Farm Fresh Food (Goodies episode)
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Farm Fresh Food is an episode of the British
comedy
television series The Goodies
— a BAFTA
-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as "Health Farm".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
However, Uncle Tom has never seen his livestock — he runs an electronic system which automatically feeds all of the animals. When the Goodies protest at this, Uncle Tom gets them to work for him.
Finally, Uncle Tom is able to see his animals and he realises that they are living beings — and the Goodies then strike up with even more problems as a result of this.
United Kingdom
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comedy
Comedy
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television series The Goodies
The Goodies (TV series)
The Goodies is a British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 until 1980 — and was then broadcast by the ITV company LWT for a year, between 1981 to 1982.The show was...
— a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as "Health Farm".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Plot
When the Goodies go out to dinner, they are disgusted with the fact that none of the food is fresh. So they decide to visit Tim's Uncle Tom to have good fresh country food.However, Uncle Tom has never seen his livestock — he runs an electronic system which automatically feeds all of the animals. When the Goodies protest at this, Uncle Tom gets them to work for him.
Finally, Uncle Tom is able to see his animals and he realises that they are living beings — and the Goodies then strike up with even more problems as a result of this.
Quote
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- Graeme: "Are all your hens battery hens?"
- Uncle Tom: "No. Some of them run off the mains."
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