{"id":9356,"date":"2019-06-06T10:32:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-bbc-one\/"},"modified":"2019-06-06T12:23:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:23:15","slug":"worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Worzel Gummidge Adaptation Set for BBC One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One has commissioned a new adaptation of <em>Worzel Gummidge<\/em>, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars as the titular scarecrow.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Barbara Euphan Todd&#8217;s books, Crook\u2019s <em>Worzel Gummidge<\/em> will be told in two hour-long films. The first 60-minute episode, &#8220;The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook,&#8221; will see two young strangers, Susan and John, arriving in the village of Scatterbrook and encountering Worzel Gummidge, the Scarecrow of Ten Acre Field. In the second episode, &#8220;The Green Man,&#8221; the trio is introduced to the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore, and Worzel battles Soggy Bogart in a scarecrow competition.<\/p>\n<p><em>Worzel Gummidge<\/em> is a Leopard Pictures, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment production for BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>Crook said: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be back working with the BBC and many members of the <em>Detectorists<\/em> team to bring <em>Worzel Gummidge<\/em> to a new generation of viewers and reintroduce him to old friends. Adapting Barbara Euphan Todd\u2019s books into these two films has been a joy and I\u2019ve completely fallen for her charming, irreverent scarecrow. Fingers crossed for a glorious English summer as we head out to Scatterbrook Farm and Worzel\u2019s Ten Acre Field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane Allen, controller of comedy commissioning at the BBC, said: \u201cMackenzie\u2019s widely adored and multi-BAFTA-award-winning <em>Detectorists<\/em> was a grown-up love letter to bucolic England, and with <em>Worzel<\/em>, 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\u2014a BBC One family-friendly comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kristian Smith, executive producer for Leopard Pictures, added: \u201cThese two specials are real treat pieces for a family audience. There was nobody other than Mackenzie that I wanted to work with on this. The vision and creativity of this man is awesome. He has written two beautiful scripts that are clever, warm and funny. And once again he has attracted a formidable cast of tremendous actors. We are so excited to be able to bring these new <em>Worzel Gummidge<\/em> stories to everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One has commissioned a new adaptation of Worzel Gummidge, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars as the titular scarecrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":9357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[227,2034,2035],"class_list":["post-9356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-one","tag-mackenzie-crook","tag-worzel-gummidge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Worzel Gummidge Adaptation Set for BBC One - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Worzel Gummidge Adaptation Set for BBC One - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC One has commissioned a new adaptation of Worzel Gummidge, written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars as the titular scarecrow.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-06T14:32:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-06T16:23:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/worzel-gummidge-bbc-619.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"262\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/\",\"name\":\"Worzel Gummidge Adaptation Set for BBC One - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-06T14:32:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-06T16:23:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2019\/06\/06\/worzel-gummidge-adaptation-set-for-bbc-one\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Worzel Gummidge Adaptation Set for BBC One\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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