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and stories written in collaboration with other writers, but it is mainly her books about Worzel Gummidge that still attract readers. Todd's ten novels about Worzel Gummidge, a scarecrow who comes to life, are: The novels have been illustrated by various artists, including Diana Stanley, Elisabeth Alldridge, Will Nickless and Jill Crockford. In the 1950s Todd collaborated with Denis and Mabel Constanduros on a series of Worzel Gummidge radio plays for children. A television series, "Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective", was made in 1953. In
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Worzel was played by Denis Folwell, who went on to play Jack Archer in the long-running BBC radio 4 soap opera "The Archers". The character first appeared on television in 1953 in a four-part series. In July 1967 five Worzel Gummidge stories were read on "Jackanory" by Gordon 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
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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.The first image of Mackenzie Crook as Worzel Gummidge was revealed on June 7, 2019. It was announced it
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Lorraine Chase


as the character Dolly Clothes-Peg. Dolly tried to woo the hapless scarecrow Worzel, played by Jon Pertwee, but he spurned her in favour of his unrequited love affair with Aunt Sally, played by Una Stubbs. The same year, Chase began her most prominent role in the ITV sitcom "The Other 'Arf", in which she co-starred with John Standing. "The Other 'Arf" ran for four series until 1984, after which Chase appeared in the less successful 1984 TV sitcom "Lame Ducks
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's programmes) and later in New Zealand (1987–1989). For the TV series Gummidge had a set of interchangeable turnip, mangelwurzel and swede heads, each of which suited a particular occasion or endowed him with a specific skill. Worzel Gummidge is a scarecrow that can come to life on Scatterbrook Farm. Worzel stands in ten acre field. He befriended John and Susan who came to stay during the School holidays on the Braithwaites Farm. Worzel normally lands John and Susan in trouble when he is being mischievous, as he goes
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Down Under", which was set in New Zealand. In 1979, a television adaptation of "Worzel Gummidge" was produced by ITV station Southern Television for transmission on the ITV network. It was written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, and starred former "Doctor Who" actor Jon Pertwee as Worzel and 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 Worzel's aunt, and Worzel is married to
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Worzel Gummidge is a walking, talking scarecrow character in British children's fiction who originally appeared in a series of books by the English novelist Barbara Euphan Todd. It was the first story book published by Puffin Books. The books were adapted for radio and television a number of times, most successfully with former "Doctor Who" actor Jon Pertwee taking the lead role from 1979 to 1981 in the Southern Television series "Worzel Gummidge", originally produced in the UK (this series was ranked among the top 50 greatest British children
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Worzel Gummidge is a British-New Zealand children's sitcom, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the "Worzel Gummidge" books by English author Barbara Euphan Todd. Beginning in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until 1981. On a countdown of the greatest British children's programmes, this series was number 50 in the 50 Greatest Kids TV Shows on Channel 5 on 8 November 2013. Channel 4 reprised the show in 1987 as "Worzel Gummidge
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Worzel Gummidge and other scarecrows is not named the Crowman, but is described as a mysterious figure. The first paperback version of the first book, released in 1941, has the distinction of being the first story book published by the famous children's imprint Puffin. The first broadcast with Worzel was before World War II on the BBC's Children's Hour. By 1946, Worzel was played by veteran radio actor Philip Wade, John by John Clark, Susan by Rosamund Barnes, and Earthy Mangold by Mabel Constanduros. Later,
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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 starring role as the title character of "Catweazle". Bill Maynard also appeared as
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Jon Pertwee


"Whodunnit?", Pertwee took the starring role in "Worzel Gummidge", based on the books written by Barbara Euphan Todd. Produced by ITV franchise contractor Southern Television in the initial run, it was first transmitted on ITV from 1979. Pertwee had first been approached to play the part of Worzel Gummidge in a film to be written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. When this project fell through Pertwee encouraged the writers to create a television pilot instead and via his agent pitched the idea to the BBC who turned it
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into a sulk and becomes a normal lifeless scarecrow. This leads others to blame the two children for the trouble Worzel causes. The Worzel Gummidge books differ from the television adaption; one difference being that in the books Worzel was married to Earthy Mangold. In the first book, Aunt Sally (his Femme fatale in the TV series) is only mentioned in one chapter and the character is an antagonistic bully to Worzel. For the television adaptation, Worzel has a collection of interchangeable heads. In the books, the maker of
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series started life as a proposed film about the Worzel Gummidge character by Waterhouse and Hall which would have been "about the scarecrow equivalent" of the Peasants' Revolt, with the scarecrows rising up against farmers who were going to burn them when the farming season had finished. Pertwee was approached to play the lead character by producer Gareth Wigan. When this project fell through due it being unable to secure the funds it need or a distribution deal, Pertwee encouraged the writers to create a television pilot instead and via his agent pitched
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will be series of films.The first 60 minute episode, The Scarecrow Of Scatterbrook, sees two young strangers arrive in the village of Scatterbrook. It’s not long before Susan and John encounter Worzel Gummidge, the Scarecrow of Ten Acre Field. Their world is sent spinning into confusion when they realise Gummidge comes to life. The only person more shocked is Worzel, when he discovers that the children are not in fact fellow scarecrows but humans. Their worlds should never commune but fate has conspired to create an extraordinary union.
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ran on the channel until 1981. Keen to continue beyond this, Pertwee campaigned for the series and it was picked up by a New Zealand network, TVNZ, in 1987. "Worzel Gummidge Down Under" aired for the next two years and was screened in the UK on Channel 4. In 1995, Pertwee played the role one last time in a one-off special for ITV, which celebrated 40 years of the channel. Pertwee played the title character in "Worzel Gummidge, the musical", book and lyrics
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written for the Irish episodes were published in book form. Pertwee and Stubbs starred in the musical "Worzel Gummidge" in 1981 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre which also starred Lucy Benjamin (then Lucy Jane Baker) as Sue. Jon Pertwee's final TV appearance as Worzel was in 1995, to celebrate 40 years of ITV. "Worzel's Song", sung by Jon Pertwee, was released in 1980 reaching number 33 in the UK charts. The main locations for filming were the villages of Stockbridge, King's Somborne and
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Earthy Mangold, a character who does not appear in the series. The Crowman, who made Worzel and some of his other scarecrow friends, is played by Geoffrey Bayldon, who had played the title role in "Catweazle". Regular and occasional guest appearances were made by well-known TV actors of the time, including Barbara Windsor, Billy Connolly, Bill Maynard, Joan Sims, Lorraine Chase, Bernard Cribbins, Connie Booth, David Lodge and Mike Reid. According to Jon Pertwee's memoirs, the idea for the
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determined to win. What will Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart, and The Green Man make of it all? Mackenzie Crook says: “I’m thrilled to be back working with the BBC and many members of the Detectorists team to bring Worzel Gummidge to a new generation of viewers and reintroduce him to old friends. Adapting Barbara Euphan Todd’s books into these two films has been a joy and I’ve completely fallen for her charming, irreverent scarecrow. Fingers crossed for a glorious English summer as we head out
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James Hill (British director)


