WOKE ITV bosses have slapped a warning on kids’ show Worzel Gummidge — because the scarecrow threatens to knock doll Aunt Sally’s “wooden head off”;.
They ruled , starring Jon Pertwee as the straw character, may offend modern viewers.
The content alert was written for spin-off Worzel Gummidge Down Under, which saw life-size fairground doll Sally () being sold to a farm in and Worzel stowing away to follow her there.
Execs on the broadcaster’s streaming platform have added the warning: “Contains language of the period that may offend.”;
also bafflingly suggests that viewers turn on parental controls before they watch.
In the show, tells Sally during an argument that he will “knock your silly wooden head off”;.
Sally then brands him a “half-witted fleabag”;.
And after almost strikes Sally when he mistakes her for a burglar, the doll whacks him over the head with a shovel.
In another shouting match, he calls her a “worm-riddled old skittle”;.
commented: “Worzel Gummidge may not have succeeded in scaring any birds, but he’s clearly enjoying a second wind as a scarer of over-sensitive scolds.”;
ITV was asked to comment.
