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The Best Episodes of The Goodies

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The Best Episodes of The Goodies

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Goodies Season 2 Episode 7 - Kitten Kong
    8.8/10(144 votes)

    #1 - Kitten Kong

    S2:E7

    The Goodies' Animal Clinic looks after various problem animals, including Twinkle the kitten who, thanks to Graeme's growth formula, grows to a massive size and terrorises London.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  2. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 12 - Bunfight at the OK Tearooms
    8.7/10(82 votes)

    #2 - Bunfight at the OK Tearooms

    S5:E12

    With hardly a penny to their name, the Goodies go prospecting for gold - and discover Cornish cream.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  3. The Goodies Season 7 Episode 6 - Earthanasia
    8.7/10(70 votes)

    #3 - Earthanasia

    S7:E6

    It's Christmas Eve, and as The Goodies prepare for Christmas they learn that the world is about to end.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  4. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 14 - Kitten Kong (Montreux edition)
    8.6/10(48 votes)

    #4 - Kitten Kong (Montreux edition)

    S2:E14

    The Goodies' Animal Clinic looks after various problem animals, including Twinkle the kitten who, thanks to Graeme's growth formula, grows to a massive size and terrorises London.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  5. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 1 - The Movies
    8.5/10(68 votes)

    #5 - The Movies

    S5:E1

    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.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  6. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 6 - Scatty Safari
    8.4/10(50 votes)

    #6 - Scatty Safari

    S5:E6

    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?

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  7. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 7 - Kung Fu Kapers!
    8.4/10(92 votes)

    #7 - Kung Fu Kapers!

    S5:E7

    Bill reveals himself to be a Grand Master of the infinitely more subtle and superior Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  8. The Goodies Season 8 Episode 2 - Saturday Night Grease
    8.4/10(63 votes)

    #8 - Saturday Night Grease

    S8:E2

    Bill decides to open Disco Bilius and introduces a mixed dancing competition.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  9. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 13 - The End
    8.3/10(48 votes)

    #9 - The End

    S5:E13

    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…

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  10. The Goodies Season 6 Episode 5 - It Might as Well be String
    8.3/10(52 votes)

    #10 - It Might as Well be String

    S6:E5

    A series of too honest ads sees revenue for the Goodies' advertising agency plummet, until Tim discovers the joys of string, and Bill and Graeme set about ripping him off.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  11. The Goodies Season 1 Episode 7 - Radio Goodies
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #11 - Radio Goodies

    S1:E7

    The Goodies open a pirate radio station - and post office.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  12. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 8 - Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
    8.2/10(57 votes)

    #12 - Lighthouse Keeping Loonies

    S5:E8

    The Goodies answer an advert for 'a little light housekeeping' and find themselves stuck for five years in charge of an 'overgrown lamp post'.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  13. The Goodies Season 1 Episode 2 - Snooze
    8.1/10(89 votes)

    #13 - Snooze

    S1:E2

    The Goodies are asked to market a bedtime drink called 'Venom'. They decide that the first thing needed is a name change to 'Snooze'.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  14. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 14 - Goodies Rule - OK?
    8.1/10(89 votes)

    #14 - Goodies Rule - OK?

    S5:E14

    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.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  15. The Goodies Season 4 Episode 4 - The Goodies and the Beanstalk
    8.0/10(148 votes)

    #15 - The Goodies and the Beanstalk

    S4:E4

    The Goodies have hit rock-bottom and are forced to sell Buttercup for a tin of baked beans. In an act of desperation, Graeme plants one of the beans...

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  16. The Goodies Season 7 Episode 3 - Scoutrageous
    8.0/10(59 votes)

    #16 - Scoutrageous

    S7:E3

    Tim indoctrinates Bill and Graeme into the Scouts, but they take things to extremes resulting in the movement being declared illegal.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  17. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 2 - The Clown Virus
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #17 - The Clown Virus

    S5:E2

    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.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  18. The Goodies Season 6 Episode 2 - Hype Pressure
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #18 - Hype Pressure

    S6:E2

    Tim invites Bill and Graeme to perform on the talent show he presents.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  19. The Goodies Season 8 Episode 1 - Politics
    7.8/10(36 votes)

    #19 - Politics

    S8:E1

    Graeme is faced with selling the image of two potential Prime Ministers to the nation; Bill as the revolutionary Che Monyou and Tim as the stunning Timita.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  20. The Goodies Season 4 Episode 2 - Invasion of the Moon Creatures
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #20 - Invasion of the Moon Creatures

    S4:E2

    Graeme's attempt to send rabbits to the moon seems to be a failure until Bill and Tim's space voyage discovers plots of vegetables and the menacing presence of Big Bunny.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  21. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 5 - Frankenfido
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    #21 - Frankenfido

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  22. The Goodies Season 8 Episode 4 - U-Friend or UFO?
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #22 - U-Friend or UFO?

    S8:E4

    The strange alien abductions of trombonists prompt Bill to solve the mystery.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  23. The Goodies Season 9 Episode 3 - Football Crazy
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #23 - Football Crazy

    S9:E3

    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.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  24. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 11 - Gender Education
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    #24 - Gender Education

    S2:E11

    In response to a proposed appalling BBC film (for schoolchildren, mark you) on S-E-X education, Mrs. Desiree Carthorse - the self-proclaimed most powerful person in the field of television, if not the world, enlists The Goodies to make her version: 'How to Make Babies by Doing Dirty Things'.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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  25. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 10 - Cunning Stunts
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #25 - Cunning Stunts

    S5:E10

    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.

    Director:Jim Franklin
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor

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Best Episodes Summary

"Kitten Kong" is the best rated episode of "The Goodies". It scored 8.8/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, it aired on 11/12/1971. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms".