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THE GOODIES: POLITICS (Season 8, Episode 1) |
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BBC2
Transmission: Monday 14th January 1980, 8.10-8.40pm
Programme Number: not known |
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Opening
episode of the 8th series of The Goodies, the comedy sitcom starring
Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie. Graeme has a difficult
assignment: to 'sell' to the public two candidates for Prime Minister
following parliament's abandonment of the country. Ordinarily this would be
difficult. In this instance it's even tougher, since the candidates are Bill
as Che Monyou (geddit?) and Tim as Evita-like Timita. Ultimately, they are
forced to set up as a coalition government - and an uncomfortable one at that
- but things go from bad to worse when they challenge other European countries
to a deadly and destructive competition, Guerre Sans Frontières (War
Without Frontiers). |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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POINTS OF VIEW |
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BBC1 Transmission (GB): Friday 26th September 1980, 8.50-9.00pm
Programme Number: LPRY958K |
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The
viewers' letters programme featured comment on the Jeux Sans Frontières
heat from Avisford Park, West Sussex (transmitted 19th September 1980). A 48
second clip from that programme was used for illustrative purposes. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS (Series 3, Episode
2) |
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BBC1 Transmission (GB): Monday 3rd November 1980, 9.00-9.25pm
Programme Number: LLCL032D |
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Programme of often-topical comedy sketches starring Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith,
Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson. Second of an eight-part series.
Features an 11 second sequence where the team spoof IAK. Iraqi It's A Knockout features news footage of an Iraqi tank with soldiers
unfurling a flag - supposedly playing the Joker. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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POINTS OF VIEW |
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BBC1 Transmission (GB): Friday 19th December 1980, 8.50-9.00pm
Programme Number: LPRY970P |
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Notes: |
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The
viewers' letters programme featured comment on It's A Knockout and
included a 30
second clip from the Arundel JSF heat (transmitted on 19th September
1980). |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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