Episode no. Series 8
Episode 68 (of 76) Original air date 11 February 1980
(Monday — 8.10 p.m.) | ||
"Animals" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.
This episode is also known as "Animal Liberation" and "Animal Lib" and also "Watership Down".
Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.
Plot
Tim has been collecting various animals to take part in showbiz. However, Bill and Graeme have other ideas and put the animals to work in energy-saving domestic duties. Tim is horrified at what they have done, so he decides to support an "Animal Discrimination Act": Animals are granted equal rights with humans and it is now illegal for humans to exploit animals.
This includes a ban on eating animals, which enrages carnivore Bill, who decides to "speak out" for vegetables in the "Rabid Frost Programme", where he ends up eating the leader of the Animal Revolutionary Party. In the end, the humans have to disguise themselves as rabbits to escape from the fury of the animals.