Black and White Beauty

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The Goodies episode
"Black and White Beauty"
Episode №	52
Airdate	12 October 1976 (Tuesday — 9 p.m.)
Director
Producer
Guest star(s)	Karin MacCarthy as "..."
Series VI September 21 – November 2, 1976
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Black and White Beauty is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

1 Plot
2 Spoofs and imitations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Graeme has set up a home for old pets, where he is extremely cruel towards them — using hamsters as tissues and stuffing dogs with turkey stuffing (that's still in the box). One old pet, which is delivered to the front door, is a black and white coloured pantomime horse, which Tim names 'Black and White Beauty'.

Bill goes away and takes over a disused farm, when Tim and Graeme start training Black and White Beauty to run in the Grand National. Bill times Black and White Beauty during training and wants the horse for himself. During a strong wind, the horse is blown over the fence into Bill's property, and Bill steals it — following which Bill is horrifying cruel towards Black and White Beauty (even to the point of running over the horse with a tractor at one point). Later, Tim and Graeme, disguised as gypsies, try to steal the horse back, but when Bill almost catches them, they are forced to hide within Black and White Beauty.

Bill rides Black and White Beauty (with Graeme and Tim in the horse suit), through the Grand National (competing against other pantomime horses). They are neck and neck with another horse at the end, leading to a photofinish, where the two horses stop to pose for photos — and a third horse races through and wins.

Bill is incensed at the loss of the race, and he makes Black and White Beauty (with Tim and Graeme) earn money the hard way.

[edit] Spoofs and imitations

[edit] 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