The Goodies (TV series)

For information about the formation of The Goodies group and the origins and development of the series, see The Goodies.

The Goodies
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Created by
Starring
  • Tim Brooke-Taylor
  • Graeme Garden
  • Bill Oddie
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series9
No. of episodes76 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time30–50 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC 2
Release8 November 1970 (1970-11-08) –
18 February 1980 (1980-02-18)
NetworkITV
Release27 December 1981 (1981-12-27) –
13 February 1982 (1982-02-13)
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The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1,[1] from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981–82.

The show was co-written by and starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (together known as "The Goodies"). Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series, while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Oddie and Michael Gibbs. Directors/producers of the series were John Howard Davies, Jim Franklin and Bob Spiers.

An early title which was considered for the series was Narrow Your Mind (following on from Broaden Your Mind) and prior to that the working title was Super Chaps Three.[2]

  1. ^ Evans, Jeff, The Penguin TV Companion, Penguin Books Ltd., London, 2003 (second edition)
  2. ^ Low, Lenny Ann (23 February 2005). "Why fame seems funny to manic trio". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 February 2008.