Pollution (Goodies episode)

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The Goodies episode
"Pollution"
Episode №	10
Airdate	15 October 1971 (Friday — 10.10 p.m.)
Director
Producer
Guest star(s)	Ronnie Stevens as the "Minster for Pollution" Corbet Woodall (as himself) (the "Newsreader") Peter Davidson as "..." Eric Kent as "..." Gordon Hann as "..."
Series II October 1, 1971 – January 14, 1972
Scotland Commonwealth Games Pollution The Lost Tribe The Music Lovers Culture for the Masses Kitten Kong Come Dancing Farm Fresh Food Women's Lib Gender Education Charity Bounce The Baddies
List of The Goodies episodes

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

[edit] Plot

Tim, Graeme and Bill go to the beach for a swim, but discover that the water is polluted. Then they notice how widespread the pollution is. They discover that the Ministry for Pollution is responsible for the problem.

The Goodies arrange for widespread grass to overcome the pollution, by seeding the clouds with grass seeds, and the results are far beyond their wildest dreams. Cars can no longer be driven, because the streets cannot be seen, and everybody grows grass instead of hair. Lawn mowers are in fashion as transport — also in fashion are tiny garden ornaments and scarecrows which are made especially for wearing in people's hair. Birds also profit by being able to build nests in the hair.

Although all seems to be idyllic, the Goodies find that there is an unexpected drawback to their environmental solution to the problem.

[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