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The Goodies
1970 - 1982 7.5 (22 votes) 9 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
BBC Two
Created By
Bill Oddie
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Graeme Garden

The Goodies

Overview

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.

Key Crew

Producer: Jim Franklin

Top Cast

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (2005)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Return of the Goodies
2005-12-30

The Goodies finally return to television after nearly 25 years with a compilation of classic clips, interviews and new material.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: A Collection of Goodies
1972-09-24

A lack of finances sees Tim filling out a Tax Evasion form for the Goodies, with Graeme’s computer providing timely reminders of the bizarre items which he is trying to claim for.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Goodies Travelling Instant 5 Five Minute Christmas
1972-12-25

In a super-condensed series of Christmas themed events, Tim, Graham and Bill sing a number of carols, put the boy to bed and then arrange for a visit from Santa...

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: DVD Extras - Gymnasium
1972-02-27

Originally shown as part of the 'Engelbert With the Young Generation' series and subsequently compiled into 'A Collection of Goodies' (aka 'Special Tax Edition').

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: DVD Extras - Crackerjack Clip
1978-12-01

The Goodies sing "A Man's Best Friend is His Duck" on Crackerjack.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Broaden Your Mind
1969-12-15

Very little exists of the 1968/1969 pre-cursor to The Goodies. Presented here are the 35mm film inserts to one show that would have been seen at various points in the episode interspersed with other material recorded on videotape in the studio. This material is sourced directly from the original film and is presented without the audience reaction, which would have been part of the original broadcast.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: DVD Extras - Out-Takes

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Comedy Connections - The Goodies

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: The Goodies 40th Anniversary - In Conversation
2010-07-11

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: DVD Extras - Digital Restoration Feature 1

Scenes and commentary on the problems facing the restoration team.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: DVD Extras - Storyboard for The Goodies and the Beanstalk

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: DVD Extras Easter Egg - Timeclock

Short clip explaining the pre-aired timeclock counting down to live for broadcast of one of the episodes. Includes audio of Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor yelping and scrambling to get ready with 10 seconds to air.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: DVD Extras Easter Egg - Station Ident

BBC station identification leading in to opening credits.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: DVD Extras - Digital Restoration Feature 2

Existing 16mm film elements were examined by Amanda Whitby and digital copies of the existing analogue videotape recordings were compared to ascertain the best source, along with some new transfers from the original 2-inch mastertapes. Colour grading, noise reduction and reconstruction of 'Come Dancing' episode by Jonathan Wood.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Goodies Music Archive - Funky Gibbon
1975-04-22

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Goodies Music Archive - Black Pudding Bertha
1975-06-23

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: Goodies Music Archive - Nappy Love and Wild Thing
1975-11-11

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Goodies Music Archive - Make a Daft Noise for Christmas
1975-12-09

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: The One Show
2010-11-04

The Goodies were once again reunited when the BBC one show, entitled "The One Show", brought them back. It concluded with Tim riding a tandem alone while the others stared / watched.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 24: An Audience with The Goodies
2018-06-07

Live onstage appearance from Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor as they discuss their popular 1970s television series at the Leicester Square Theatre in June 2018. In conversation with comedian Stewart Lee and television expert Dick Fiddy, the stars talk about the successes and highlights of their career while taking questions from the audience.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1971)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Loch Ness Monster
1971-10-01

The Goodies help a suicidal zookeeper to locate a monster for London Zoo's Snowdon Monster House.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Commonwealth Games
1971-10-08

The Goodies take part in the Commonwealth Games as the British team against the August Bank Holiday Islands - with the entire Commonwealth at stake.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Pollution
1971-10-15

The land is covered in pollution and the Goodies suspect corruption.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Lost Tribe
1971-10-22

The Goodies are asked to find Professor Knutts who went missing whilst leading an expedition to find the Lost Tribe of the Orinoco in 1951. They eventually find him - in Sevenoaks.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Music Lovers
1971-10-29

