More than 75 scarecrows took part in the trail at the weekend, including those dressed as Noddy and Big Ears, St Trinian’s schoolgirls, a couch potato, Bill Oddie and a traffic warden. More than £10,000 was raised by the event and the money will go towards specialist equipment for the local primary school, internal décor for St Andrew’s Church and safety fencing for the village playground.

His injuries happened after he fell over. Christine Andrews, who had hired him as part of the scarecrow competition commented, ‘Captain Jack was dressed as an Elvis scarecrow and the title was ‘Elvis Isn’t Dead’, but he looked it when he fell over!’

Captain Jack was unable to comment, but his publicist reported that he had really enjoyed this role and wanted his fans to know that it was an accidental falling over and not a result of recent rumours about his alleged tomfoolery.

Read the article from Get Reading and see more photo’s from the event.

He recently failed to turn up for an appointment with John Barrowman and Jack was so upset that he applied to Mannakin for a change of name.

He is now known as Captain Jack.

Unable to comment personally, a bystander reported that he was so jealous that Harvey had been sent for John’s recent tour, that he decided to call himself after John’s character in Torchwood.

It was reported that John himself found this most amusing!