Way Outward Bound (Goodies episode)

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The Goodies episode
"Way Outward Bound"
Episode №	26
Airdate	11 March 1973 (Sunday — 8.15 p.m.)
Director
Producer
Guest star(s)	Joan Sims as the Matron Bill Frazer as the Sergeant Major Bullcock
Series III February 3 – July 12, 1973
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List of The Goodies episodes

Way Outward Bound is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

This episode is also known as "Outward Bounds".

[edit] Plot

A 'flyer' arrives at the Goodies office from the Lock 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 dress as children — with Graeme dressed as a schoolgirl (complete with plaits), Tim dressed in shorts and cap as a schoolboy, and Bill dressed as a small child, 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.

[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