The young visitors" (1984), and for the two children's television series "Worzel Gummidge" and "Worzel Gummidge Down Under", almost all of which he either directed, wrote and/or produced. Active in television throughout his career, his credits include episodes of "The Human Jungle", "Gideon's Way", "The Saint", "The Avengers", "Journey to the Unknown", "The Persuaders!", "The New Avengers", and "C.A.T.S. Eyes". James
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vain, cruel-hearted fairground coconut-shy doll who considered herself a lady and far too good for a common scarecrow such as Worzel. Aunt Sally often exploits Worzel for her own ends (in one episode, she promises to marry him if he frees her from a junkshop washing machine, but she never has any intention of going through with it). The rationale for the move to New Zealand in "Down Under" was that Aunt Sally is purchased by a visiting museum curator from New Zealand, and Worzel follows
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World's End" (a.k.a. "Christian the lion"), "Captain Nemo and the Underwater City", "The Man from O.R.G.Y.", and the children's television series' "Worzel Gummidge" and "Worzel Gummidge Down Under". Hill was born in Eldwick, Yorkshire, England After the war he became a documentary director, primarily of shorts, before graduating to feature length children's movies with "The Stolen Plans" in 1952. In 1955 Hill entered a new phase with the documentary "The
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Barbara Euphan Todd


1967 five Worzel Gummidge stories were narrated by Gordon Rollings in five episodes of the BBC children's serial "Jackanory". A second television series, adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, was broadcast in 1978–81. A further television derivative was "Worzel Gummidge Down Under" (1987–89, Channel 4), in which the main character moves to New Zealand. Todd died in 1976 at a nursing home in Donnington, Berkshire. Her stepdaughter, the anthropologist Ursula Betts, remembered her as "warm and kind", but
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, brother and sister John and Sue Peters, who often tried to clear up the messes he created. Worzel had a collection of interchangeable turnip, mangelwurzel and swede heads; each suiting a particular occasion or allowing him to perform a certain task. He also had his own language, Worzelese. Worzel's catchphrases were: "A cup o' tea an' a slice o' cake", "I'll be bum-swizzled" and "Bozzy MCoo". He was madly in love with Aunt Sally, a
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Braishfield, all of which are near Romsey in Hampshire. The Scatterbrook Farm scenes were filmed at Pucknall in Braishfield; Michelmersh was used for the scenes in the Scatterbrook barn. The programme remained in limbo until Channel 4 commissioned "Worzel Gummidge Down Under" in 1986, which was shot on location in New Zealand; It ran for two series totaling 22 episodes. Only Pertwee and Stubbs remained from the original cast, with Bruce Phillips joining the cast as the Crowman (Geoffrey Bayldon declined to reprise the role) and Olivia Ihimaera
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-Smiler, daughter of prominent Māori author Witi Ihimaera joining as one of the children. "The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson received an early credit for his work providing special effects for the series. Michael Grade, the newly appointed head of Channel 4, cancelled the series when the New Zealand version drew low audience figures. In the series, Worzel Gummidge was a scarecrow that could come to life. Living in Ten Acre Field, he would often visit the nearby village of Scatterbrook. He befriended two children
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her into the luggage chute. A stage musical adaptation, titled "Worzel Gummidge - The Musical," was created by the TV series creators Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall with music by Denis King and featuring the original TV principal cast Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs and Geoffrey Bayldon. The musical first premiered at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre for the 1980 Christmas season before receiving rave reviews and transferring to the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End from 22 December 1981 and extending to 27 February 1982. The Original London 1981 Cast Album was
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Jon Pertwee


