Last updated 05 January 2020


The Jon Pertwee Files



World Premiere: Sat 6 Jul 2019 - 8:00am BST [Radio 4 Extra] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 60 minutes





Sean Pertwee celebrates his father p{JonPertwee=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.