Goodies and Politics

"Goodies and Politics"
The Goodies episode
Episode no.	Series 8 Episode 64 (of 76)
Produced by	Jim Franklin and Bob Spiers
Starring	Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden Bill Oddie
Original air date	14 January 1980 (Monday — 8.10 p.m.)
Guest actors
David Dimbleby as "David Dimbumblum" Corbet Woodall (as himself) "the Newsreader" Jo Kendall as (the voice of) "the Queen" Nicholas McArdle as "..." Rosemary Faith as "..." Penny Irving as "..." Maria Eldridge as "..." Joan Blackham as "..."

"Goodies and Politics" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.

This episode is also known as "Politics" and "Timita".

Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

Plot

Tim and Bill stand for parliament — Tim as "Timita" (the new 'Maggie Thatcher') and Bill as "Che".

Tim sings to his two women helpers: "Don't cry for me, Marge and Tina."

Cultural references

References

"The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000
"The Goodies Rule OK" — Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006
"From Fringe to Flying Circus — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'" — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980
"The Goodies Episode Summaries" — Brett Allender
"The Goodies — Fact File" — Matthew K. Sharp
"TV Heaven" — Jim Sangster & Paul Condon, HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 2005

External links

Politics at the Internet Movie Database

("Goodies and Politics" is listed under an alternative title at IMDb)

The Goodies episodes

"2001 & A Bit"
"Alternative Roots"
"Animals"
"Animals Are People Too"
"The Baddies"
"Big Foot"
"Black and White Beauty"
"Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms"
"Camelot"
"Caught in the Act"
"Cecily"
"Change of Life"
"Charity Bounce"
"Chubbie Chumps"
"Clown Virus"
"Come Dancing"
"Commonwealth Games"
"Culture for the Masses"
"Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express"
"Dodonuts"
"Earthanasia"
"The End"
"Farm Fresh Food"
"Fleet Street Goodies"
"Football Crazy"
"For Those in Peril on the Sea"
"Frankenfido"
"Gender Education"
"Give Police a Chance"
"The Goodies – Almost Live"
"Goodies and Politics"
"The Goodies and the Beanstalk"
"Goodies in the Nick"
"The Goodies Rule – O.K.?"
"The Greenies"
"Holiday"
"Hospital for Hire"
"Hunting Pink"
"Hype Pressure"
"Invasion of the Moon Creatures"
"It Might as Well Be String"
"A Kick in the Arts"
"Kitten Kong"
"Kung Fu Kapers"
"Lighthouse Keeping Loonies"
"Lips, or Almighty Cod"
"The Lost Tribe"
"The Movies"
"The Music Lovers"
"The New Office"
"Pollution"
"Punky Business"
"The Race"
"Radio Goodies"
"Robot"
"Rome Antics"
"Royal Command"
"Saturday Night Grease"
"Scatty Safari"
"Scotland"
"Scoutrageous"
"Snooze"
"Snow White 2"
"South Africa"
"The Stone Age"
"Superstar"
"That Old Black Magic"
"Tower of London"
"U-Friend or UFO?"
"Wacky Wales"
"War Babies"
"Way Outward Bound"
"Winter Olympics"
"Women's Lib"

The Goodies

Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden Bill Oddie

Television series	Episodes Guest stars Videography

Studio albums	The World of the Goodies The New Goodies LP Nothing to Do with Us

Songs	"The Inbetweenies "Funky Gibbon" "Nappy Love"

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