Worzel Gummidge "Moving On" Review

It's fairly safe to say at this point in time that I really do love Worzel Gummidge so much so that I own all of the episodes from the original Jon Pertwee version of the show on remastered DVD. With the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today being an episode that does kind of set the tone for what we would get in the following sequel series Worzel Gummidge Down Under and so then join me as I review the episode that could technically be considered the first part of a two part episode with the episode in question being called simply just "Moving On" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when The Peter's and The Braithwaights return from there join holiday to Tenerife they find there home in shambles as both Worzel and Aunt Sally have been living there and now Worzel has to find a way of being reunited with his beloved Aunt Sally when a fairground collector comes by and picks her up with the hopes of restoring her to her former glory. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time tho this episodes plot wasn't all that good either as even tho the next episode has next to nothing to do with this episode in terms of plot outside of Worzel , Aunt Sally and later The Crowman being in a new location this episodes plot does feel like that it's just one long prolog to a much more better episode that's not to say that this episodes plot is bad because it's not infact there times where the old charm that this show had when it just focused on Worzel as a character really does begin to shine through but because of the fact that this is the era where Aunt Sally was forced into alot of episodes it's not a plot that's as fun as it really could have been and while you can't really see the ending coming it's the events that lead up to the ending that let the whole thing down as this is a plot that really could have been handled much more better then what it was in the final episode with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally. Also starring in this episode is Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite, Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Diana Van Proosdy as Mrs. Cousins , Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman and Aysha Mitchell as Emma.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which for this show is really nothing all that new as all of this shows episodes including the ones that aren't that good all have the same thing in common and that's the fact that the acting in all of them is nearly always top notch with the same thing being true for this episode as well as all of this episodes actors really do turn in some really good performances which is something that does make alot of sense as this show had an OSCAR winning director directing all but one of the shows episodes in director James Hill who it is said treated this show like he was making his next big feature length film and that is something that does shine through in the episodes performances as he always demanded the best work from all of the actors that he worked with be they kids or adults and because of that it meant that we got to see some truly wonderful pieces of acting not only from this show but from this episode as well with it being hard to say just who the best actor in this episode really was they all turn in some really great performances in their own right with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

What this episode does do that alot of other Aunt Sally focused episodes don't do is show us both Worzel and Aunt Sally together and happy. As alot of the time we see them arguing with each other and Aunt Sally usually betraying Worzel's trust and love for her by the end of the episode something which is still in the episode but alot of the time we actually get to see them happy and act friendly to one another which is something that does make for a refreshing and while Aunt Sally will never ever truly love Worzel due to the fact that she has to much of an ego that's half the fun of the episode is just seeing these characters one of which doesn't like the other and the other is completely and madly in love with the other just get along with one another and while other episodes have shown them acting friendly to each other in the past it's never usually for alot of the episode and is more usually then not just for a few minuets of that episodes running time where as here they act like good friends for the vast majority of the episode which was sweet as it gave us the audience a chance to see that Aunt Sally can be kind to Worzel regardless of if she's going to be getting something out of it or not but at the same time that also makes Worzel all the more foolish as even tho he's a scarecrow of very little brain he really should have learned by now that she will hurt him and break his heart something that she does at the end of the episode when she runs off right infront of him to join the fair only now Worzel runs after her which only makes the heartbreak that he goes through in the following episode all the more upsetting as we the audience know just how far he's willing to go to be with the woman that he truly loves even if it's going to cause him alot of heartache in the process.

Again what was interesting about this episode in particular was seeing Worzel and Aunt Sally sharing a house together. With this being something that Worzel had always wanted and Aunt Sally had aways wanted a house of there own and yet even so they still do fall back onto old habits with Worzel doing anything and everything that Aunt Sally says but messing it up in his own unique way and Aunt Sally bossing him around and doing whatever it takes to make sure that she herself doesn't get to do any of the housework something which does feel true to who both of these characters as Worzel would do anything that she says as that's how he thinks that she's expressing her love for him and Aunt Sally would go about doing anything to avoid doing any of the housework as she's a big time diva with the ego to match it and the fact that the house that they've chosen to live in actually belongs to The Braithwaights does work as well as while any of those characters would never go abroad for a holiday the fact that they left there house unattended made it perfect for Worzel and Aunt Sally to go wild and have there way with it something which they did take full advantage of altho given that the farm hand Harry was meant to be looking after the place and was nowhere to be seen throughout the entire episode does make you wonder what he was up to as the episode does kind of start of a plot with Mr. Braithwaite believing Harry to be the one that caused all of the mess in the house and around the farm yard but the episode does drop it for no good reason which is understandable as the episode is meant to be all about Worzel and Aunt Sally and to be fair the two living together is more then enough for comedy gold to happen.

As was mentioned at the very start of this review this episode does kind of start something that the sequel series Worzel Gummidge Down Under would also do and that's the two part episode. As while this episode isn't a two-parter in the more traditional meaning of the word the next episode does mainly feature Worzel and Aunt Sally now working at the fair that Worzel was chasing after at the end of this episode with The Crowman eventually catching up to him but that's really the only thing that connects the two episodes but it is something that does show you that the makers of this show were more then willing to make these stories that do require more then one episode in order to do them justice and while these two episodes aren't the best example of how to do a two part episode the very fact that they tried to do one at all with the limited main characters and still somehow managed to make a memorable new character in Dolly Clothes Peg does go to show you that even with a very limited set of characters and very little plot to actually follow up on magic can still happen if you have the right creative team involved but even with that said the two part episodes that they did do in Worzel Gummidge Down Under are better in the regards that there actually stories that do require more then episode to tell there story and do take full advantage of being a two part episode by making those episodes not only more ambitious then the rest of the shows episodes but also at times alot more scary as well where as with  this two part episode and this episode in particular it felt like that they were playing things a bit to safe with the story that was being told.

