The Goodies - Season 5
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Title: The Goodies
Overview: A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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The Goodies buy a movie studio and attempt to revitalise the British film industry, but ultimately descend into chaos when they each try to shoot their own film at the same time.
A job to dispose of a harmless can of 'tomato soup' for an American military base sees the whole British population turned into clowns and ripe for an invasion by US troops.
Tim has become rather flabby while the others have been away fishing, but trims himself down thanks to a brainwashing radio DJ and enters the Miss Housewife of the Year Contest.
An invitation to an eisteddfod in Wales has the Goodies in all sorts of trouble with the Reverend after they dare to break many of the puritanical local laws and actually try to entertain people.
Graeme's dog breeding venture gets out of hand and Tim's only chance to win at Crufts is to dress Bill in a dog costume, which forces Graeme to create a shaggy monster of his own.
The main attraction at The Goodies Star Safari Park, Tony Blackburn, is hearing the call of the wild and pining for his freedom. The trio realise that they can no longer keep such a magnificent beast in captivity, and release him. But who should they get to replace him?
Bill reveals himself to be a Grand Master of the infinitely more subtle and superior Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump.
The Goodies answer an advert for 'a little light housekeeping' and find themselves stuck for five years in charge of an 'overgrown lamp post'.
In 55AD the early Goodies venture to Rome to provide entertainment for the fruit-fancying Emperor, but are eventually confronted by Attila the Hun and the invading Barbarians.
Bill is fired from the Goodies' newspaper for being a hopeless reporter and after he is rejected by the love of his life, he decides to end it all by entering the Eurovision Raving Loony Contest.
The Goodies are forced to emigrate to South Africa where the absence of black people forces a new form of segregation called apart-height, mainly affecting short people like jockeys and Bill.
With hardly a penny to their name, the Goodies go prospecting for gold - and discover Cornish cream.
The Goodies’ office accidentally gets covered in concrete, leaving them trapped for a century. They desperately try to survive while they grow hungry and slightly mad…
The unwanted Goodies finally hit the big time after years of failure, only for the government to topple and all forms of fun to be banned, requiring a civil uprising and a puppet government.
The Movies is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "The British Film Industry" and "The Black & White, Western, Epic Movie'" as well as "BBC" and "The Choices of Film Creation". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
"Clown Virus" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Chubbie Chumps is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "Radio 2" and "The Beauty Contest" as well as "Housewives" and "Miss Housewife". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Wacky Wales is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "Welsh Rugby". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Frankenfido is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Scatty Safari is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "The Existence of Rolf Harris" and "Pied Piper Goodies versus the Rolf Harris Plague". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Kung Fu Kapers is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "Ecky-Thump". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Lighthouse Keeping Loonies is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "The Lighthouse Men" and as "A Little Lighthouse Keeping" and also as "Lighthouse Loonies". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Rome Antics is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Fleet Street Goodies is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "Cunning Stunts" and "The 'Goodies Clarion' Newspaper". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
South Africa is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as "Apartheight" and as "A South African Adventure". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms is an episode of award-winning the British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode is also known as Cream Cave and as "Cream Rush Fever". As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
The Goodies Rule – OK.? is a special episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies. The costume designer for this episode was BBC costume designer Dee Robson. As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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