Gender Education (Goodies episode)

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The Goodies episode
"Gender Education"

Episode №	18
Airdate	31 December 1971
Director
Guest star(s)	Beryl Reid as "Mrs. Desiree Carthorse" Richard Wattis as the "TV Show Host" Alex Macintosh as "..." John Lawrence as "..." Jim Collier as "..." Valerie Stanton as "..." Tony West as "..."
Series II October 1, 1971 – January 14, 1972
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The Goodies episodes

Gender Education is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

This episode is also known as "Sex and Violence".

1 Plot
2 Quote
3 Spoofs and imitations
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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Mrs. Desiree Carthorse asks the Goodies to make a sex education film for her. However, she thinks that S-E-X is a sin and does not want the word to be mentioned during the film. The boy (acted by Tim), and a very reluctant girl, have sheets over them throughout the filming for modesty — even the birds and bees seen during the film have sheets draped over them.

The Goodies think that Mrs. Carthorse should be happy with the result and purity they achieve with the film, but she is not. Mrs. Carthorse is angry with what they have done without even bothering to watch the film to see what it is like — the use of the word 'gender' in the opening credits having disgusted her to such an extent that she refuses to watch the film.

The Goodies are asked to make violent films — Tim and Graeme are horrified about this and refuse the request, but Bill decides to do so and releases a string of violent films, including a very violent version of "Cinderella", called "Sinderella", in which even Sinderella's friend Buttons is violent.

Bill, who has become obsessed with violence, goes on the rampage and wrecks havoc, resulting in an explosive situation and chaos.