The police recruit the Goodies to help them change their image. Tim, Graeme and Bill become 'hippy' policemen - wearing sunglasses, handing out flowers, and generally being nice to people. But the new image doesn't sit too well with Commissioner Butcher - he has the Goodies arrested, and put on trial...
The sight of spaced-out policemen dancing in slow motion, uprooting 'No Bathing Allowed' signs, and skinny-dipping is the main image one takes away from this episode, also known as 'Give Police A Chance'. It drew criticism at the time for portraying the police as thuggish and corrupt; well, they had to be seen as such else they wouldn't have wanted a change of image, would they? The late Paul Whitsun-Jones makes a suitably hard-faced police commissioner, continually shouting and hitting people over the head; he's also to be seen in the 'Avengers' episode 'Room Without A View' and 'The Mutants' adventure of 'Dr.Who'. Roland McLeod also appeared alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor in 'Its Marty'.
Funniest moment - Butcher's reaction to a picture of Tony Blackburn ( I can't bring myself to write the word! )
The sight of spaced-out policemen dancing in slow motion, uprooting 'No Bathing Allowed' signs, and skinny-dipping is the main image one takes away from this episode, also known as 'Give Police A Chance'. It drew criticism at the time for portraying the police as thuggish and corrupt; well, they had to be seen as such else they wouldn't have wanted a change of image, would they? The late Paul Whitsun-Jones makes a suitably hard-faced police commissioner, continually shouting and hitting people over the head; he's also to be seen in the 'Avengers' episode 'Room Without A View' and 'The Mutants' adventure of 'Dr.Who'. Roland McLeod also appeared alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor in 'Its Marty'.
Funniest moment - Butcher's reaction to a picture of Tony Blackburn ( I can't bring myself to write the word! )
