge starring role as the title character of "Catweazle". Bill Maynard also appeared as a scarecrow called Sergeant Beetroot. Television New Zealand and Channel 4 (UK) co-funded a follow-up series that ran for two seasons in 1987 and 1989, with Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally, still played by Pertwee and Stubbs, relocated to New Zealand. In 2018, British media reported Mackenzie Crook could be starring in a contemporary adaptation of the Worzel Gummidge books in a new TV series for the BBC. Worzel Gummidge Worzel Gummidge is a walking, talking scarecrow character in British children's fiction who originally appeared in a