The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s, which starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. 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 until 1980. The final seven-episode series was made by LWT and shown on ITV in 1981–1982.
During the course of the programme, 76 episodes of The Goodies aired, including two specials over nine series.
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
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Average viewers (millions)[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 7 | 8 November 1970 | 20 December 1970 | BBC2 | 1.6 | |
| 2 | 13 | 1 October 1971 | 14 January 1972 | 2.3 | ||
| Specials | 2 | 9 April 1972 | 24 September 1972 | 3.6 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 4 February 1973 | 12 July 1973 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 1 December 1973 | 12 January 1974 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 14 | 10 February 1975 | 21 December 1975 | 8.8 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 21 September 1976 | 2 November 1976 | 7.9 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1 November 1977 | 22 December 1977 | 6.2 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 14 January 1980 | 18 February 1980 | TBA | ||
| 9 | 7 | 27 December 1981 | 13 February 1982 | ITV | TBA | |
Episodes
Series 1 (1970)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tower of London" "Beefeaters" | 8 November 1970 |
| 2 | 2 | "Snooze" | 15 November 1970 |
| 3 | 3 | "Give Police a Chance" "Love the Police" / "Police Public Image" / "Police Brutality" | 22 November 1970 |
| 4 | 4 | "Caught in the Act" "The Playgirl Club" / "Compromising Photos" | 29 November 1970 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Greenies" "Army Games" | 6 December 1970 |
| 6 | 6 | "Cecily" "Servants" / "Haunted House" | 13 December 1970 |
| 7 | 7 | "Radio Goodies" "Pirate Radio Station" / "Pirate Radio Goodies" | 20 December 1970 |
Series 2 (1971–72)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "Scotland" "The Loch Ness Monster" | 1 October 1971 |
| 9 | 2 | "Commonwealth Games" "Sporting Goodies" / "Goodies of Sport" | 8 October 1971 |
| 10 | 3 | "Pollution" "The Ministry of Pollution" | 15 October 1971 |
| 11 | 4 | "The Lost Tribe" "The Lost Tribe of the Orinoco" / "Safari with Hazel Nuts" | 22 October 1971 |
| 12 | 5 | "The Music Lovers" "The Music Master" / "The Stolen Musicians" | 29 October 1971 |
| 13 | 6 | "Culture for the Masses" "Art for Art's Sake" / "For Art's Sake" / "Antiques" / "Art Restoration" | 5 November 1971 |
| 14 | 7 | "Kitten Kong" | 12 November 1971 |
| 15 | 8 | "Come Dancing" "Wicked Waltzing" / "Dancing" | 19 November 1971 |
| 16 | 9 | "Farm Fresh Food" "Health Farm" / "Uncle Tom's Farm" | 10 December 1971 |
| 17 | 10 | "Women's Lib" "Sexual Liberation" / "Free to Live" | 17 December 1971 |
| 18 | 11 | "Gender Education" "Sex and Violence" | 31 December 1971 |
| 19 | 12 | "Charity Bounce" "London to Brighton" | 7 January 1972 |
| 20 | 13 | "The Baddies" "The Nicest Person in the World" / "Double Trouble" / "Bad Copies" | 14 January 1972 |
Specials (1972)
| No. overall | No. special | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition" | 9 April 1972 |
| 22 | 2 | "'A Collection of Goodies' – Special Tax Edition" | 24 September 1972 |
Series 3 (1973)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "The New Office" "Monster Machines" / "Moving Day" | 4 February 1973 |
| 24 | 2 | "Hunting Pink" "Where There's a Will..." / "A Hunting We Will Go" / "Tally-Ho" | 11 February 1973 |
| 25 | 3 | "Winter Olympics" | 18 February 1973 |
