Billy Connolly plays an anti-Christmas scarecrow. Your move, Hallmark.
Christmas is coming to Ten Acre Field and Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) is determined to enjoy it in style. He goes searching for Aunt Sally (Una Stubbs), hoping to invite her to the Scarecrow Ball, but before he can find her he runs into his old friend Saucy Nancy (Barbara Windsor), herself heading for a spell in panto. Then, before he gets much further, our multi-headed hero gets sidetracked again when he runs into angry Scots scarecrow Bogle McNeep (Billy Connolly) and his anti-Christmas brigade. Will Worzel ever get to enjoy the season with his beloved?
Acting
Pertwee and Stubbs' ridiculous chemistry—he's desperate, she's a mop with attitude.
Production
The scarecrow heads are nightmare fuel made charming by sheer commitment.
Director
James Hill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures peak British Christmas TV tradition: slightly cheap, deeply weird, and inexplicably starring a Doctor Who and a Carry On icon.
Charlotte Coleman (Sue Peters) later starred in Four Weddings and a Funeral—her entire career arc from scarecrow child to 'Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed.'
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