Musicians are being kidnapped all over the country, so The Goodies become famous musicians too, eventually get stolen and come face-to-face with their arch-enemy - The Music Master.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: For Art's Sake
1971-11-05

Tim's crusade to stop rich Americans from buying all of Britain's art treasures sees him bidding a huge amount of money for one painting, forcing the Goodies to take drastic action to pay for it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Kitten Kong
1971-11-12

The Goodies' Animal Clinic looks after various problem animals, including Twinkle the kitten who, thanks to Graeme's growth formula, grows to a massive size and terrorises London.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Dancing
1971-11-19

Asked to be part of a formation dancing team, the Goodies find that dancing isn't as gentle and pure as they thought, especially when they encounter Delia Capone and her corrupt team.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Farm Fresh Food
1971-12-10

Disgusted at the awful cuisine served up at Ye Olde Shepherds Restaurant, the Goodies head to the farm of Tim's uncle for some fresh country food, only to be further disappointed upon arrival.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Free to Live
1971-12-17

Bill reports Graeme and Tim to the Women's Liberation Front after he disapproves of their treatment of Graeme's new totty. As a punishment, they are sent to work for Lord Charles (a male chauvinist) - Graeme as the butler and Tim as the maid.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Gender Education
1971-12-31

In response to a proposed appalling BBC film (for schoolchildren, mark you) on S-E-X education, Mrs. Desiree Carthorse - the self-proclaimed most powerful person in the field of television, if not the world, enlists The Goodies to make her version: 'How to Make Babies by Doing Dirty Things'.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Charity Bounce AKA London to Brighton
1972-01-07

The Goodies are bouncing on space hoppers from London to Brighton for charity. However, they continue to bounce on around the world much to the horror of their tight-fisted sponsor.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Double Trouble
1972-01-14

The Goodies' bid to win the Nice Person of the Year Award is being sabotaged by the mysterious Dr. Petal and his evil robot doubles of them and other famous people.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Kitten Kong (Montreux edition)
1972-04-09

The Goodies' Animal Clinic looks after various problem animals, including Twinkle the kitten who, thanks to Graeme's growth formula, grows to a massive size and terrorises London.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1973)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The New Office
1973-02-04

The Goodies need a new office, but after being ripped off in the local estate agent they decide to build their own - a Graeme designed mobile disused railway station.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Hunting Pink
1973-02-11

Tim is off to spend the weekend at Tally-Ho Towers with his rich Great Uncle Butcher-Fitzsimmons. He is dressed as a Guardsman in the hope that this will impress the old man into leaving him all his money in his will. Bill and Graeme think this is despicable, disgusting - and a very good idea, so they invite themselves along.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Winter Olympics
1973-02-18

The Goodies agree to be Britain's team in the Winter Olympics at the North Pole (there's apparently been a lot of snow there recently).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: That Old Black Magic
1973-02-25

Witch Hazel's problems with casting spells leads the Goodies to help her to contact lost souls via a seance, and Graeme's mystical powers eventually see him turned into a gibbon.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: For Those in Peril on the Sea
1973-03-04

Graeme's urge to recreate an early Viking expedition and find the Lost Island Of Munga sees the Goodies shipwrecked and at the mercy of an old foe from a previous show.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Way Outward Bound
1973-03-11

The failure to find any kids willing to go to an adventure school forces the Goodies to attend disguised as children, only to find that the school is being used for a far more sinister cause.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Superstar
1973-07-07

Appalled at the offensive songs in the hit parade, the Goodies perform a sickly sweet song on the Maxie Grease Show, but Bill is exploited and turned into a superstar by an unscrupulous agent.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1973)

No overview available.

