A Kick in the Arts

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"A Kick in the Arts"
The Goodies episode
Episode no.Series 8
Episode 3
Produced by Jim Franklin and
Bob Spiers
Original air date28 January 1980 (1980-01-28)
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"A Kick in the Arts" is the third episode of the eighth series of the British television comedy series The Goodies . The 66th episode of the show overall, it was first broadcast at 8.10pm on 28 January 1980 on BBC2.

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This episode is also known as "Summer Olympics".[ citation needed ]

Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

Plot

Britain's athletes are impoverished and starving. Tim tries to help, but after losing money and his clothes to gambling hustlers Bill and Graeme, ends up becoming an athlete too. To survive, the athletes turn to crime, and Tim steals the Queen's tiara as she greets spectators. Tim and the other athletes are eventually imprisoned for their crimes.

Meanwhile, Graeme poses as Australian sports entrepreneur "Kerry Thwacker" and imports athletes from all around the world to make up his own Olympics team — with the intention of giving the team to Tim.

Because all of the athletes have disappeared, and not knowing what Graeme and Bill are up to, Tim augments the composition of the Summer Olympics with poetry and literature to improve Britain's chances of victory. Under the changed rules, athletic prowess is no longer enough to guarantee Olympic victory and actors become the new champions.

Cultural references

J. B. Priestley, Rita Hunter, A J P Taylor, John Betjeman, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Laurence Olivier

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