series, and he became widely known for spending 18 years (1959–1977) playing Chief Petty Officer Pertwee (and three other roles) in the popular sitcom "The Navy Lark" on BBC Radio. He played the Third Doctor in the science fiction television series "Doctor Who" (between 1970 and 1974) and the title character in the television series "Worzel Gummidge" (between 1979 and 1981—reprising the role from 1987 to 1989). Towards the end of his life he maintained a close association with "Doctor Who"
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The seasons have stopped and the harvest hasn’t arrived. The rhythm of the natural world is out of kilter and this unlikely trio must try to put it right. Magic, mystery and mayhem unfurl. The second episode, The Green Man, welcomes another mysterious arrival to Scatterbrook. The Green Man is the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore. He isn’t at all happy that Worzel is consorting with humans. Elsewhere, local aristocrat Lady Bloomsbury Barton is holding a fete, with a Scarecrow competition that Worzel is
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to Scatterbrook Farm and Worzel’s Ten Acre Field.” Shane Allen, Controller Comedy Commissioning at the BBC, says: “Mackenzie’s widely adored and multi-Bafta award winning Detectorists was a grown up love letter to bucolic England and with Worzel he takes a similar approach to English folklore, rural rites and the magic of childhood. His visionary and fundamental reinterpretation of this classic is that rare and special achievement - a BBC One family friendly comedy.” Kristian Smith, Executive Producer for Leopard Pictures, says: “These
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Talfryn Thomas


also appeared with Jon Pertwee in the "Doctor Who" serials, "Spearhead from Space" (1970) and "The Green Death" (1973), and in the "Worzel Gummidge" episode "The Scarecrow Wedding" (1980). Thomas excelled at playing quirky and sometimes seedy Welshmen. His distinctive appearance was enhanced by his protruding front teeth, which earned him the nickname 'Talf The Teef'. Thomas is perhaps best remembered for his role as Mr. Cheeseman in the television series, "Dad's Army
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No Remorse (Motörhead album)


, whose band Persian Risk had played shows with Motörhead, and Michael Burston, who had gained a reputation playing in Wiltshire clubs and pubs and received the nickname Würzel after the children's TV character Worzel Gummidge. Campbell suggested the band hire ex-Saxon drummer Pete Gill. Lemmy recalls that their trouble with Bronze started after Eddie Clarke left; the company did not like Brian Robertson, and without much faith in the new lineup, they preferred to do a compilation of the band's old songs. Lemmy said that was an
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Mike Berry (singer)


was cast as the father (Mr. Peters) of the two children in the TV version of the "Worzel Gummidge" books, along with Jon Pertwee and Una Stubbs. His character, Bert Spooner, replaced Trevor Bannister's Mr. Lucas in "Are You Being Served?" in 1981, and stayed until the end of the show's run in 1985. Upon the death of Nicholas Smith in December 2015, he is the lone surviving actor from the show who played a major recurring character. Berry also starred in a
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Jimmy Jewel


. While "Nearest and Dearest" was running, Jewel had a regular role in the short-lived 1969 sitcom "Thicker than Water" and made an appearance in the 1970 film "The Man Who Had Power Over Women". Jewel then starred in the comedy series "Spring and Autumn" (1972–76) as retired railway worker Tommy Butler. In the early 1980s, he made appearances in the children's classic "Worzel Gummidge" (1980) and two "Play For Today" episodes. In 1981 he starred
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Nicholas Smith (actor)


(1969), "The Twelve Chairs" (1970), dubbed in an Italian version of "The Canterbury Tales" (1972) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1975) as Hunkston, Sigerson Holmes' servant. In 1979, he appeared in "Worzel Gummidge" as Mr Foster, the headmaster of the school. In 1986 he played Sir John Treymayne in the British tour of "Me And My Girl", a role played in the West
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Joan Sims


Laurence Olivier in the award-winning 1975 television film "Love Among the Ruins" and had a recurring role as Gran in the BBC comedy series "Till Death Us Do Part". From 1979 until 1981, she played the recurring character Mrs Bloomsbury-Barton in Worzel Gummidge for Southern Television. During 1986 and 1987, Sims starred as Annie Begley alongside Angela Thorne in the Yorkshire Television sitcom "Farrington of the F.O." Also in 1986, Sims appeared in the long-running BBC science fiction series "Doctor Who"
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Gordon Rollings


chaos in the opening credits scene. After a number of small parts in TV shows such as "Z-Cars" in the early 1960s, on 21 April 1964, he was the first presenter of BBC 2's daily programme for young children, "Play School", alongside Virginia Stride. In the same year he played the character of Charlie Moffitt in "Coronation Street". He was a storyteller in "Jackanory" in 1966-67, reading among others, the story of "Worzel Gummidge". (
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Michael Foot


" Foot's nickname in the press gradually became "Worzel Gummidge", or "Worzel". This became particularly common after Remembrance Day 1981, when he attended the Cenotaph observance wearing a donkey jacket. After his tenure as leader, Foot would be "depicted as a scarecrow on ITV’s satirical puppet show "Spitting Image"." Almost immediately after his election as leader, he was faced with a serious crisis. On 25 January 1981, four senior politicians on the right-wing of the Labour Party (Roy
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Sarah Thomas (actress)


"Worzel Gummidge" (1979–81), in which she played the recurring role of Enid, "The Black Adder" (1983), "Miracles Take Longer" (1984), "Shroud for a Nightingale" (1984), and "Happy Families" (1985). In 1985 she joined the cast of the internationally successful BBC television sitcom "Last Of The Summer Wine" as Glenda, the daughter of Thora Hird's character. She stayed with the series for 25 years, until it came to an
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John Clark (actor)


