Episode no. Series 8
Episode 66 (of 76) Produced by Jim Franklin and
Bob Spiers Original air date 28 January 1980
(Monday — 8.10 p.m.) | ||
"A Kick in the Arts" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Summer Olympics".
Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.
Plot
Britain's athletes have no money and are starving. Tim tries to help and, 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 even steals the Queen's tiara as she drives by waving to spectators. Eventually, Tim and other athletes are locked up in prison for their crimes.
Meanwhile, Graeme pretends to be 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 as a gift.
Because all of the athletes have disappeared, and not knowing what Graeme and Bill are up to, Tim changes the direction of Summer Olympics competition from sports, alone, to that of a mixture of sports with poetry and literature, so that Britain will have more of a chance to win. With the changed rules, being a good athlete is no longer enough to guarantee a win in any of the competitions in the Olympic Games, and actors become the new Olympic champions.