Give Police a Chance

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"Give Police a Chance"
The Goodies episode
Episode no.Series 1
Episode 3
Directed by Jim Franklin
Produced by John Howard Davies
Original air date22 November 1970 (1970-11-22)
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"Give Police a Chance" (also known as "Love the Police" and "Police Public Image" and as "Police Brutality"[ citation needed ]) is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies . Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

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Plot

The Goodies are asked to help with the public image of the police, because nobody likes them. The police have no idea why they are so unpopular because of their rotten behaviour. Deputy Commissioner Butcher of the City Police, and the sergeant accompanying him, rough the Goodies up, demanding that they help. The Goodies are terrified, but they agree to help anyway.

The Goodies, dressed as policemen, turn an Identikit into an Identikit Game (for all the family), and open "The Coppe Shoppe" (where they sell handcuffs as a 'charm bracelet', and also sell police helmets). Riding their trandem, they give flowers to people, take away restrictive traffic signs and traffic meters, paint LOVE on the road, block off some streets so that children can use the streets to play in, and go swimming in a "no swimming" area at a park. Everyone begins to love the police, including small children (who run to the Goodies and mob them, whenever they see them).

The Goodies are eventually arrested for 'breaking the law' and appear in Court on trial for their misdeeds. They discover that the Judge is actually the Deputy Commissioner who hired them, and that a policeman is acting as both the Prosecutor and Defence Counsel. The jury, likewise, is completely composed of policemen (who also double as witnesses in the trial) and they all declare the Goodies guilty immediately even before the trial begins. All seems hopeless, until Tim makes an impassioned plea to the Judge, commenting that it was the Judge, himself, who asked them to make the police more popular.

Music

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