Following that, he became a star as the original "Just William" on both stage and radio in 1946-7. The BBC paid him 4 Guineas a show. He was also the BBC's stock juvenile in radio plays such as "Worzel Gummidge" and one adapted from the classic novel by F. Anstey, "Vice Versa". He also starred in "Treasure Island" with Harry Welchman at the St. James's Theatre. Prior to entering his national service, Clark made guest appearances around Britain in plays featuring
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Mabel Constanduros


She subsequently played a variety of roles in London and on tour, including Anne of Cleves in "The Rose Without a Thorn" at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1933. Constanduros became a radio celebrity after broadcasting her own sketches in 1925. She also wrote novels, short stories, and co-wrote "29 Acacia Avenue" with her nephew Denis Constanduros. After World War II, she played Earthy Mangold in the popular "Worzel Gummidge" radio serial on the BBC Children's Hour. Mabel was one of
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Una Stubbs


. Stubbs featured in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Anniversary" in 1979. From 1979 to 1981, she played Aunt Sally in the ITV children's series "Worzel Gummidge" opposite Jon Pertwee and Barbara Windsor and was for several years a team captain in the weekly game show "Give Us a Clue" in the 1980s, reuniting her with Lionel Blair, the other team captain. She has appeared in shows such as "Midsomer Murders", "Heartbeat", "Casualty", "Keeping Up Appearances
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Charlotte Coleman


have to go to any lessons, so I didn't. I spent 15 grand, all my money, and it was just stupid really." After this, she attended cookery school. Coleman's first major television role was as Sue in Southern Television's "Worzel Gummidge". This ran for four series (and a Christmas special) from 1978 to 1981 on the ITV network. Other early work included "A Choice of Evils" ("Play for Today", BBC, 1977) and "Two People
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Michael Foot


memorial to Foot in Plymouth was vandalised with Nazi symbols in the wake of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum in July 2016. Foot was portrayed by Patrick Godfrey in the 2002 BBC production of Ian Curteis's long unproduced "The Falklands Play" and by Michael Pennington in the film "The Iron Lady". Foot was likened to the scarecrow Worzel Gummidge in "Dear Bill", a long-running series of fictional letters which appeared in the British satirical magazine "Private Eye", purportedly written by Denis Thatcher
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Würzel


in 1985. Burston acquired the nickname 'Würzel' whilst in the Army, being compared to the character Worzel Gummidge owing to his scarecrow-style hair and bumpkin-like manner. Motörhead singer Lemmy encouraged Würzel to add an umlaut to the 'U' in his nickname, for heavy metal effect. Würzel saw a number of changes to the band's line-up, each involving the drummer, until he left in 1995. Although he played on the album "Sacrifice", he left Motörhead before the tour.
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Jon Pertwee


by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, music by Denis King, which opened at London's Cambridge Theatre in December 1981, co-starring Una Stubbs and Geoffrey Bayldon. Pertwee also recorded an album, "Worzel Gummidge Sings", as well as a Christmas single. Pertwee played the role of The Colonel in the Disney children's film "One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing" (1975). The following year, he voiced and appeared in the television advertisement that promoted the Green Cross Code by use of the mnemonic "
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Scarecrow


has a scarecrow as one of the main protagonists. The Scarecrow of Oz was searching for brains from the Great Wizard. The scarecrow was portrayed by Frank Moore in the 1914 film "His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz", by Ray Bolger in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", and by Michael Jackson in the 1978 musical film adaptation "The Wiz". Worzel Gummidge, a scarecrow who came to life in a friendly form, first appeared in series of novels by Barbara Euphan Todd in the 1930s
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Charlotte Coleman


Charlotte Ninon Coleman (3 April 1968 – 14 November 2001) was an English actress best known for playing Scarlett in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral", Jess in the television drama "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", and her childhood roles of Sue in "Worzel Gummidge" and the character Marmalade Atkins. Coleman died of an acute asthma attack in Holloway, North London, aged 33. Coleman was the first of two daughters born to actress Ann Beach and Canadian-born television producer Francis Coleman.
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Geoffrey Bayldon


Albert Geoffrey Bayldon (7 January 1924 – 10 May 2017) was an English actor. After playing roles in many stage productions, including the works of William Shakespeare, he became known for portraying the title role of the children's series "Catweazle" (1970–71). Bayldon's other long-running parts include the Crowman in "Worzel Gummidge" (1979–81) and Magic Grandad in the BBC television series "Watch" (1995). Bayldon was born in Leeds and attended Bridlington School and Hull College of Architecture.
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Ursula Graham Bower


's remarriage in 1932, Bower became the stepdaughter of children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd, the creator of the fictional scarecrow Worzel Gummidge. In the same year she travelled to Canada. She first visited India and, more specifically, the Naga Hills and Manipur, in 1937, at the invitation of Alexa Macdonald, whom she had met while on holiday on Skye, and who was staying with her brother who worked in the Indian Civil Service in Imphal. It was a trip where her mother had hoped she would meet a
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Southern Television


Trevor Baker; "Out of Town", a countryside programme introduced by Jack Hargreaves, who would later join Southern Television's board of directors; "How", a children's science programme also featuring Hargreaves along with Fred Dinenage, Bunty James (later replaced by Marian Davies) and Jon Miller; "Freewheelers", a children's spy series; "" and "Worzel Gummidge", starring Jon Pertwee as the eponymous walking scarecrow. Southern Television also produced a programme aimed at the farming community, presented by Mark
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Widecombe Fair (song)