7 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Camelot
1973-12-01

Tim's Uncle King Arthur (actually Arthur King, but appearing as 'King, Arthur' in the phone book) is away on holiday and the Goodies have to look after his home, firstly turning it into a tourist attraction, then having to defend it from the clutches of the local town planner.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Invasion of the Moon Creatures
1973-12-08

Graeme's attempt to send rabbits to the moon seems to be a failure until Bill and Tim's space voyage discovers plots of vegetables and the menacing presence of Big Bunny.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Hospital for Hire
1973-12-15

A bad experience with the hospital system forces the Goodies to become doctors themselves and attempt to fix up the health system with the help of Graeme's magic elixir.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Goodies and the Beanstalk
1973-12-24

The Goodies have hit rock-bottom and are forced to sell Buttercup for a tin of baked beans. In an act of desperation, Graeme plants one of the beans...

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Stone Age
1973-12-29

Graeme discovers an ancient tunnel below the Goodies' office and his penchant for potholing soon finds them stuck inside the stomach of a tyrannosaurus rex.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Goodies in the Nick
1974-01-05

A timid policeman needs the Goodies' help in boosting his tally of arrests, but their fiendishly cunning bank robbery sees them locked away in prison and desperate to escape.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: The Race
1974-01-12

A wrong turn to Skegness sees the Goodies winning the Tour de France cycling race, so they decide to also enter Le Mans and convert their disused railway station office into a car.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (1975)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Movies
1975-02-10

The Goodies buy a movie studio and attempt to revitalise the British film industry, but ultimately descend into chaos when they each try to shoot their own film at the same time.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Clown Virus
1975-02-17

A job to dispose of a harmless can of 'tomato soup' for an American military base sees the whole British population turned into clowns and ripe for an invasion by US troops.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Chubby Chumps
1975-02-24

Tim has become rather flabby while the others have been away fishing, but trims himself down thanks to a brainwashing radio DJ and enters the Miss Housewife of the Year Contest.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Wacky Wales
1975-03-03

An invitation to an eisteddfod in Wales has the Goodies in all sorts of trouble with the Reverend after they dare to break many of the puritanical local laws and actually try to entertain people.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Frankenfido
1975-03-10

Graeme's dog breeding venture gets out of hand and Tim's only chance to win at Crufts is to dress Bill in a dog costume, which forces Graeme to create a shaggy monster of his own.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Scatty Safari
1975-03-17

The main attraction at The Goodies Star Safari Park, Tony Blackburn, is hearing the call of the wild and pining for his freedom. The trio realise that they can no longer keep such a magnificent beast in captivity, and release him. But who should they get to replace him?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Kung Fu Kapers!
1975-03-24

Bill reveals himself to be a Grand Master of the infinitely more subtle and superior Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
1975-03-31

The Goodies answer an advert for 'a little light housekeeping' and find themselves stuck for five years in charge of an 'overgrown lamp post'.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Rome Antics
1975-04-07

In 55AD the early Goodies venture to Rome to provide entertainment for the fruit-fancying Emperor, but are eventually confronted by Attila the Hun and the invading Barbarians.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Cunning Stunts
1975-04-14

Bill is fired from the Goodies' newspaper for being a hopeless reporter and after he is rejected by the love of his life, he decides to end it all by entering the Eurovision Raving Loony Contest.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: South Africa
1975-04-21

The Goodies are forced to emigrate to South Africa where the absence of black people forces a new form of segregation called apart-height, mainly affecting short people like jockeys and Bill.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Bunfight at the OK Tearooms
1975-04-28

With hardly a penny to their name, the Goodies go prospecting for gold - and discover Cornish cream.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: The End
1975-05-05

The Goodies’ office accidentally gets covered in concrete, leaving them trapped for a century. They desperately try to survive while they grow hungry and slightly mad…

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Goodies Rule - OK?
1975-12-21

The unwanted Goodies finally hit the big time after years of failure, only for the government to topple and all forms of fun to be banned, requiring a civil uprising and a puppet government.

Runtime: 50 min
Season 6 poster
Season 6 (1976)

No overview available.

7 episodes

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