For some odd reason the makers of this episode don't really do much with The Crowman with him being just behind Worzel and Aunt Sally for alot of the episode. This is despite the fact that previous episodes have established the fact that he always knows where all of his scarecrows are thanks to his Pigeons telling him so which makes you wonder why he just didn't use them in this episode and catch up to both Worzel and Aunt Sally before Worzel took his bike at the end of the episode as that then would made the characters inclusion in this episode seem more relevant and would have been more true to his character because as things are him being in the episode just feels like a set up for the ending of the next episode as he has very little to do in this episode which does make you wonder why the character was forced into this episode as the Worzel creative team are usually pretty good about what characters get included in what episode with them all serving a purpose in the episode that there in and yet here they seemed to have dropped the ball as The Crowman would know straight away where to find Worzel and Aunt Sally and while he might not be able to stop Aunt Sally from leaving the village as he didn't create her he did create Worzel and could therefor persuade him to remain in the village but for whatever reason the makers of this episode just chose to have remain just behind whatever Worzel and Aunt Sally are doing and ignoring all of his scarecrows which is something that does feel very out of character for him this is despite the fact that it's been shown in several episodes that he does have other scarecrows to look after apart from Worzel Gummidge and so he would therefor want to give them as much attention as he gives him.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and fifty nine seconds. Which to be fair to this episode is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have with the episode even having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time and the episode even makes great use of it's running time as the plot of the episode does feel as fully developed as it was going to be considering that this is basically the first part of a two part episode even the following the episode doesn't really follow up on the plots from this episode and just does it's own thing with even the episodes characters being a fully developed as they could have been which is something that's not really a praise for this episode as alot of this episodes characters are the series main characters and have therefor been in alot of the previous and so it would make sense for them to be fully developed characters as we the audience have had several episodes at this point in time to really get to know there characters and choose weather or not that we like them or not with really the only character that's not that well developed is the character of Mrs. Cousins however this isn't a negative thing as the character only appears in this one episode and is never seen from again in the rest of the show with the same thing also being true for her daughter Emma and so of course they won't that well developed as characters and to be fair the episode doesn't really suffer because of there lack of character development either but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With the episode having alot of moments in it that whilst they aren't laugh out funny they are cute enough jokes that people will find them funny regardless with those being the kind of jokes where this show excel as alot of the stuff with Worzel just trying to please Aunt Sally but messing it up will always be funny because of the fact that Worzel is just a likable character that we the audience will find alot of the stuff that does to be funny automatically because of the fact that Worzel himself is a funny character and paring him with Aunt Sally will always result in comedy gold with both Jon Pertwee and Una Stubbs having such great comedic timing together that they can make alot of things funny with even the fact that Aunt Sally manages to hit Worzel on the head with a serving tray being a really joke as it feels like something that she would do especially when she's angry at him like she was in this episode and the fact that the episode ends with both of them actually like friends just naming cakes together is a really cute joke with it being hard to say just what the best joke is in this episode as all of this episodes jokes including the stuff with The Peter's and The Braithwaights returning from their holiday and just having people brush past them in a tightly packed British restaurant is a funny joke in it's own with all of this episodes being some really good jokes in their own right as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  

Overall whilst this episode isn't the series best episode as the episode does have alot of things that are wrong with it with those issues becoming more of a common thread with the fourth series of this show but in saying that this was still a really solid episode in it's own right as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad rings that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Worzel Gummidge "Worzel The Brave" Review

There are some shows that you just excited about when you think about talking more about them with that love and passion coming throw every single time you do talk about them. With one of those shows being the original 1979 version of Worzel Gummidge as that show was so full of charm and whimsy that it could be aired today and kids today really would still love it and while there alot of really good episodes in this show the show does also have some really average episodes much like the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today but even this shows average episodes really are still better then alot of bad episodes from other TV shows and so then join me as I review the episode that sees a new face buy the big manor house with the episode in question being called simply just "Worzel The Brave" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when Colonel Bloodstock moves into the manor house formerly owned by Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton he finds himself having to deal with Worzel Gummidge who is trying to convince Aunt Sally that he can be brave. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not the best of plot that this show has every had but in saying that it is still a good and goofy plot it's just that this show has had much more better plots and is quite clearly starting to show signs of running out of steam as this episodes plot just feels like that it's going through the motions with there being nothing to this plot and while that is fine as this show in particular the third and fourth series of the show did have alot of goofy plots to there episodes and indeed the episode before this one "A Fair Pull Over" was a goofy plot but at the same time tho the show always knew to balance out the more goofier plots with the plots that really had heart and emotion to them and that's something that's lost with this episodes plot as it tries to do both without realizing that both of those aspects just don't work with each other but when this episodes plot is fun to watch it can be a really fun filled plot it's just one that might be considered a tad bit to goofy even for this show with this episodes plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd. Also starring in this episode is Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally , Denis Gilmore as Harry , Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman and The Pure Hell Of St. Trinian's star Thorley Walters as Colonel Bloodstock.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As all of this episodes are a bunch of really good actors in their own right and while Thorley Walters won't ever match up to just how wonderfully snobbish Jan Simms was in the role of Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton he does still manage to make the character appear to be somewhat of a snob only this time it's not because of wealth rather it's because of the fact that he was in the army with his performance in this episode being perfectly suited for that kind of character with all of the episodes actors turning in some really good performances as well which is something that does make alot of sense as all f them had been playing there respective characters for three years up until this point and therefor they would of course know how best to perform there respective characters and that is something that does shine through in there respective performances as all of the actors turn in performances that feel just right for there respective characters with the acting that's in this very episode also being helped by the fact that thus episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which s something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