1932 Newell also appeared in "Columbia on Parade", a record which included a version with other British singing stars at the time, who replaced the familiar list of names with their own. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 11 February 1941 for his debut album "Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger", introduced with a spoken explanation of the ghostly aspects of the song. Since then, it has been recorded by many others, including Paul Austin Kelly and Jon Pertwee in the persona of Worzel Gummidge. In a 1967
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Brendon Chase


Whiting by Christopher Biggins. The new character Monica Hurling is played by Liza Goddard. Although it was shown more than once in some other countries it only received one transmission in Britain, mainly because of Southern's loss of its ITV contract from 1982 (although Runaround and Worzel Gummidge were repeated after the company had gone off the air). For many years, the series never received any kind of commercial release, whether on video or DVD. In 2012 the series was released in Germany, on DVD, containing only the
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Willis Hall


amusing collection of separate stories for children relating the adventures of Father Mole-Cricket, his son Master Mole Cricket, and the bad-tempered emperor Indira-Maya who appoints the two as Royal Astrologer and Assistant Royal Astrologer. He wrote a musical about the scarecrow Worzel Gummidge, and others based on the books "Treasure Island" and "The Wind in the Willows". He also wrote the script for the successful project, "" (1996). Hall was married four times. His first three marriages to Kathleen
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Jon Pertwee


his was the most straight in terms of avoiding comedy." His body was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium with a toy Worzel Gummidge affixed to the coffin, following the instructions in his will. His death came six days after the American broadcast of the "Doctor Who" television film, which used in its opening credits a logo based on that from his era of the television series. The BBC broadcast of the film, on 27 May 1996, featured a dedication to Pertwee at its end. His last association with "
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Penguin Books


. The first five titles, "Worzel Gummidge", "Cornish Adventure","The Cuckoo Clock", "Garram the Hunter" and "Smokey" were published in the three horizontal stripes company livery of the rest of the Penguin output, a practice abandoned after the ninth volume when full-bleed colour illustrated covers were introduced, a fact that heralded the much greater design freedom of the Puffin series over the rest of Penguin's books. Graham retired in 1961 and was replaced by Kaye Webb who presided over the department for 18 years
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Norman Bird


1950s and 1960s, appearing in nearly 50 films such as "The Angry Silence" (1960), "The League of Gentlemen" (1960), "Whistle Down the Wind" (1961), "Victim" (1961) and "Term of Trial" (1962) with Laurence Olivier. He had over 200 television appearances, notably as Mr Braithwaite in "Worzel Gummidge" (1979–81) and Mr Arrad in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "Waldorf Salad" (1979). His long list of
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Keith Waterhouse


musical "The Card"; "Budgie"; "Worzel Gummidge"; and "Andy Capp" (an adaptation of the comic strip). His 1959 book "Billy Liar" was subsequently filmed by John Schlesinger with Tom Courtenay as Billy. It was nominated in six categories of the 1964 BAFTA awards, including Best Screenplay, and was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1963; in the early 1970s a sitcom based on the character was quite popular and ran to 25 episodes. Waterhouse's
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Bernard Cribbins


mistaken by the character Basil Fawlty for a hotel inspector), "Worzel Gummidge" (1980), "Shillingbury Tales" (1980) and its spin-off "Cuffy" (1983). Besides voicing "The Wombles", Cribbins was a well-known regular on BBC children's television in the 1970s as host of performance panel game "Star Turn" and "Star Turn Challenge". These programmes concluded with Cribbins narrating a detective story as recurring character "Ivor Notion", with a script usually by
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Michael Ripper


Trinian's" and the liftman in the next three of the "St. Trinian's" comedies, and on television for his role as Thomas the chauffeur in the BBC comedy "Butterflies" (1978–83) and as Burke, one of the two criminals in the youth television series "Freewheelers" (1968–71). His other TV roles include Mr Shepherd, Aunt Sally's owner, in Worzel Gummidge, Phunkey in "The Pickwick Papers" (1985) and the Drones Porter in "Jeeves and Wooster" (1990–91)
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Denis King


"Bashville" and "Valentine's Day" (with Benny Green); "Worzel Gummidge" starring Jon Pertwee and Lost Empires (with Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall); Wind In The Willows and Treasure Island (with Willis Hall); "West Five Story" (with Richard Harris); "Baby On Board" (with Mary Stewart-David) for the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, where it was directed by Alan Ayckbourn. King has written extensively with Ayckbourn and together they have created the musicals "
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Lymington


Warwick Collins ("The Rationalist" and "The Marriage of Souls"), and in "The Forest" by Edward Rutherfurd. In Tom Clancy's "Patriot Games", a Wightlink ferry heading from the Lymington ferry terminal is intercepted and a prisoner extracted in heavy seas. Several men on board the ferry are murdered. The 1980 Christmas special of the ITV children's show "Worzel Gummidge" was filmed in the town during the summer of that year. During filming a sudden wind blew the titanium dioxide that was
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Penguin Books


for several years, was finally discontinued in 1984.) "Aircraft Recognition" (S82) by R. A. Saville-Sneath, was a bestseller. In 1940, the children's imprint Puffin Books began with a series of non-fiction picture books; the first work of children's fiction published under the imprint was Barbara Euphan Todd's "Worzel Gummidge" the following year. Another series that began in wartime was the "Penguin Poets": the first volume was a selection of Tennyson's poems (D1) in
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Carlton Kids


2006. The channel showcased children's programming from Carlton and other ITV franchisees including Granada Television, Central Television, and Yorkshire Television, short films from the BBC library, as well as programmes acquired from American and overseas distributors. Shows included "Mopatop's Shop", "The Raggy Dolls", "Rosie & Jim", "Tots TV", "The Berenstain Bears", "Tickle on the Tum", "Willo the Wisp", "The Legends of Treasure Island" and "Worzel Gummidge".
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Mary Stella Edwards


