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Season guide

The Goodies: Season 9

7 episodes Premiered Dec 27, 1981 Updated Sep 29, 2026
Previously on The Goodies

Season 9 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 8.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 9 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 9: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (4): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S9·E1 Mytharc

Snow White 2

Dec 27, 1981 · 30 min

The Goodies find themselves living next door to Snow White and the seven dwarfs.

S9·E2 Core

Robot

Jan 9, 1982 · 30 min

Due to dire financial conditions, Bill is fired and replaced with a baby robot; however Tim and Graeme need help with raising it and hire a strange, bearded, Swedish nanny.

S9·E3 Core

Football Crazy

Jan 16, 1982 · 30 min

Bill the soccer hooligan is in fine form as Tim becomes Chief of Police in a bid to stamp out such boorish conduct, with football then becoming so boring that its fans flock to the

S9·E4 Core

Big Foot

Jan 23, 1982 · 30 min

The Goodies set off to the Canadian Rockies in search of the mythical Arthur C. Clarke, but find all sorts of other weird creatures including the legendary Bigfoot.

S9·E5 Core

Change of Life

Jan 30, 1982 · 30 min

Bill's 40th birthday makes the Goodies decide to close the business due to old age.

S9·E6 Mytharc

Holiday

Feb 6, 1982 · 30 min

A supposedly relaxing holiday in the seaside village of Dunsquabblin turns very stressful when the Goodies are trapped inside for 17 days due to heavy rain and snow.

S9·E7 Mytharc

Animals are People Too

Feb 13, 1982 · 30 min

Graeme's pet shop has a special new line - people dressed up as animals, but they also suffer from being dumped so Tim sets up a protection society, while Graeme cruelly puts the s

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