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The Goodies

Season 9 1981 - 1982
TV-14

  • 1981-12-27T00:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 3h 30m (7 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Put simply, The Goodies was a live-action version of a typical Warner Bros cartoon, replete with speeded-up footage, film trickery and violent slapstick. The characters bore the same names as the players and were caricature exaggerations of their real selves, hence Tim was the respectable establishment figure, an effete man who grew into a manic royalist; Graeme was the scatty, back-room boffin, the inventor of all manner of weird devices; and Bill was an aggressive, earthy, hairy individual who eventually tended towards environmentalism, socialism and feminism. Each week the three climbed aboard and promptly fell off their customised bicycle for three (the 'Trandem') before remounting to pedal off to their task.

7 episodes

Season Premiere

1981-12-27T00:00:00Z

9x01 Snow White 2 AKA Pantomime

Season Premiere

9x01 Snow White 2 AKA Pantomime

  • 1981-12-27T00:00:00Z30m

The Goodies are kicked out of the Seven Dwarves for being too tall and are lost and unemployed until they attempt to enter the castle controlled by the princesses.

1982-01-09T00:00:00Z

9x02 Robot AKA Automation

9x02 Robot AKA Automation

  • 1982-01-09T00:00:00Z30m

Due to dire financial conditions, Bill is fired and replaced with a baby robot; however Tim and Graeme need help with raising the robot and hire a strange bearded Swedish nanny to look after it.

1982-01-16T00:00:00Z

9x03 Football Crazy

9x03 Football Crazy

  • 1982-01-16T00:00:00Z30m

Bill the soccer hooligan is in fine form as Tim becomes Chief of Police in a bid to stamp out such boorish conduct, with football then becoming so boring that its fans flock to the ballet instead.

The Goodies set off to the Canadian Rockies in search of the mythical Arthur C Clarke, but find all sorts of other weird creatures including the legendary Bigfoot.

1982-01-30T00:00:00Z

9x05 Change of Life

9x05 Change of Life

  • 1982-01-30T00:00:00Z30m

The Goodies are preparing to close their business due to old age until the threat of the robot taking over forces them to undertake the Standard Test to see if they are still capable of being Goodies.

1982-02-06T00:00:00Z

9x06 Holiday AKA The Holidays

9x06 Holiday AKA The Holidays

  • 1982-02-06T00:00:00Z30m

A supposedly relaxing holiday in the seaside village of Dunsquabblin turns very stressful when the Goodies are trapped inside for 17 days due to heavy rain and snow.

Graeme's pet shop has a special new line - people dressed up as animals, but they also suffer from being dumped so Tim sets up a protection society, while Graeme cruelly puts the strays to work.

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