The Goodies
7.7
1970
Comedy
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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- Cast:
- Tim Brooke-Taylor , Bill Oddie
Episode 27 : Superstar
July. 07,1973
Superstar is a special episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Rock Star".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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Episode 26 : Way Outward Bound
January. 01,0001
Way Outward Bound is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Outward Bounds" and "Baby Army".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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Episode 25 : For Those in Peril on the Sea
January. 01,0001
For Those in Peril on the Sea is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "The Lost Island of Munga" and as "A High-Sea Adventure".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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Episode 24 : That Old Black Magic
January. 01,0001
That Old Black Magic is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Black Magic" and "Which Witch is Which?".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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Episode 23 : Winter Olympics
February. 18,1973
Winter Olympics is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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Episode 22 : Hunting Pink
January. 01,0001
Hunting Pink is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Where There's a Will" and "A Hunting We Will Go" and as "Tally-Ho".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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Episode 21 : The New Office
January. 01,0001
The New Office is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Monster Machines" and as "Moving Day".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
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Episode 7 : Superstar
July. 07,1973
Appalled at the offensive songs in the hit parade, the Goodies perform a sickly sweet song on the Maxie Grease Show, but Bill is exploited and turned into a superstar by an unscrupulous agent.
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Episode 6 : Way Outward Bound
March. 11,1973
The failure to find any kids willing to go to an adventure school forces the Goodies to attend disguised as children, only to find that the school is being used for a far more sinister cause.
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Episode 5 : For Those in Peril on the Sea
March. 04,1973
Graeme's urge to recreate an early Viking expedition and find the Lost Island Of Munga sees the Goodies shipwrecked and at the mercy of an old foe from a previous show.
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Episode 4 : That Old Black Magic
February. 25,1973
Witch Hazel's problems with casting spells leads the Goodies to help her to contact lost souls via a seance, and Graeme's mystical powers eventually see him turned into a gibbon.
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Episode 3 : The Winter Olympics
February. 18,1973
The Goodies agree to be Britain's team in the Winter Olympics at the North Pole (there's apparently been a lot of snow there recently).
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Episode 2 : Hunting Pink
February. 11,1973
Tim is off to spend the weekend at Tally-Ho Towers with his rich Great Uncle Butcher-Fitzsimmons. He is dressed as a Guardsman in the hope that this will impress the old man into leaving him all his money in his will. Bill and Graeme think this is despicable, disgusting - and a very good idea, so they invite themselves along.
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