As was just mentioned at the start of this review this episode sees the introduction of Colonel Bloodstock. With the episode explaining that he's the new owner of the manor house and while his character could be seen as being entertaining as he's an military man who believes that discipline is what everybody needs he's also not that fun of a character t watch in screen either Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton for all of her snobbery was still a fun character to watch be it due to her facial expressions whenever a room in her house got destroyed or her trying to scam the villagers into giving her free things there was always something fun going on with that character and yet with this Colonel Bloodstock character none of that is present with the character being very by the book and being the kind of the character that has to do things a certain way which is fine for his character as it ties back into his military background but at the same time tho it doesn't make him a fu character to watch as there should be somethin about this character that still makes him a fun filled character be it him thinking that he's still in a war or him just refusing to give away even the smallest amount of his money as either one of those things would made him a more fun filled character to watch and while the makers of this show more then likely could have added in those aspects t his character if he returned for the fourth series they don't get the chance do as the character only appears in a few series three episodes and the christmas special before being removed entirely from the show without any sort of given reason as to why he's no longer in the show. 

This episode does introduce to the brave head a head that is designed to make it's wearer incredibly brave. Which is a good idea and having Worzel wear it thinking that it will also win him the heart of Aunt Sally but when it doesn't The Crowman does give him a good speech how being brave isn't enough to make someone truly happy as all being brave does is end up with tears in a woman's eye which is a good message to send to kids as while being brave can be a good thing like conquering your fears or standing up to bullies it is something that can cause people deep upset like going head first into a war which yes is a brave thing to do but it will also mean that people will get upset by it as well with this episode teach kids to pick and choose when to be brave and when not to be brave as sometimes the bravest thing that you can do is say no to people and while having Worzel learn this lesson is typical for this show to do as they often had Worzel learn these tough life lessons it is something that does work as he is a scarecrow with very little brain and therefor having him learn when to be brave and when not to be brave does make sense from a character standpoint the issue is tho is that it does come out of nowhere as at no time in the episode do we get to see Worzel cause pain to those around him due to him being brave something that would have made the message hit home all the more harder and yet by having it appear in the last few minuets of the episode does make it feel like the message was more of an afterthought and forced because of it.

Speaking of Aunt Sally she gets shockingly very little to do in this episode which is both refreshing and yet at the same time not something that works for this episode. It's refreshing in that pretty much from this series onwards the character would feature in alot of the episodes plots more often then not being the main character of the plot and yet here she's more of a side character in the plot then a straight up main character but at the same time tho given that the plot of the episode does actively revolve around her it would have made more sense for the character to take more of an active role in the episodes plot rather then just appearing in a very small handful of scenes here and there and that's really it as all that does is lessen the characters impact on the plot where as if she chose not to go to the manor house and return to her owners house as was originally intended then Worzel wouldn't have gone after her at the manor house and there wouldn't have run into Colonel Bloodstock but because she did go the manor house and even got back her old job as parlor maid as well that mean that the plot of this episode then ended up taking place thus making the character a key plot point and yet she does very little in the actual episode when it would have made more sense for her to try and get Colonel Bloodstock to actually harm Worzel which is something that would be in her character to do only for her to be won over by the fact that Worzel isn't backing down to him as that would give the Aunt Sally character alot more to do in the episode but she gets the gold star treatment when compared to The Crowman as he only gets three scenes in the whole episode and that's it even tho he's meant to be Worzel conscience and has a big speech at the end of the episode.