Between" (1982) and "A Further Harvest" (1985) with unpublished poems from the period between 1932 and 1984. Mary Stella Edwards also illustrated books, mostly children's books, painted or drew the frontispiece and designed dust covers. Examples include: "The Normal Saturday Fairy Book" (1924), "The Grand Buffalo" (1926), "From Track to Highway. A Book of British Roads" (1935), "Worzel Gummidge Or the Scarecrow of Scatterbrook" (1936), "
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Arthur Ranson


1990, Ranson also produced strips based on such TV properties as "Worzel Gummidge", "Michael Bentine's Potty Time", "Duckula" (another Cosgrove Hall character whose comics adventures began in "Look-in", but also spun off into its own title), "The Bionic Woman" and "The A-Team", and others. He also produced comic strips based on the TV adaptations of Richmal Crompton's ""Just William"" novels, Buck Rogers and the film Logan's Run
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Nigel Pickard


Thriller" and the children's series "Worzel Gummidge" for Southern Television. In 1981 he was made a director and worked on "How" and "Runaround". In 1982 Pickard became a senior programme director of the children’s department at the newly formed TVS, where his work included No73 and "Art Attack". In 1986, Nigel was appointed "Controller of Children’s and Family". When TVS lost its ITV contract, he moved to Scottish TV to be controller of entertainment and drama features, In
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Sarah Thomas (actress)


Sarah Jane Thomas (born 5 June 1952) is a British actress, born in London, best known for her television appearances as Enid Simmons in "Worzel Gummidge" (1980), and as Glenda Wilkinson in "Last of the Summer Wine" (1985–2010). Sarah Thomas began her television career with an episode of the drama "Special Branch" in 1970. Other TV appearances include "Within These Walls" (1974-75), The Velvet Glove (1977), "Together" (1980),
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Michael Baldwin (designer)


"Worzel Gummidge" (1981), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA award, and the movie-length pilot of the cult TV series "" (1985). One of his last screen credits as a costume designer was for the Richard Stanley sci-fi film "Hardware" (1990). Baldwin also worked on the London theatre and burlesque scene as a writer, costume designer, director, actor and artist, as well as working in the theatrical agency business. He directed an erotic short film
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Culture of the United Kingdom


Books is the children's imprint of Penguin Books. Barbara Euphan Todd's scarecrow story, "Worzel Gummidge", was the first Puffin story book in 1941. The "Guinness Book of Records" was the brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver. On 10 November 1951 he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, and realised that it was impossible to confirm in reference books. Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated throughout the world, but there was no book with which to
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Puffin Books


to Barbara Euphan Todd's 1936 story "Worzel Gummidge" and brought it out as the first Puffin story book in 1941. The first Puffin editor, Eleanor Graham, saw the imprint through the 1940s and the struggles with paper rationing, and in the 1950s Puffin made its mark in fantasy with tales such as "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C. S. Lewis and "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White. Some other notable titles whose paperback rights were acquired by Puffin included "The Family from
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Lorraine Chase


1979, entitled "It's Nice 'Ere, Innit" (also based on a line from another one of her Campari ads). However, this was unsuccessful. In 2009, the Campari ad featuring Chase was placed 41st in Channel 4's "100 Greatest TV Adverts". From 1979, Chase was a recurring guest on the BBC quiz show "Blankety Blank", hosted by Terry Wogan and later on Les Dawson. In 1980, she appeared in the ITV children's television programme "Worzel Gummidge",
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The Raggy Dolls


and storyboarding 26 episodes, and storyboarding and directing other animators on a further 26 episodes before moving onto work on other children's shows and being replaced by Peter Hale from the 7th series onwards. The series was sold abroad to a number of other countries. After the series ended, "The Raggy Dolls" later aired on digital television on the defunct children's network Carlton Kids along with other ITV programmes for children such as "Mopatop's Shop", "Worzel Gummidge", "The Dreamstone", "Rosie and
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Worzel Gummidge (TV series)


on ITV. The new contract-holder, TVS, did not renew the show, despite a press campaign led by the "Daily Star". Attempts were made to continue the series, produced independently by Southern for the BBC and then to be produced in Ireland, but these failed. HTV continued with their plans to produce the show in Ireland but these plans fell through because of trade union problems, as did attempts by the same company to make further episodes in England, although the scripts that Waterhouse & Hall had
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Mike Noble


as well as his ability to draw realistic animals. After a short run of other strips he was asked to draw, in black and white, another creation from the Gerry Anderson canon, "Space 1999". Although very capable in drawing hardware (from his work in National Service) he was most happy to be asked to draw the "Worzel Gummidge" strip. Noble retired from illustration but still contributed pieces to the Fennell revival of "TV21" strips in the 1990s and also enjoyed using his talents locally in illustrating
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Barbara Euphan Todd


