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- ↑ "BBC - Comedy - Guide - Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective". Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Worzel Gummidge (1979-81)". screenonline.org.uk.