Way Outward Bound

"Way Outward Bound"
The Goodies episode
Episode no. Series 3
Episode 28 (of 76)
Produced by
StarringTim Brooke-Taylor
Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie
Original air date 11 March 1973
(Sunday 8.15 p.m.)
Guest actors

Joan Sims as the Matron
Bill Fraser as the

Sergeant Major Bullcock

"Way Outward Bound" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.

This episode is also known as "Outward Bounds" and "Baby Army".

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

Plot

A 'circular' arrives at the Goodies' office from the Loch Jaw school, advertising for school children to take part in a "Way Outward Bound" adventure course. The Goodies are interested especially in the bounty fees being offered for any children who are brought to the school but the Goodies are unable to get any children to go with them.

The Goodies decide to go themselves, so that they can still receive the bounty money. They dress as children with Graeme dressed as a schoolgirl (complete with plaits), Bill dressed in shorts and cap as a small schoolboy, and Tim dressed the same in black and white uniform, complete with a teddy bear. The Goodies are accepted as children and admitted to the school by the school's Matron and an Army Sergeant Major. Bill proves to be a precocious 'small child' by flirting with the Matron.

The Goodies later discover the true reason why the children are wanted by the school the Matron wants to take over the world and has been conditioning several babies to obey orders (for a baby army). The Sergeant Major is unaware of the true reason why the Matron wants the children and babies to be trained for warfare he just wants to train them.

When the Goodies escape from the clutches of the Matron, they take the babies with them and find that they have their work cut out with feeding the babies and washing nappies etc. they discondition the babies and turn them back into normal babies, with the aid of milk, and Tim discovers that he has the knack of being able to get the babies to burp on demand and starts contemplating taking over the world. Bill and Graeme try to stop Tim from getting worse than the Matron.

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