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{{Infobox The Goodies episode
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| name = The Greenies
| image =
| number = 5 (of 76)
| airdate = 6 December 1970 <br>(Sunday &mdash; 10.50 p.m.)
| director = [[Jim Franklin (director)|Jim Franklin]]
| producer = [[John Howard Davies]]
| guests = [[George Benson (actor)|George Benson]] <small>as</small> "'''''Rev. Rose (The Vicar)'''''" <br>[[Richard Caldicot]] <small>as</small> "'''''Divisional C.O. (The Brigadier)'''''" <br>[[Timothy Carlton]] <small>as</small> "'''''Captain Hebbs'''''" <br>[[Pauline Devaney]] <small>as</small> "'''''Machine-gun housewife'''''"
| series = 1
| prev = [[Caught in the Act (The Goodies)|Caught in the Act]]
| next = [[Cecily (The Goodies)|Cecily]]
}}
"'''The Greenies'''" is an episode of the award-winning [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''.


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This episode is also known as "'''''Army Games'''''".

Written by [[The Goodies]], with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

==Plot==
The Goodies are disgust when they discover that the [[Army]] is building a [[military]] establishment on what had been supposed to be a children's playground.

Disguised as members of the military, they provide the plans to the [[soldier]]s who are to build the equipment. The Goodies "assist" the Army and their plans lead to the Army 'equipment' looking more like a children's playground than the sleek military equipment the Army is expecting.

Then the Army gets another shock &mdash; the people, who the Goodies had arranged to turn up to test the equipment, are not exactly what the Army had been expecting to see.

==Cultural references==
* [[Anti-nuclear movement]]
* [[British Army]]

==References==
<references/>
* "''The Complete Goodies''" &mdash; Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000
* "''The Goodies Rule OK''" &mdash; Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006
* "''From Fringe to Flying Circus'' &mdash; 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'" &mdash; Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980
* "''The Goodies Episode Summaries''" &mdash; Brett Allender
* "''The Goodies &mdash; Fact File''" &mdash; Matthew K. Sharp

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0591039|title=The Greenies}}

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