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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 Worst Episode
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    The Goodies Season 9 Episode 7 - Animals are People Too
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S9:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  2. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 10 - Free to Live
    5.9/10(51 votes)

    S2:E10

    Bill reports Graeme and Tim to the Women's Liberation Front after he disapproves of their treatment of Graeme's new totty. As a punishment, they are sent to work for Lord Charles (a male chauvinist) - Graeme as the butler and Tim as the maid.

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

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  3. The Goodies Season 8 Episode 3 - A Kick in the Arts
    6.0/10(32 votes)

    S8:E3

    The British Olympic team is broke. Tim joins them and competes against Graeme and Bill's Rest of the World team.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  4. The Goodies Season 1 Episode 5 - The Greenies
    6.2/10(64 votes)

    S1:E5

    The Goodies go on holiday to a Cornish village that has been subjected to military takeover.

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

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  5. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 2 - Commonwealth Games
    6.2/10(48 votes)

    S2:E2

    The Goodies take part in the Commonwealth Games as the British team against the August Bank Holiday Islands - with the entire Commonwealth at stake.

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

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  6. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 12 - Charity Bounce AKA London to Brighton
    6.3/10(49 votes)

    S2:E12

    The Goodies are bouncing on space hoppers from London to Brighton for charity. However, they continue to bounce on around the world much to the horror of their tight-fisted sponsor.

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

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  7. The Goodies Season 7 Episode 1 - Alternative Roots
    6.3/10(30 votes)

    S7:E1

    A historical look back at the ancestors of the Goodies; Celtic Kilty (Graeme), County Cutie (Tim) and Kinda Kinky (Bill) and how they were captured by the evil television slave traders.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  8. The Goodies Season 3 Episode 2 - Hunting Pink
    6.4/10(41 votes)

    S3:E2

    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.

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

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  9. The Goodies Season 1 Episode 4 - Playgirl Club
    6.5/10(74 votes)

    S1:E4

    The Goodies are asked to recover some sexually explicit photographs of politicians.

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

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  10. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 4 - The Lost Tribe
    6.5/10(53 votes)

    S2:E4

    The Goodies are asked to find Professor Knutts who went missing whilst leading an expedition to find the Lost Tribe of the Orinoco in 1951. They eventually find him - in Sevenoaks.

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

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  11. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 6 - For Art's Sake
    6.5/10(49 votes)

    S2:E6

    Tim's crusade to stop rich Americans from buying all of Britain's art treasures sees him bidding a huge amount of money for one painting, forcing the Goodies to take drastic action to pay for it.

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

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  12. The Goodies Season 3 Episode 7 - Superstar
    6.5/10(35 votes)

    S3:E7

    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.

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

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  13. The Goodies Season 9 Episode 6 - Holiday
    6.5/10(33 votes)

    S9:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  14. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 9 - Rome Antics
    6.6/10(34 votes)

    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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  15. The Goodies Season 3 Episode 4 - That Old Black Magic
    6.7/10(44 votes)

    S3:E4

    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.

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

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  16. The Goodies Season 5 Episode 3 - Chubby Chumps
    6.7/10(37 votes)

    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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  17. The Goodies Season 1 Episode 3 - Give Police a Chance
    6.8/10(68 votes)

    S1:E3

    The Goodies are hired to improve the image of the police with the general public.

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

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  18. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 9 - Farm Fresh Food
    6.8/10(51 votes)

    S2:E9

    Disgusted at the awful cuisine served up at Ye Olde Shepherds Restaurant, the Goodies head to the farm of Tim's uncle for some fresh country food, only to be further disappointed upon arrival.

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

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  19. The Goodies Season 7 Episode 5 - Royal Command
    6.8/10(40 votes)

    S7:E5

    The revised Royal Variety Show hosted by Graeme is so well received by the royal family that they enter showbiz but end up in hospital, requiring the Goodies to act as their replacements.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  20. The Goodies Season 9 Episode 2 - Robot
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    S9:E2

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

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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  21. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 3 - Pollution
    6.9/10(46 votes)

    S2:E3

    The land is covered in pollution and the Goodies suspect corruption.

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

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  22. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 8 - Dancing
    6.9/10(48 votes)

    S2:E8

    Asked to be part of a formation dancing team, the Goodies find that dancing isn't as gentle and pure as they thought, especially when they encounter Delia Capone and her corrupt team.

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

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  23. The Goodies Season 2 Episode 13 - Double Trouble
    6.9/10(60 votes)

    S2:E13

    The Goodies' bid to win the Nice Person of the Year Award is being sabotaged by the mysterious Dr. Petal and his evil robot doubles of them and other famous people.

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

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  24. The Goodies Season 3 Episode 5 - For Those in Peril on the Sea
    6.9/10(43 votes)

    S3:E5

    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.

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

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  25. The Goodies Season 6 Episode 3 - Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    S6:E3

    Goodies Holidays is creating an exciting mystery tour aboard the Orient Express for the Detectives Club, but things go astray when the train is hijacked and taken to the Le Boring Contest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Animals are People Too" is the worst rated episode of "The Goodies". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, it aired on 2/13/1982. This episode scored 5.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Free to Live".