While having Worzel cry when Aunt Sally leaves him broken hearted does usually work well as it's something that's been earned. Here it's not something that worked all that well as for the vast majority of the episode Aunt Sally wasn't leading Worzel on at all with her straight up telling him that she didn't want to be with him and therefor having him upset when she does get made at him at the end episode isn't something that works as it's Worzel that was in the wrong all throughout this episode even tho he didn't know it with this being a good example of this show slowly starting to run out of steam as having Worzel cry when it's one right be a really effective thing to do but it's something that does have to work and can't be something that's thrown in at the last minuet just to get people on Worzel's side as all that does is make it less effective when he does cry again as it makes it a cheap way to get emotion out of people when this kind of storytelling should only be saved for when it's earned as there was no need to have Worzel be crying at the end of the episode as The Crowman even warned him not to use the brave head and yet he did it anyway knowing full well that it could cause him some form of pain and yet he still did anyway with the only way that having Worzel crying be something that actually works in this episode was if we saw Aunt Sally actually lead Worzel on all throughout the episode by saying that she will marry him if he did show her that he can be brave only to then change her mind at the end of the episode as that is something that would justify him being upset at the end of the episode as we would have seen her lead him on all throughout the episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and nine seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this shoe to have in the first place with this episode really having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time but at the same time this episode really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the episodes plot isn't as developed as it could have been and the we don't really get a reason as to why Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton would even want to sell her house in the first place as it's not something that she'd want to do in the first place and yet this is something that this episode doesn't take the time to explain away as she had become an entertaining character and yet she's not given a proper goodbye with the episodes plot not being that well developed as it seems like things are just happening for the same of happening which to be fair is pretty typical for alot of this shows more goofier plots but at the same time tho this show does have a habit of developing it's plots to the point where they feel well rounded where as here with this episode we don't get any of that of that as the episode has to not only establish why Aunt Sally is back in the village but also set up this new character and that's something that it could in short running time with that meaning that things like the episodes plot can't be that developed and while yes granted this episodes plot is alot more better then what it really could have been t's s still a plot that could have been alot more better then what it is if it was a more well developed plot but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With there being some cute and funny moments all throughout this episode and while yes granted there alot more better jokes in other and better episodes of this show there are still some decent jokes to be found in this episode as well with the idea of Worzel being forced to speak in what might be a German accent when he's wearing the brave head is a funny idea in it's own right and yet it's one that's totally in keeping with the shows lore as the show would have Worzel change his personality when he wears a different head but very rarely if ever would it force him into changing his accent and yet here with this head that's exactly what it does and it's joke that does work well enough for this episode and yet that's not the best joke of this episode as that doesn't come from anything that the characters say rather it comes from a cut in the episode as near the end of the episode Worzel in his brave head defeat Colonel Bloodstock and gets Aunt Sally on his horse and they ride away with some romantic music swelling only to then cut to Worzel in his barn with Aunt Sally crying with her realizing that this is her happy ending in a way which is such a good joke and one that is quite frankly the best joke in this whole episode as it's one that's just that funny of a joke in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a decent episode but it's still not this show back from when it was at it's best as it does feel like that this show was staring to run of steam but at the same time given just how good this shows writers where even this show on it's bad day is still better then alot of shows on there best day in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all the good and ass well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very review well doe earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with really alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and really all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Worzel Gummidge "Worzel In The Limelight" Review

To say that I love reviewing these old Worzel Gummidge episodes would be a huge understatement as it's something that not only love doing but it's also something that I actively look forward to doing each and everytime that I decide to do one. As there just something about this really simple show with very old fashioned tastes that makes it enjoyable and really fun to watch at times well with the same thing also being true for his episode and so then join me as I review the episode that sees Worzel and Aunt Sally form a double act with the episode in question being called simply just "Worzel In The Limelight" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when they find out that the grand prize for winning the local talent show is ten pounds Worzel and Aunt Sally decide to enter. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being just as fun and as simple as you'd expect it to be not only because of the fact that it's kids shows but also because of the fact that the episodes premise is one that's simple and it's that kind of simplicity that really does work well enough in this episodes as while yes granted there does come a point in the episode where you know where the episodes plot is going it's still fun to see just how it is that the episode reaches that point with this episodes plot also being really childlike in nature which would normally be viewed as being nothing more then a bad thing but here because of the fact that both Worzel and Aunt Sally themselves are basically children it is something that not only works well enough in this episodes favour but it's also something that adds an extra layer of charm to the episode as well with this episodes plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Jeremy Austin as John Peters and Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters. Also starring in this episode is Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Myrtle Devenish as Mrs. Edgeworth , Percy Herbert as Mr. Oakshott , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Frank Marlborough as Mr. Lucas , Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd and Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances in this very episode which is really nothing new for this show as this show even in it's worst episodes has always had some really good acting in alot of it's episodes and while the acting in this episode might not be as dramatic as in previous episodes that's because of the fact that this episodes does have more of a focus on it's comedy rather then it's drama and heck there's really only one dramatic moment at the end of the episode and even then the acting from series lead star Jon Pertwee is still just as good as it was in the more comedic parts of the episode with this episode also giving us the chance to hear him do a Swedish accent which he does pull of really well and alot of what makes the acting not only in this show but also in this episode as good as it is is the fact that series director and producer James Hill also directed several feature films and infact comes from a feature film background and he there for brought all of that over to a TV show where he expected nothing less then the best acting that he could possibly get and that is something that really does really well in this episode with the actin that's in this very episode also being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally and that is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

As Aunt Sally is a main character in this episode the episode does end rather predictably with Worzel trying to get her to marry him only for Aunt Sally to hurt Worzel emotionally and make him cry. Which was just something that really didn't work in this episode as it was something that did come of nowhere and ind of felt forced as there was no lead up to it and it there for didn't have the emotional impact and those kinds of scenes do typically have in this show as something like that is usually something that they build up all throughout the episode with it then effecting how Worzel interacts with others during the events of the episode where as here it's only mentioned once at the start of the episode and it doesn't really effect how Worzel interacts with the other characters in this episode as he just interacts with them how he usually would with the episode then bringing it back into play to close out the episode which is a solid way to end the episode as it does remind you of just how horrible of a person that Aunt Sally really is but at the same time tho there should have been more of en effort to make that part of the story be an actual part of the story and not just something that's mentioned twice and that's it as all that does is cheapen the effect that a scene like that can and does have this is despite the fact that the scene in question is wonderfully acted and directed but if it was something that actively drove Worzel in this episode and we actually got to seem him try harder then usual to win the talent show and even have a scene with The Crowman even warning Worzel that Aunt Sally could hurt him again only for him to ignore him it would then make the scene at the end where Aunt Sally takes the winnings that she had promised to keep safe in her tea pot only for her to then go and spend the lot on a dress for herself all the more upsetting and heartbreaking.

