join them. Tim declines on the basis that they are Church of England. The Reverend claims that his is the greatest religion, and Tim challenges him to prove it. This results in the "Ecclesiastical Rugby Sevens" competition, in which various teams made up from churchmen from religious groups play against each other (one of the Seven Rugby teams is made up entirely of Derek Nimmos, and the "Festival of Light" is dominated by Mary Whitehouse, who is amusingly brutal). Eventually, the "Welsh Druids" win the tournament, and their celebrations are less than holy. Tim discovers that half of the Welsh rugby national team are not holy and they're playing with the "Druids", and he disqualifies the team because they had brought in nonreligious players. The "Druids" take offence at being denied their rightful position as winners, and decide to use the Goodies as balls in a rough informal game of rugby. The trio eventually had enough and starts playing the game with their wits to outmatched the Welsh team from the streets and back the rugby. Finally Graeme uses a line-marking machine to make a trapdoor to dispose of them, leaving The Goodies to play the football to score a very easy winning try and conversion with no opposition. Cultural references Eisteddfod Rugby sevens The 'team of Derek Nimmos' Lord Snowdon — who is seen taking photographs Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, where a train's complete journey is from one end of the station's platform sign to the other Notes The part of the Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn was played by Jon Pertwee, who also ad-libbed some of his lines during the episode. This happened because the Goodies kept taking away his pages of script, which Jon Pertwee had put around in order to remember his lines. Derek Nimmo was well known for playing various comic clerical roles on television - hence his 'Derek Nimmo team' being eligible to play in the "Ecclesiastical Rugby Sevens" competition. References "The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000 "The Goodies Rule OK" — Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006 "From Fringe to Flying Circus — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'" — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980 "The Goodies Episode Summaries" — Brett Allender "The Goodies — Fact File" — Matthew K. Sharp External links The Goodies (series 5) episodes 1975 British television episodes Television episodes set in Wales