Double-length musical holiday special: it's Christmas Eve, a most important day for scarecrows as they must stand in position to guide Santa Claus back to the North Pole. Worzel Gummidge, however, ...

Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall were also well-established, as writers. The former had written the acclaimed novel Billy Liar in 1959, which the duo later adapted into an immensely successful stage ...

Update: The BBC has revealed further details of its Worzel Gummidge revival, confirming that Mackenzie Crook will indeed play the title character. Not only that, but we have our first look at the star ...

Pirates of the Caribbean star Mackenzie Crook is writing, directing and starring in an adaptation of classic British scarecrow story Worzel Gummidge. Crook, who made his name in the BBC comedy The ...

Michael Palin will be The Green Man, creator of the scarecrows, in the Mackenzie Crook adaptation of “Worzel Gummidge.” The specials will be a modern retelling of the classic stories of the eponymous ...

Mackenzie Crook will write and direct the BBC’s upcoming “Worzel Gummidge” dramas. He will also star as the lead character – a walking, talking scarecrow – in Worzel’s return to British screens in two ...