This episode is not only acted like it's a part of a feature film but it's also shot like one as well as alot of this episode from a visual standpoint. Not only looks very visually stunning but also looks like that could be in a feature film in it's own right with this coming from the fact that the whole crew of this show really did treat each and every single episode of this show like they were working on a feature film and because of that we got alot of really visually stunning shots that you just wouldn't do in kids TV shows then and most certainly wouldn't do now in kids TV show or TV shows in general for that matter as kids TV show was always seen as being lesser then alot of TV shows and yet it's shows like this and this episode in particualr that really do prove that if you have a cast and crew that are deeply passionate about something and that won't to make it the best that they can do with the very limited budget that had on this show then they will make something that's feature film worthy and make you pay attention to it because of it and it's that kind of thinking that really does need to be brought back as alot of kids TV shows today look like exactly that a TV show and yet if they had cast and crew that actually wanted to make it better and make there product look better then alot of kids TV shows today regardless of it there live action or animated will look a lot better then what they already do and the people who love those show will love them even more because of it.

Like Are You Being Served? would do after it this episode also does take advantage of the fact that Mike Berry was a singer. By having his talent actually be singing which was a nice way to make a nod to that with the episode even showing alot of his performance which does have it's downside to it as well the first of which being nobody watching this episode wants to what his characters talent is that's not a knock against the actor by any means it's just that the shows young target audience are more interested in seeing Worzel and Aunt Sally and his song performance does take away more screen time for them and the second problem with this is is the fact that the song he's given to sing isn't that good in the first place as it's just a song about a cowboy and his horse and that's really it which is great as there learning into the country western theme a bit but if your going to do that then go all out and have the cowboy doing something or have his horse doing something interesting or you could make it a love song where the cowboy falls in love with someone in the town that he's in just anything would have worked and yet because of the fact that whoever it was that wrote that song chose not to that we are left with a song that despite it being very well sung just doesn't hit as well as it really could have done but it is a solid song for this episode to have in it tho it's just one that really could have been alot better given that Mike Berry was a singer and heck they even could have shown him messing up the song just to keep in it character for Mr. Peters.

What was kind of surprising to see in this episode is that for a small portion of the episode not only do Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally actually get along but they also make for a really good double act. As there act very easily could have been two people trying to put on an act but failing miserably and that's where the comedy would come from from it and yet because of the fact that Aunt Sally really can't stand working with Worzel they both end choosing different acts with her act being a badly done ballet act and his act being a half decent magician's act which is something that doesn't really fit in with his character as if anything Worzel would do more of a kids comedy act which is something that he does kind of try out near the midway point of the episode when he puts on his Swedish circus clown head that he swapped with someone from Sweden and even tho he does alot of the bits that you'd expect a clown to do he messes them all up all of which only serve to make Aunt Sally mad at him and poke him with holes with the farmers pitchfork something which he does later use as part of his magician's act but Aunt Sally doing a ballet act is something that is in her character as it;s something that she's openly expressed about either liking or doing herself and as such it does make sense that she would think that she's really good at it only for it to turn out that she's actually really bad at it with her act only being saved due to Worzel coming on stage ad messing it up for her.

Now then this episode has / and an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and five seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running tie for this show and to this episodes credit that's all the running time that it really does need to tell it's story as this episode really does have just the right amount of plot to really cover that amount of running time with the episode even making the best use of it's running time for the most part as while the big emotional moment near the end of the episode isn't set up all that well all of the characters are really developed and there personalities pretty much set in stone thanks to the previous episodes and as a result of that is the fact that this episode really doesn't have to do any of that altho what made have made this episode better was if we the audience got to see more of the talent show as then we could have seen other characters from the series like the Crowman or even Mrs Bloomsbury-Barton both of which could have had some acts of there own which would have felt totally in character for either character and it's also something that really would have made this episode alot more fun to watch as well as we'd get to see a side from the shows actors that we don't usually get to see on this show either but those scenes are also scenes that would have added nothing to the overall plot of the episode and would have slowed the episode down quite despite them being something that really could have been alot of fun but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have ti actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually feature / presented to us inn this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of painfully funny moments in it alot of which do some from Worzel and Aunt Sally trying to put an act together for the local talent show and all of the jokes work in this episode as all of them feel like jokes that the characters would make even Worzel messing up his clown act does work as he doesn't know before hand that the water in the bucket is meant to be replaced with confetti and so when he sees a bucket of water he does the whole act including throwing it all other Aunt Sally which is a cute moment as is the fact that they both enjoy a good laugh when Worzel starts leaking something which he does use to end his magicians act with even the failed ventriloquist act that they try to do does somehow still work as of course Worzel wouldn't know that your not supposed to move your lips with this episode really going to show you that you can knock it out of the park comedy wise in a kids comedy TV show if you create jokes that are actually not only really well done but also come across as being character driven jokes as well which is something that really does work well enough in this episodes favour in my freaking opinions anyways / at least

Overall this was a really good episode as this is an episode that proves even an episode with the most simplest of plotlines can work just as well as the more emotional and emotionally driven plotlines of the show as well with this episode being just a fun filled episode of the show to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

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Worzel Gummidge Down Under "Wattle Hearthbrush" Review

