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The Best Episodes of The Goodies Season 5

Every episode of The Goodies Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Goodies Season 5!

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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
    The Goodies Season 5 Episode 1 - The Movies
    8.5/10(67 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 2 - The Clown Virus
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 3 - Chubby Chumps
    6.7/10(36 votes)

    #3 - Chubby Chumps

    S5:E3

    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.

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

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  4. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 4 - Wacky Wales
    7.2/10(38 votes)

    #4 - Wacky Wales

    S5:E4

    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.

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

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  5. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 5 - Frankenfido
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 6 - Scatty Safari
    8.4/10(49 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(91 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 5 Episode 8 - Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
    8.2/10(56 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 9 - Rome Antics
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #9 - Rome Antics

    S5:E9

    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.

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

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  10. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 10 - Cunning Stunts
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 11 - South Africa
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    #11 - South Africa

    S5:E11

    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.

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

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  12. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 12 - Bunfight at the OK Tearooms
    8.7/10(81 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 13 - The End
    8.3/10(47 votes)

    #13 - 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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  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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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Movies" is the best rated episode of "The Goodies" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by Jim Franklin and written by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, it aired on 2/10/1975. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Clown Virus".