The Goodies and the Beanstalk

"The Goodies and the Beanstalk" is a special episode"The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000 of the British comedy television series The Goodies — a BAFTA-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.Information is given, by the BBC, about the BAFTA-nomination on the back of the "The GOODIES ... At Last ... Back for More, Again!" DVD cover.

As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.

Plot

Homeless and penniless, the Goodies have no food and are sleeping on park benches. Graeme and Tim decide to sell their trandem, but Bill is devastated. Bill takes the trandem, which he has named "Buttercup", to the market the next morning, but all he receives is a tin of baked beans.

Tim empties the contents of the tin onto Bill's head, but Graeme decides to plant one of the beans — 'just in case'. To the Goodies' surprise, a giant-sized beanstalk shoots up behind them. The beanstalk crosses the English channel and continues to grow along the ground until it reaches the foot of Mount Everest. Bill borrows a flute from a snakecharmer — with...
Read More