It's been quite a while since an episode of the really classic Worzel Gummidge TV series was last covered on this blog and even longer since an episode of it's sequel series Worzel Gummidge Down Under was covered. Well it was about time that another episode from Worzel Gummidge Down Under  really was covered in this blog and well then I think I found an actually really funny episode from the sequel series really bad second series and so then join as I review the episode that sees The Crowman trying to make a female scarecrow with the episode in question being called simply just "Wattle Hearthbrush" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when the local Nuns need a female scarecrow built to scare of the birds The Crowman has to make it for them and Worzel is only to happy to show her the ropes in the best way that he knows how. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that and as it was easily one of the more better plots that this shows second series had but at the same time tho it is still lacking that extra special something that made the original series standout and alot of that does come from the fact that original series writers Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall had left this show with each episode being written a rotation of New Zealand writers and while it doesn't show in this episode as the plot of this episode was really well done alot of the episodes during this shows second series were really bad plots with the plot of this episode being an example of this show being done right as it shows that the makers of this show could still make a really funny Worzel Gummidge episode without dumbing down the concept something that is seen all throughout this second series with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Lie Of The Land star Meriol Buchanan as Mother Superior. Also starring in this episode is Caroline Hutchison as Sister Mary Aloyishes , Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler as Manu , Prue Langbein as Sister Agnes , Jonathan Marks as Mickey , Power Ranger star Bruce Phillips as The Crowman and The Willies star Ellie Smith as Wattle Hearthbrush.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which for this shoe show isn't really all that new as as even this sequel show did always have some really good acting in it even in the episodes that weren't directed by series regular director James Hill the quality of acting was always really high and that is something that really does shine through in this episode as Jon , Bruce and Ellie have to basically carry the entire episode on there backs and they all do so wonderfully and while yes granted the acting in this episode isn't as good as the acting in all pf the episodes of the original series considering the fact that this series of the show is known for being quite bad and this second series is known for being really bad then the fact that we managed to get an episode that does have acting quality that's up there with some of the worse episodes of the original series is still something to behold and it is something that does go to show you that this episodes actors are a bunch of really good actors in there own right as well with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first which is something that really does affect the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

In what was a shocking thing to find in this episode is the fact that there is a scene around the middle portion of the episode that does hearken back to the dark and almost gothic nature of the original series. With Wattles naming ceremony being done in way that does make you think of the shows more dark nature which is something that should have been in more of this show as the original series could get quite dark and quite gothic at times and yet none of that very rarely if ever made it's way to Worzel Gummidge Down Under seemingly for reason whatsoever and yet when the show does use those more darker elements like they do in this episode then we get some really great scenes out of it with those scenes being ones that stick with you the longest as there something that really do catch your attention and keep you hooked on the episode and while in this case it was just The Crowman naming a scarecrow something that we had seen done before in the original series it was done in a way that not only reminds you that the two shows are connected but it also goes to show you that when this series really did want to that they could then make something that really would fit in right at home with the original series as well which is something that does work in this episode as this episode is all about not only celebrating what came before it with Worzel himself acting like a teacher to Wattle but also starting something new with the creation of Wattle Hearthbrush herself.

In a move that wasn't really done in the original show that writer of this episode Anthony McCarten really did know to treat the kid audience of this show with some basic level of respect. As they actually explain why Aunt Sally isn't in this episode with it being said that she's gone on holiday with a supposedly very rich man and isn't taking any visitors at the moment this was actually a really surprising move as even in his series they never really explained why Aunt Sally wasn't going to be in an episode they would just do the episode as they normally would which is something that does work in this series favor as the original series also did that but that the same time tho to see an episode not only go out of it's way to explain why she's not in the episode but also make her absence a plot point as it's what she says in her postcard to Worzel that leaves him feeling heartbroken and want to actually befriend Wattle in the first place and this is something that just isn't done even today as usually the writer of any episode of any show would just through in one line about why a character isn't in the episode and that's it but to make it a key plot point as well that is something that is never done and it really is something that should be done ore as it shows that the writer is actually treating the shows kid audience as equals and is not just doing the bare minimum effort to get a paycheck and while it would have been nice to see both Wattle and Aunt Sally meet up as you could have got alot of really great jokes from that pairing it is also something that just wasn't done for one reason or another.

While the idea of showing a female scarecrow is one that's been done to death and heck even the first episode of the fourth series of Worzel Gummidge is all about Worzel meeting his mother. What hadn't been done before now was showing us just how a female scarecrow is made which is basically done by only using female ingredients and female turnips which does seem like a dated way of putting it but at the same time tho for the time that this episode was being made in it is something that does work in the episode as the episode does explain it in a way where it does kind of make sense within the context of the show but at the same time tho they do get a few things wrong as well like the fact that we know that after a scarecrow comes alive for the first time they find it hard to talk for the first time and yet here Wattle speaks quite easily and we also know that a new born scarecrow has need to eat every sweet treat in sight and not stop until there really full up something that doesn't happen in this episode and while those might be small nitpicks in the grand scheme of things they are things that do go to show you that the makers of this show just don't have that much respect for what came them and most likely never even watched and episode of the original show in the first place as then they really could have gotten things that a new born scarecrow does down perfectly instead of just making up something new and hoping that no one noticed like what they did in this episode.

