Article: Victor Lewis-Smith column: Wozza serfs a sickly dish.(Features)

Byline: Victor Lewis-Smith

REMEMBER Jack Hargreaves, the professional pensioner (ever since the age of 35) who used to present Out Of Town?

Every Sunday morning for almost two decades, this bearded, ooh-arring, Worzel-Gummidge-with-his-clever- head-on pipe smoker greeted urban viewers from his rustic farmhouse, offering them a quaint depiction of an idyllic countryside that seemed to be all nestling villages, old farmers chewing on straw, gaily-painted Romany caravans, and gently bleating sheep.

What a delightful but unworldly country ...

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