| "Tower of London" | |
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| The Goodies episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 1 (of 76) |
| Directed by | Jim Franklin |
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| Starring | Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden Bill Oddie |
| Original air date | 8 November 1970 (Sunday — 10.00 p.m.) |
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The Tower of London is the first episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies — a BAFTA-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.[1][2][3]
This episode is also known as "Beefeaters" and as "The Tower of London".
The episode was written by all three members of The Goodies.
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Bill, Graeme and Tim have decided to run their own agency, with the catch-phrase "We do anything, anytime" and, when Tim and Bill see the office/residence which Graeme has prepared for them (spending Tim's legacy from his Aunt to do so), they are delighted with the result. Everything is exactly how they want it to be. From the spacious office, a single door leads to a multitude of different rooms (with one new room being shown on each opening — the rooms include a fully stocked supermarket, a kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom, a fully equipped gymnasium and a toilet). There is also an unusual picture window. Each time the blind is closed, the window shows (using CSO) a different city, with music or a song to go with it as a soundtrack — these include views of London (with the song "Any Old Iron"), Paris (with French music), and Sydney (with Rolf Harris singing "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport").
Bill, who was in charge of advertising their agency, has put advertisements into various magazines and newspapers, including: "Man's Thing", "Woman's Thing", "Rubber news" "The Beano", "The Times", Health and Efficiency, and "Playboy". Tim is worried about the "Playboy" ad — and Graeme comments that Bill is casting the net a bit wide. Bill replies that he does not know what they (the Goodies) do. Tim comments that they were "going to do...good to....people" — to which Bill responds "How wet!".
The Goodies are summoned to go to the Tower of London, where they are met by the Chief Beefeater, who tells them that somebody is stealing the Beefeaters' beef. Although the Beefeaters are starving, they refuse to eat anything else - not even Corned Beef.
Back at their office, the computer won't tell them the correct answer to what is happening to the Beefeaters' beef, so Graeme feeds it a beef sandwich, much to Tim's dismay. When Bill sucks some lemon sherbet, his visions are shown on the picture window, eventually leading to the problem being solved — with the Goodies discovering that the Crown Jewels play an important part in the mystery.
The office that Graeme designed for them survived until the 1973 story The New Office.
This episode has been released on both DVD and VHS.
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