I've always wanted to be what I have become, a journey-man writer...I was very influenced by Bennett and Priestley, who could turn their hands to anything. I never had any sort of program at all.
If it had turned out that Jon had an aversion to scarecrows, or if he
had complained in a huff that he couldn't see how his distinguished
head could be mistaken for a turnip, we probably would have dropped the
project there and then. Worzel Gummidge (1979) was
Jon Pertwee and Jon Pertwee was Worzel Gummidge (1979).