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


{{Television episode redirect handler|series_name=The Goodies (TV series)|season_num=1|episode_num=5}}
This episode is also known as "'''''Army Games'''''".

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

==Plot==
The Goodies have been packing for a holiday to the seaside, but the coastal resorts have been compromised by pollution and military activity, so they decide to stay home until Tim remembers a beautiful, quiet village down the coast of Cornwall from his childhood called Penrudden Cove.

When they arrive, the village is completely deserted with no locals. The Vicar is the only villager left. He welcomes the trio to stay and explains why the others have left the village.

The Goodies are disgusted when they discover that the [[Army]] is building a [[military]] establishment on what was 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}}

{{The Goodies episodes}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenies, The}}
[[Category:The Goodies (TV series) episodes]]
[[Category:1970 British television episodes]]

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