Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m →External links: per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 May 6, replaced: Category:BBC children's television programmes → Category:BBC children's television shows |
No edit summary |
||
| (9 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date= |
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} |
||
{{Infobox television |
{{Infobox television |
||
| |
| image = |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| caption = |
| caption = |
||
| camera = |
| camera = |
||
| picture_format = |
|||
| audio_format = |
|||
| runtime = 22 minutes |
| runtime = 22 minutes |
||
| creator = |
| creator = |
||
| developer = |
| developer = |
||
| executive_producer = |
| executive_producer = |
||
| voices = |
| voices = |
||
| narrated = |
| narrated = |
||
| opentheme = |
| opentheme = |
||
| endtheme = |
| endtheme = |
||
| country = |
| country = United Kingdom |
||
| |
| language = English |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| first_aired = 10 February 1953 |
|||
| |
| first_aired = {{start date|1953|2|10|df=y}} |
||
| |
| last_aired = {{end date|1953|3|3|df=y}} |
||
| |
| num_series = 1 |
||
| |
| num_episodes = 4 |
||
| |
| list_episodes = |
||
| followed_by = |
|||
| website = |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''[[Worzel Gummidge]] Turns Detective''''' is a British [[children's television series]], first aired by the [[BBC]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/enwiki/w/worzelgummidgetu_1299003434.shtml |title=BBC - Comedy - Guide - Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective |
'''''[[Worzel Gummidge]] Turns Detective''''' is a British [[children's television series]], first aired by the [[BBC]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/enwiki/w/worzelgummidgetu_1299003434.shtml |title=BBC - Comedy - Guide - Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective |accessdate=2013-09-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112043312/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/enwiki/w/worzelgummidgetu_1299003434.shtml |archivedate=12 January 2005 }}</ref> It was the first TV manifestation of [[Barbara Euphan Todd]]'s character who had already appeared on radio and would [[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|reappear on television]] 26 years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/956561/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Worzel Gummidge (1979-81)|website=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> |
||
==Cast== |
==Cast== |
||
*[[Frank Atkinson (actor)|Frank Atkinson]] as |
*[[Frank Atkinson (actor)|Frank Atkinson]] as Worzel Gummidge (4 episodes, 1953) |
||
* |
*Carol Olver as Penny (4 episodes, 1953) |
||
*[[Mabel Constanduros]] as Earthy Mangold (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) |
*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) |
*[[Totti Truman Taylor]] as Aunt Sally (1 episode, 1953) |
||
Latest revision as of 21:23, 1 December 2023
| Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 10 February – 3 March 1953 |
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]- ^ "BBC - Comedy - Guide - Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective". Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Worzel Gummidge (1979-81)". screenonline.org.uk.