The Goodies: Season 8
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Goodies Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
Politics
Jan 14, 1980 · 30 min
Graeme is faced with selling the image of two potential Prime Ministers to the nation; Bill as the revolutionary Che Monyou and Tim as the stunning Timita.
Saturday Night Grease
Jan 21, 1980 · 30 min
Bill decides to open Disco Bilius and introduces a mixed dancing competition.
A Kick in the Arts
Jan 28, 1980 · 30 min
The British Olympic team is broke. Tim joins them and competes against Graeme and Bill's Rest of the World team.
U-Friend or UFO?
Feb 4, 1980 · 30 min
The strange alien abductions of trombonists prompt Bill to solve the mystery.
Animals
Feb 11, 1980 · 30 min
Tim becomes an animal rights activist, so Bill becomes a vegetable rights activist and a Watership Down parody ensues.
War Babies
Feb 18, 1980 · 30 min
The Goodies are grown-up babies who are sent off to boarding school during the war years, and are asked by Churchill to go behind enemy lines to buy him a box of German cigars.