Barbara Euphan Todd (9 January 1890 – 2 February 1976) was an English writer widely remembered for her ten books for children about a scarecrow called Worzel Gummidge. These were adapted for radio and television. The title story was chosen as the first in the new publisher's series Puffin Books. Todd was born at Arksey, near Doncaster, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, as the only child of an Anglican vicar, Thomas Todd, and Alice Maud Mary ("née" Bentham). She was brought up
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Michael Foot


against inflation, which had the effect of increasing unemployment. As a result, Labour had moved ahead of the Conservatives in the opinion polls. After Foot's election as leader, opinion polls showed a double-digit lead for Labour, boosting his hopes of becoming Prime Minister at the next general election, which had to be held by May 1984. When Foot became leader, the Conservative politician Kenneth Baker commented: "Labour was led by Dixon of Dock Green under Jim Callaghan. Now it is led by Worzel Gummidge.
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Michael Foot


and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. His strongly left-wing political positions and criticisms of vacillating leadership made him an unpopular leader. Not particularly telegenic, he was nicknamed "Worzel Gummidge" for his rumpled appearance. A centrist faction of the party broke away in 1981 to form the SDP. Foot led Labour into the 1983 general election, when the party obtained its lowest share of the vote since the 1918 general election and the fewest parliamentary seats it had had at any time since before 1945. He resigned
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Worzel Gummidge (TV series)


the idea to Shaun Sutton, then Head of Drama at the BBC. Sutton turned down the project which he felt was "too way out" as did Philip Jones at Thames Television. Pertwee later recalled that at this point he "began to lose faith in the project", but Southern Television's Lewis Rudd heard about it and enthusiastically agreed that his company would make the series. Four series, totalling 30 episodes and one extended Christmas special, were made between 1979 and 1981, when Southern lost its contract to broadcast
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Fran Walsh


designer, but eventually became interested in music instead. Occasionally taking time off to perform in a punk band named The Wallsockets, she attended Victoria University of Wellington majoring in English literature and graduating in 1981. Walsh got her screen break writing material for New Zealand producer Grahame McLean on 1983 television film "A Woman of Good Character (It's Lizzie to those Close)". Later she wrote scripts for his TV show "Worzel Gummidge Down Under". Walsh met Peter Jackson in the mid-1980s during the final stages of production
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Goblin Game


used today to describe the targets, an actual coal scuttle is rarely if ever used. Instead, modern proponents of the game will use a normal galvanised pail. Originally dolly pegs were used in Goblin, but as innovations in peg technology have improved, plastic pegs are now allowed in many matches. As the original dolly pegs are somewhat similar in shape to darts, they are considered the easiest to use, due to their slim-line, somewhat aerodynamic shape. It is these pegs that beginners often start with, and
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Laundry


was to foster hygiene and thus reduce outbreaks of epidemics. Sometimes large metal cauldrons (a "wash copper", even when not made of that metal), were filled with fresh water and heated over a fire, as hot or boiling water is more effective than cold in removing dirt. A posser could be used to agitate clothes in a tub. A related implement called a washing dolly is "a wooden stick or mallet with an attached cluster of legs or pegs" that moves the cloth through the water. The
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Clothespin


-peg making used to be a craft associated with the Romani people, commonly known by the slur gypsy, who made clothes-pegs from small, split lengths of willow or ash wood. Today, many clothes-pegs (also clothespins) are manufactured very cheaply by creating two interlocking plastic or wooden prongs, in between which is often wedged a small spring. This design was invented by David M. Smith of Springfield, Vermont, in 1853. By a lever action, when the two prongs are pinched at the top
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Clothespin


A clothespin (US English), or clothes peg (UK English) is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Clothespins often come in many different designs. Not to be confused with the one-piece wooden clothes-peg for hanging up coats that was invented by the Shaker community in the 1700s. During the 1700s laundry was hung on bushes, limbs or lines to dry but no clothespins can be found in any painting or prints of the era. The clothespin for hanging
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J. Lamar Worzel


J. Lamar (Joe) Worzel (February 21, 1919 – December 26, 2008) was an American geophysicist known for his important contributions to underwater acoustics, underwater photography, and gravity measurements at sea. Worzel was born on February 21, 1919, in Staten Island, New York. His father was a real-estate lawyer. Worzel, was a graduate of Lehigh University. There he met Dr. Maurice Ewing with whom he had a forty-year working relationship. He had a long and notable career as a research
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J. Lamar Worzel


it as he felt the research was too focused on weaponry. Worzel was a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. His work had both military and peaceful implications. With Ewing he established that the sea floor is not a former sunken continent but an original ocean basin. Today, the J. Lamar Worzel Assistant Scientist Fund is a US$1 million fund that supports young scientists pursuing careers in geophysical oceanography at Woods Hole. Additionally, the Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professorship of Geophysics at Columbia University in New York is named in
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Ready-to-wear


Ready-to-wear or prêt-à-porter (, ; often abbreviated RTW; "off-the-rack" or "off-the-peg" in casual use) is the term for factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame. Off-the-peg is sometimes used for items other than clothing such as handbags. Ready-to-wear has rather different place in the spheres
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Dolly Varden (costume)


A Dolly Varden, in this sense, is a woman's outfit fashionable from about 1869 to 1875 in Britain and the United States. It is named after a character in Charles Dickens, and the items of clothing referred to are usually a hat or dress. Dolly Varden is a character from Charles Dickens's 1839 historical novel "" set in 1780. The "Dolly Varden" costume was an 1870s version of fashions of the 1770s and 1780s. The term "Dolly Varden" in dress is generally understood to mean a
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MC Lord Magrão