Wattle herself was one of the more fun characters in this episode as she's basically a rebellious teenager but cranked up to eleven. Which is something that does make her fun to watch as you never really know what she's going to say or do as she gets excited when she finds out that her first job has her being placed on roof but then gets bored quite quickly and is happy to go along with Worzel and while this show could have used a character like her very early on just to add in a character who could be everything that Worzel shouldn't be at the same time tho this kind of character would get boring pretty quickly and there only be so many times where you could see her get excited about something and then get bored by it pretty quickly as that is something that would get old pretty quick and not to mention the fact that there most likely would be times where she could come across as being the bad guy of the story when a character like this works best when she's quite clearly the goo guy and the fact that even The Crowman admits to having reservations about her being placed where she was in the first pace does prove that in the end she made the right call to go with Worzel as she just wasn't that happy there and so she went to do something that made her happy which in this case involved stealing a motorcycle to get away from the Nun's that put her on there roof in the first place which does make her the good guy of this episode as she only did what she did not only because of the fact that like all scarecrows she really didn't know any better but also because of the fact she wanted to do something that really does make her happy and being with Worzel Gummidge makes her happy,

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets and fifty five seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show to have and to be fair this episode really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but what lets the episode is the fact that this episodes plot does come across as being quite underdeveloped with the episode being more focused on getting to the next plot point then it is in fully developing it's story and as such scenes like Worzel explaining to The Crowman why he wants The Crowman to mend his heart just don't work this is despite the fact that it is a wonderfully written , acted and directed scene and even the following scene with The Crowman just outright saying that Aunt Sally isn't a good friend doesn't work not only because there's no build up to that scene but also because there's no pay off for it either it's there just for the sake of being there which again despite it being a very well written , acted and directed scene just feels like a filler scene as neither we the audience nor Worzel himself are being told anything new about Aunt Sally as Worzel always looks for the best in her despite her being a cruel and horrible person and as such there's no point in the episode in having a scene like that in this episode as it adds nothing to the plot of the episode and it really could have been argued that it takes away screen time from the episode which really could have been used to fully develop the episodes plot but I really will admit that this episode really does gave some really bad pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then  in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode actually being quite alot more funnier then what it really had any right to be with this episode not only making use of the funny things that the characters say and do but also having a sight gag like a Nun trying ringing the bell only her to get quite lifted of her feet everytime she does so is funny with that joke even being the best joke in the episode as it is something that really catch you off guard as it's joke that whilst yes is a very joke to tell it's still also a really funny joke when it's done really well as well and while this episode does have alot of really funny moments in it like the fact that when he's inside the convent Worzel disguises himself up as nun only to get found out right way that's a good idea and is a great way to subvert your expectations and even alot of what Wattle says and how she acts is really funny as she acts like someone who is just going to cause trouble and have fun doing so but then she'll say something that catch you off guard and that will still make you laugh because it's in her character to do so with even the Nuns having a few funny moments in this episode as well with pretty much all of this episodes jokes not only landing but also landing really hard as well as that's just how funny that this episodes jokes also really are as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this episode whilst it was still a pretty bad episode from a really painfully bad series of the show it's also one that proves that the makers of this show do indeed know how to make something that's true to the original spirit of Worzel Gummidge since all they have to do is try and that's really it and yet it's something that they've only really done in this very episode of the show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Worzel Gummidge "Muvvers' Day" Review

Back in the fourth series of Worzel Gummidge it very quickly became common practice for them to have Aunt Sally be forced into quite literally more then half of the series. As a result of that is the fact that it became really rare to find an episode where she wasn't in it or even the main focus of the episode with the episode that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today being a good example of how to do an episode without Aunt Sally in it and so then join me as I review the episode that technically sees another member of Worzel's family be introduced into the show with the episode in question being called simply just "Muvvers' Day" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is after he is thrown into a ditch by a mob of angry mothers Worzels becomes determined to find his own mother. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was a very fun filled plot and it's one that shows that the makers of this show can still make a decent plot and not have to have Aunt Sally in it as by this point in the shows history she was being used quite alot of the time and as a result of that is the fact that it did start to take away focus from Worzel Gummidge himself with the plot of this episode really going along way to making sure that not only is he the main focus of the episode but that the episode starts to feel like some of the episodes from the shows seconds series as this episodes plot is nothing more the pure childlike fun that's absolutely filled to the brim with childlike wonder and whimsy all of which are things that are quite usually found in plots when this show is at it's absolutely best and while yes the plot of this episode isn't the shows best that doesn't stop it from being a good plot in it own right with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Doctor Who and Wombling Free star Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Operation Julie star Susie Johns as Nanny. Also starring in this episode is Seventy Deadly Pills star Barbara Ashcroft as Lady B , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Jeremy Austin as John Peters , Casino Royale1967 and Catweazle star Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman and The Wind In The Willows Grand Annual Show Beryl Reid as Sarah Pigswill.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episodes acting being more the worthy of the shows already high standard for acting as everybody that worked on this show didn't treat this show as a kids TV show that would be forgotten about as they instead chose to think about all of this shows episodes as feature films and as a result of that is the fact that we get acting in not only the rest of the show but in this episode as well that is worthy of being a kids feature length film with all of this episodes actors turning some really good performances in this episode with it being made as clear as day that the show regular director and producer James Hill really did know not only who would be perfect for any role as Beryl Reid does play Worzels mother rather wonderfully but that he did know how to get a good performance out of all of his actors something which really is put to good use in all of this shows with all of the episodes characters really being perfectly cast no matter how big or small there role really is with the acting that's in this very episode also being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Even tho this episode is all about Worzel not only finding out who his mother this episode does also complicate things as well as The Crowman himself quite clearly states near the start of the episode that scarecrows can't have mothers. As Worzel not only has a nephew but also has an Australian cousin both of which would require to have him a mother and yet here they openly say that scarecrows can't technically have mothers but they still can if a scarecrow is made from the same row of seeds that another scarecrow was born from which is a fine way of getting around the lore that the episode just established but at the same time it makes you wonder that if scarecrows cant have a mother then how can he both a nephew and a cousin this is something that should have been thought of by the shows regular writers Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall as the pair of them are usually so good with keeping things in continuity and yet here they tried to add something to the lore of the show but they did so in a way that makes you question the other aspects of the shows lore and while the idea of scarecrows only having mothers if there born from same row of seeds that another scarecrow is made from is a good it's one that's not fully thought as it then makes you wonder how they can have other family members let alone have a mother or maybe even a father as well as that is something that is now a question thanks to the fact that scarecrows can now have mothers.

