Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, this family treat is inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd and is pegged to be the TV event of the season. Mackenzie Crook has taken Scatterbrook farm and the infamous characters of this well-loved tale and injected them with a tender and authentic charm. This is the perfect family adventure, packed with a fun, mischievous spirit and delivered with an environmental message.
Mackenzie Crook, (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Detectorists) who has written, directed and stars as Worzel Gummidge, has gathered a host of both accomplished and brilliant actors who are set to appear in this eagerly anticipated adaptation.
Playing The Green Man, creator of the scarecrows, who arrives to Scatterbrook in episode two, is comedy legend Sir Michael Palin. He says: “It’s a lovely part for me, but the whole script is very memorable and touching, and very funny too. It quite skillfully weaves in something for everybody all the time.”
Zoë Wanamaker (My Family, Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone) will play the eccentric local aristocrat, Lady Bloomsbury Barton in episode two. She says: “The whole thing is so charming and inventive. It’s the sort of thing I’d watch. I’m sure it will be a huge success. I know it will - it’s divine.”
Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On, The Windsors) takes on the role of the formidable Aunt Sally in episode one. She says: “There’s something for everybody. It’s got this heart to it, and you’d be hard pushed as an adult not to engage with it.”
Steve Pemberton (League Of Gentleman, Benidorm) will play Mr Braithwaite, the farmer. He says: “This is the kind of show the whole family can enjoy together. It has a lot of humour, a lot of visual humour too, and I think kids will enjoy watching the children being central to the story.”
Rosie Cavaliero (Gentleman Jack, Cleaning Up) will play Mrs Braithwaite, she added: “It’s a story about the imagination, and children escaping into this different world. Mackenzie’s version is totally contemporary.”
Ones to watch India Brown (Hetty Feather) and Thierry Wickens (making his TV debut) will play Susan and John, two city children spending their summer at Scatterbrook farm who quickly befriend Worzel and begin a summer of adventures.
The first 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. 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 determined to win. What will The Green Man and Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart make of it all?
Worzel Gummidge is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook and is a Leopard Pictures, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment production for BBC One. It is Executive Produced by Kristian Smith for Leopard Pictures, Lisa Thomas for Lola Entertainment, Mackenzie Crook for Treasure Trove Productions, with rights holders Patrick D. Pidgeon and Eric S. Rollman executive producers for Pidgeon Entertainment, Inc. It is produced by Georgie Fallon and Alex Moody is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.
Further casting:
Francesca Mills - Earthy Mangold
Tim Plester - Clarty
Colin Michael Carmichael - Soggy Bogart
Andrew James Spooner - Flat Alistair
Phil Hulford - Hannah Harrow
Tom Meeten - HMS Odney
Christopher-Robert Barlow - Rag Bag
Kiran Shah - Chopper and Root Bound
Charlie Mayhew - Rustle Sprouter
Lucy Montgomery - Jackie Pudding
Gus Brown - Oswald Pollypop
Malik Ibheis - Trike
Ben Langley - Driver
Mariam Haque - Receptionist
我可以得到未来总统的拥抱吗？/如果你想上台表演你应该加入马戏团/可以确定的是，炸弹爆炸的时候他不在办公室——怀疑某人缺席就是将溺水者推入水下/
看完感觉金挺装的，又当又立，个人真的很反感口口声声把民主挂嘴边的人员，仿佛一个吟诵法师。
我觉得一般 两个小时拖拖拉拉 一开始就知道结尾的感觉
该死，
过于直白、刻意、油腻、聒噪的抓马政治题材电视剧。
野心，手段，政坛路上步步为营，越光亮的地方影子越鲜明，形影永远是无法分离的。
韩国电影真是各种类型都齐备，像这种政治类型片我们永远不能正大光明地拍，拍啥都是主旋律
没能看完 所以就不做评价了 不是拍的不好 是自己对“棒子”的历史政治实在不感兴趣
谁是炸弹客重要？重要的是事后的各方反映：执政党那边愿大事化小对各方都好，在这事上放过徐、放过金，其实也是放过他们自己；金这边竟借机踢掉了徐。
你说他是为了民族大义吧，好像也不是，也不是为了钱，只能理解是为了理想吧，诸葛亮是不是也是这样想的。
我们早就被战争分裂成了南北，现在只不过是再分裂成西东罢了。
终于找到精校字幕马上开看，薛都拿影帝了我才补完。
他怎么能这么说？
室内置景不错，有年代感。
一个高智商诡计发明者，操纵舆论为雇主获得总统席位的故事。所以不管是以为自己是正确的人，还是真正有理想的人，只达成了目的，再也没有了理想
拧拧巴巴的西方审美。果然舶来品特么都是一整套的，选举、辩论、西方哲学、莎士比亚。薛景求就是个正儿八经的虚假的理想主义者。其实薛当上CEO未必比现任更好，区别无非是一个敢画大饼，一个不想画大饼而已。
和南山部长映射朴xx 不同，王者制造映射的金大中，韩国如今的审查制度也是在金任期通过的，薛景求是影片质量保证，如果影子肖有坞先生的悟性便好，站上台前的阴损军师永远都要被清算，可惜坞先生本身也是虚构人物，李善均演那种阴损毒辣没底线的形象还差点火候，有点太年轻了。影子肖被抓薛景求很着急想去解救肖被人拉住劝他说“我知道你有多么在乎他以及他为你做了多少，但是你现在需要了解你的立场，结束独裁实现民主这就是坐在这里每个人都在为之奋斗的目标——但我不能放弃他——然后代替你，党的领导人如何为我们所有人采取行动”中，然后代替你什么意思？
没想到讲政治的片子结尾可以这么温暖。
我们只知道他们什么都敢拍，但我们不知道的是他们可以顺着这种自由会进行怎样的表达。全程都是目的论与过程论的竞合体，政治是一个不断进步的过程，同样也是一个不断沦陷的过程，但目的论的最终取胜终于将所有的理想主义归结到一种趋于梦境的聚会上…都说是《南山的部长》后最好的政治片，可这才几年，以一两年的跨度来标志着韩国政治片的分水岭是不是标准过低，而且把政治惊悚和政治上的糖水片放在一起对比似乎并不合适。以政客为叙事线索来进行理想主义的政治表达未免显得两条关于政治竞争的对比太过失真。视听语言上叠像使用（横幅、电视）以及转场方式上的相似蒙太奇衔接使用还是令人称道，但关于韩国电影工业化的夸赞似乎在当下已经并不必要了，那就再来夸一下薛景求的表演吧！
电影节奏是不是太赶了？衔接有点生硬，怎么说，感觉整体有点别扭，并无太大感受
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