SERIES 5

(1975)

5/1

10/02/75

The Movies

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.

Main guests: Melita Clarke

5/2

17/02/75

The Clown Virus

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.

Main guests: John Bluthal, Peter Dyneley, Corbet Woodall

5/3

24/02/75

Chubby Chumps

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.

Main guests: Michael Aspel

5/4

03/03/75

Wacky Wales

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.

Main guests: Jon Pertwee, Marcelle Sammett, Alun Williams

5/5

10/03/75

Frankenfido

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 custom-make a shaggy monster of his own.

Main guests: Magnus Magnusson

5/6

17/03/75

Scatty Safari

The Star Safari Park is in big strife once its star attraction Tony Blackburn has been shot, but Rolf Harris proves an even bigger hit until he escapes and infests Britain in plague proportions.

Main guests: Tony Blackburn, Sheila Steafel, David Willmott

5/7

24/03/75

Kung Fu Kapers

Bill’s expertise at the ancient Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump proves too much for other forms of self defence, but his march on t’Parliament wielding black puddings must be stopped.

Main guests: Michael Barratt, Richard Pescud, William F Sully

5/8

31/03/75

Lighthouse Keeping Loonies

The Goodies are doing “a little lighthouse keeping” for five years amid Bill’s phobia about round objects, a gruesome sea shanty about the Jolly Rock and Tim’s mumps and whinging.

Main guests: Corbet Woodall, Patrick Moore

5/9

07/04/75

Rome Antics

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.

Main guests: Roy Kinnear, Oliver Gilbert

5/10

14/04/75

Cunning Stunts

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.

Main guests: Tessa Wyatt, Roland MacLeod, Karin MacCarthy

5/11

21/04/75

South Africa

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.

Main guests: Philip Madoc, Oscar James, Albert Wilkinson

5/12

28/04/75

OK Tea Rooms

Graeme’s gold prospecting trip to Cornwall is a failure until he strikes a rich vein of cream, with his greed and Tim and Bill’s discovery of strawberry jam and scones leading to a showdown.

5/13

05/05/75

The End

The Goodies are trapped inside a 350 foot block of concrete, with “turps for burps”, changing religion, cannibalism and I-spy all on the agenda while being stuck at close quarters for so long.

Main guests: Corbet Woodall, Sheila Steafel

Special

21/12/75

Goodies Rule – OK?

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

Main guests: Michael Barratt, Tony Blackburn, Patrick Moore, Eddie Waring, Terry Wogan, Corbet Woodall, Sue Lawley