Maurício Campos, Heuler Rocha, Flavio Santiago and MC Lord Magrão. The project had a short but productive life from 1999-2000 São Paulo, Brazil. PRENDEDOR meaning ‘peg’ is a musique concrète, experimental, industrial project consisting of MC Lord Magrão and artist Jonathan Gall with additional collaborations from Carlos Issa (Objeto Amarelo) and Xan Rojas. The group were known for their use of non-musical objects played percussively such as matchboxes, typewriters, elastic band and a giant clothes peg and for performing guerrilla gigs around
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Kelly Crabtree


a bit like a dolly bird, but she is not to be underestimated." Natalie Gumede, who would later play Kirsty Soames, had originally auditioned for the part of Kelly, but lost out to Dorgu. Kelly first appeared in September 2004. She had been working in the background of the "Underworld" clothing factory for some time. On the day that the rest of the workers take any notice of her, she is leaving to get married and move away. She quits her job and Sean Tully (Antony
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Dolly Rockers


The Stage". They formed the Dolly Rockers after this band failed. The name comes from a vintage clothing company. After "The X Factor", they worked with Hedges and Butler for a year and a half, recording material in Jersey while still working in their day jobs. They say that "A lot of people who have been on "X Factor" try to capitalise on the connection. We're trying to put it behind us." The band were signed to EMI in 2009 and hit the mainstream
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Big Brother (Australian season 9)


laundry with dirty clothes and pegs. But this challenge is all about the pegs- the housemate with the most pegs on their face by the end of one-minute wins. The winner, with 22 pegs is... ANGIE! She takes Stacey with her! Benjamin is OK about losing, saying he is happy Stacey got to go in. Stacey and Angie enjoy the room. Benjamin comes to the diary room to tell Big Brother he is having a bad day as he is the last person to not have gone into the
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Peg DHCP


~ Peg DHCP is a method defined in RFC 2322 to assign IP addresses in a context where regular DHCP wouldn't work. The "server" hands out wooden clothes-pegs numbered with the addresses to allocate and an additional leaflet with network information. The "client", typically the user, then configures their device accordingly. Even though this RFC, ""Management of IP numbers by peg-dhcp"" was published on the first of April 1998, it describes, unlike most other April Fools' Day RFCs
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Helena Bonham Carter


"The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet", entitled "The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet". Her casting was announced alongside that of Kathy Bates, Kyle Catlett and Callum Keith Rennie, with Jean-Pierre Jeunet directing. She also appeared in a short film directed by Roman Polanski for the clothing brand Prada. The short was entitled "A Therapy" and she appeared as a therapy patient to Ben Kingsley's therapist. In 2013, she played Red Harrington, a peg-legged brothel madam, who assists Reid and
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Dolly Niemiec


Dolly Niemiec (May 27, 1931 – September 22, 2018) was an American baseball player who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between 1948 and 1952. She both batted and threw right-handed. Dolly learned how to play baseball—like a lot of her peers—from the boys with whom she grew up in her Chicago neighborhood, running around outside getting dirty and bruised just like all the boys were used to doing. She earned the nickname "Dolly Gopher" because when playing softball with
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Dolly Niemiec


city who played baseball." Dolly played second base and third base for the Chicago Colleens (in 1948), the Springfield Sallies (in 1949), the Battle Creek Belles (in 1951), and between 1950 and 1952, the Grand Rapids Chicks. After making it in the minor leagues, Dolly joined the 1949 barnstorming tour that allocated minor league players to the major league. She began with the New Orleans tour, then to Florida and up the East Coast. In 1952, an auto accident resulted in Dolly
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Don't Forget the Bacon!


Six clothes pegs, a rake for leaves, a pile of chairs, and don't forget the bacon". Then he goes to the junk shop and says to a merchant there, "Six clothes pegs, a rake for leaves, and a pile of chairs please!". The merchant in the junk shop assists the boy in compiling with this odd list. While traveling back to his home, he remembers the original items (which his mother listed on him). After he remembers the original items that his
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Peg wooden doll


Peg wooden dolls, also known as Dutch dolls, are a type of wooden doll from Germany. They originated as simple lathe-turned dolls from the Val Gardena in the Alps. These dolls were sold undressed. Children would then make their clothing from scraps of fabric. Other similarly constructed wooden dolls, using a jointing technique where the arms and/or legs are attached to the body with pegs, are some of the oldest surviving dolls, and were made worldwide. Sometimes a peg wooden doll's arms or legs are locked together
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Anna Sui


the designer launched her Dolly Girl fragrance together with several limited edition sets in the Dolly Girl series. The same year, Wella AG was acquired by Procter & Gamble who continued the partnership. In 2003, Sui launched a long term collaboration collection with Peruvian designer Ali Rapp called Ali Rapp for Anna Sui. The collaboration consists of ready to wear, handbags, fashion accessories, T-shirts and cloth dolls. Items have been featured in Sui's shows in 2008 and 2013. In April 2004, the designer entered a collaboration
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Dolly Stark (umpire)


. Stark did find success as a women's clothing designer, starting a line called the "Dolly Stark Dress." He also worked in other fields including textiles, stocks and bonds, and broadcasting. He was also the co-host of "Your Sports Special", a sports news and interview show on CBS from 1948 until 1949. Stark's personal life included much tragedy; he was forced to spend large sums of money to support his blind mother, and his sister, who was constantly in poor health and
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Dolly Gray impostor


The Dolly Gray impostor was an unknown American football player who played under the alias of Jack "Dolly" Gray, an end from Princeton University in 1922. He was rumored to be an All-American honoree in 1922; however, the only known player named Gray to be awarded consensus All-American honors at Princeton in 1922 was Howdy Gray, who was also an end. Under the alias of Gray, the impostor played in the National Football League in 1923 for the St. Louis All-Stars and the Green Bay
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