Worzels mother in this episode was a decent character as she was someone who is in her own mind a good mother. Without her realising that all of the things that she's doing for Worzel are things that only make sense to her and her only like the fact that for a cake she makes him mud cake which is something that she likes and having a cup of tea made of ditch water both of which make her seem like she's a real down to earth scarecrow mother or at least what the scarecrow version of being down to earth is like and it's those types of things that make her a really funny character and it's something that makes you wonder why the character didn't show up in other episodes of this series as seeing how she would interact with Aunt Sally or even Dolly Clothes Peg for that matter and seeing who they would bounce off of each other does sound really funny and like it could have been a really good idea but for some reason this is the only episode in which the character not only appears in but is even referenced and while there really isn't any episode in this series where she could have made an appearance outside of maybe the last episode as she could have helped John and Sue stop Aunt Sally from eating Worzel's cake or even helped out Aunt Sally without realising who she is in the first place and yet for one time only character she does seem like a really fun character it just would have been nice if we got to have more appearances with this character.

Shockingly not only does this episode not feature Aunt Sally in the episode at all but also John and Sue barely feature in the episode. With it being a breath of fresh air for Aunt Sally not even appearing in the episode as there are only so many stories that you can tell with that character before it starts to get old something that does happen in not only this series but also in Worzel Gummidge Down Under as well and while it does make sense for Jhon and Sue to basically play more of a minor role in this episode it still would have been nice to see them play more of a bigger role in the episode as they are Worzel's best friends and there for it would have made sense to see them more in the episode and while yes they are the ones to give Worzel the idea of having a mother of all of his own we don't really get to see alot of how they would react to all of the things that Worzel's mother does which is something that could have made for some great scenes and they could have told Worzel's mother how mothers are meant to act as that would also make sense for not only the plot of the episode but also for the characters as well and while yes it is great that Aunt Sally isn't even referenced in this episode at all the very fact that they don't even mention where the character does feel odd even more so when you take into account that she does appears out of nowhere in the rest of the series but given that we get so much of her in this series having one episode where she doesn't appear at all is a very refreshing thing to see as it keeps the focus back on the title character and doesn't shift it to another character.

What was something that worked really well for this episode was the fact that we got see Worzel act like a stereotypical young boy. With him calling his mother the best mother in the whole wide world and even running away from her when she's about to him with her umbrella these are all things that young kids would do and have done and it was great to see it as Worzel even without his mother is basically just a little kid who just so happens to be in the body of grown up scarecrow and yet even so it's still fun and charming to see him act how young people would act when there in that exact same situation as would the fact that we even see him act is disgust at some of the home cooking which is something that not only works for that character but it's also something that makes for some truly wonderful scenes and while it would have been nice if we got to see the relationship between Worzel and his mother get developed something that even could have been in future episodes that would also go against what we see in the rest of the show as the show basically resets it's status quo at the end of the episode but given that this series was meant to be the final series of the show then they really could have taken a few more chances and taken the chance to develop a relationship that the show has never had the chance to had as while it could be argued that The Crowman is Worzel's father the relationship between father and son is far different then the relationship between mother and son and that is something that really co8ld have been explored in this very episode.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty six minuets and five seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have and to this episodes credit it really does have the right amount there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time with the episode also taking as full advantage of it's running time that it really could have done and while this episodes would have been better if they took the time to fully develop the relationship between Worzel and his mother there's really no way that they could have had scenes like that in the episode without those scenes feeling like filler scenes as the episode really doesn't have alot of running time in the first place and as a result of that is the fact that all of the scenes needs to be about advancing the plot of the episode and there for they really can't afford to have scenes that might be cut out of the episode something that would have been the case with all of the scenes that develop the relationship between Worzel and his mother no matter how short those scenes are as there's no way that you could do those scenes and have them actually play a role in the plot of the episode and given that this is a kids show the shows target audience don't really need to have fully developed relationships even more so when you take into account that the character could have appeared in a future episode and there relationship could have been fully developed then but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing t it tho.

So now then as this is comedy that really does means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy thats actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having alot of painfully funny moments all though out the episode not only with the scenes with Worzel and his mother but at the start of the episode where Worzel asks a nanny about what she's doing entering a baby into a baby contest only for her to politely ask him for his umbrella just so that she can hit over the head with it something that she does again when he things that she's his mother which a was a great small running joke as John Pertwee gets to make some really funny faces both times that he gets hit which is something that makes those scenes even funnier then what they already were but also was the fact that after Worzel shoves his mother face into his homemade scarecrow breakfast John warns him that as a punishment he gets a ten second head start before she starts to chase to try and hit him this time with her umbrella which was just such a cute , funny and charming way to end the episode with this episode having alot of jokes that are not only funny but are also cute and charming as well something that this shows does wonderfully well with all of this episodes jokes being really good and really funny as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Overall this was a really good way to start of what would be the final series of the original show as it not only has all of the things that the original show was really known for having but it also has alot of really funny jokes in it as well with this episode really being worth watching for it's jokes alone as there just that good and there just funny to watch in this very episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review well then that means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girl and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all pf the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.