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Doctor Who: The Jon Pertwee Files

The Jon Pertwee Files

Story Number: 273
No of Episodes: 1





Radio 4 Extra (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Saturday 6th July 2019
Running Time: 1 hour



Sean Pertwee celebrates his father Jon’s broadcasting career in this special centenary documentary.

Featuring rediscovered archive material, rare interviews and behind the scenes recordings.

From his radio days playing a disreputable postman and a chief petty officer in The Navy Lark, to his TV portrayals of the dandy Doctor Who and the anarchic scarecrow, Worzel Gummidge.