The Goodies The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940 – 12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their The Goodies (TV series), ...

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comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s, which starred

Tim Brooke-Taylor Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor (17 July 194012 April 2020) was an English actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of The Goodies. Brooke-Taylor became active in performing in comedy sketches while at the University of Cambridge and beca ...

Graeme Garden David Graeme Garden (born 18 February 1943) is a Scottish comedian, actor, author, artist and television presenter. He is best known as a member of The Goodies and a regular panellist on '' I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''. Early life and educati ...

and

Bill Oddie William Edgar Oddie (born 7 July 1941) is an English actor, artist, birder, comedian, conservationist, musician, songwriter, television presenter and writer. He was a member of comedy trio The Goodies. A birder since his childhood in Quinton ...

. The series, which combines surreal sketches and

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, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on

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but soon repeated on

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, from 1970 until 1980. The final seven-episode series was made by

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and shown on

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in 1981–1982. Since the death of Tim Brooke-Taylor from COVID-19 complications on 12 April 2020, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie are the two surviving cast members.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (1970)

Series 2 (1971–72)

Specials (1972)

Series 3 (1973)

Series 4 (1973–74)

Series 5 (1975)

Series 6 (1976)

Series 7 (1977)

Series 8 (1980)

Series 9 (1981–82)

The Goodies episodes in DVD format

DVD and pre-recorded VHS releases of episodes

Series One

Series Two

'' BBC title "The Goodies B"''

Series Three

'' BBC title "The Goodies Series Three A"''

Series Four

'' BBC title "The Goodies Series Three B"''

Series Five

'' BBC title "The Goodies 1974 / The Goodies Autumn 1974 (last six episodes)"''

Series Six

'' BBC title "The Goodies: Series Five / Series V"''

Series Seven

'' BBC title "The Goodies: Autumn 1977"''

Series Eight

Series Nine

VHS releases

1980s

"''The Goodies (1982)''" —

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: Big Foot : Change of Life "''The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1983)''" — BBC Enterprises Limited :

The Goodies and the Beanstalk "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" is a special episode of the British comedy television series ''The Goodies''. Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. Plot Homeless and penniless, the Goodies have no food and are sleeping on ...

"''The Goodies (1986)''" —

: Change of Life

1990s

"''Look out! It's ... The Goodies: Kitten Kong (1994)''" — BBC Enterprises Limited : Kitten Kong (72' Montreux) : Scatty Safari : Scoutrageous "''Look out! It's ... The Goodies: The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1994)''" — BBC Enterprises Limited :

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: Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms

2000s

"''The Goodies ...At Last (2003)''" — Network

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: Gender Education : Kitten Kong (72' Montreux) :

: Kung Fu Kapers : Lighthouse Keeping Loonies : Earthanasia : Saturday Night Grease "''The Goodies ...At Last a Second Helping (2005)''" — Network DVD :

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: Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms :

: Scoutrageous : Punky Business "''The Goodies: The Complete LWT Series (2007)''" — Network DVD :

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2010s

"''The Goodies ...At Last - Back for More, Again (2010)''" — Network DVD : Cecily :

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: The Goodies Rule - O.K.? :

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: It Might as Well Be String : 2001 & A Bit : Royal Command "''The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection (2018)''" — Network DVD Contains all 69 episodes of the BBC series. "''The Goodies: The Complete Collection (2019)''" — Network DVD Contains all 76 episodes of the series, plus extras from ''The Complete BBC Collection'' and ''The Complete LWT Series''.

Sources

* ''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

References

External links

BBC page - information about Goodies episodes
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