| 26 | 4 | "That Old Black Magic" "Black Magic" / "Which Witch is Which?" | 25 February 1973 |
| 27 | 5 | "For Those in Peril on the Sea" "The Lost Island of Munga" / "A High-Sea Adventure" | 4 March 1973 |
| 28 | 6 | "Way Outward Bound" "Outward Bounds" / "Baby Army" | 11 March 1973 |
| 29 | 7 | "Superstar" "Rock Star" | 12 July 1973 |
Series 4 (1973–74)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | "Camelot" | 1 December 1973 |
| 31 | 2 | "Invasion of the Moon Creatures" "Big Bunny" / "On the Moon with Big Bunny" | 8 December 1973 |
| 32 | 3 | "Hospital for Hire" "The National Health Service" / "Doctors" | 15 December 1973 |
| 33 | 4 | "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" | 24 December 1973 |
| 34 | 5 | "The Stone Age" "Archaeologists" / "Tyrannosaurus Rex" / "Pot-Holing" / "Let's go Pot-Holing" / "Dinosaur" | 29 December 1973 |
| 35 | 6 | "Goodies in the Nick" "The Great Goodies Bank Robbery" / "Bank Robbery" | 5 January 1974 |
| 36 | 7 | "The Race" | 12 January 1974 |
Series 5 (1975)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | "The Movies" "The British Film Industry" / "The Black & White, Western, Epic Movie" / "BBC" / "The Choices of Film Creation" | 10 February 1975 |
| 38 | 2 | "Clown Virus" | 17 February 1975 |
| 39 | 3 | "Chubbie Chumps" "Radio 2" / "The Beauty Contest" / "Housewives" / "Radio Contest" / "Miss Housewife" | 24 February 1975 |
| 40 | 4 | "Wacky Wales" "Welsh Rugby" | 3 March 1975 |
| 41 | 5 | "Frankenfido" | 10 March 1975 |
| 42 | 6 | "Scatty Safari" "The Existence of Rolf Harris" / "Pied Piper Goodies versus the Rolf Harris Plague" | 17 March 1975 |
| 43 | 7 | "Kung Fu Kapers" "Ecky-Thump" | 24 March 1975 |
| 44 | 8 | "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies" "The Lighthouse Men" / "A Little Light Housekeeping" / "Lighthouse Loonies" | 31 March 1975 |
| 45 | 9 | "Rome Antics" | 7 April 1975 |
| 46 | 10 | "Fleet Street Goodies" "Cunning Stunts" / "The 'Goodies Clarion' Newspaper" | 14 April 1975 |
| 47 | 11 | "South Africa" "Apartheight" / "A South African Adventure" | 21 April 1975 |
| 48 | 12 | "Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms" "Cream Cave" / "Cream Rush Fever" | 28 April 1975 |
| 49 | 13 | "The End" "Encased in Concrete" / "Concrete on the Outside" / "Entombed" | 5 May 1975 |
| 50 | 14 | "The Goodies Rule – O.K.?" | 21 December 1975 |
Series 6 (1976)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 1 | "Lips, or Almighty Cod" "Cod" | 21 September 1976 |
| 52 | 2 | "Hype Pressure" "The Rock and Roll Revival" | 28 September 1976 |
| 53 | 3 | "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express" | 5 October 1976 |
| 54 | 4 | "Black and White Beauty" | 12 October 1976 |
| 55 | 5 | "It Might as Well Be String" | 19 October 1976 |
| 56 | 6 | "2001 & A Bit" "The Future of the Goodies" | 26 October 1976 |
| 57 | 7 | "The Goodies – Almost Live" "The Goodies in Concert" | 2 November 1976 |
Series 7 (1977)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | "Alternative Roots" "The Goodies Find Their Roots" / "Hoots, Toots and Froots" | 1 November 1977 |
| 59 | 2 | "Dodonuts" | 8 November 1977 |
| 60 | 3 | "Scoutrageous" "Scouting Adventures" / "Boy Scouts" | 22 November 1977 |
| 61 | 4 | "Punky Business" "Punkerella" / "Rock Goodies" | 29 November 1977 |
| 62 | 5 | "Royal Command" "Royal Command Performance" | 6 December 1977 |
| 63 | 6 | "Earthanasia" "The End of the World Show" / "The End of the World" | 22 December 1977 |
Series 8 (1980)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 1 | "Goodies and Politics" "Politics" / "Timita" | 14 January 1980 |
| 65 | 2 | "Saturday Night Grease" "Discotheque" | 21 January 1980 |
| 66 | 3 | "A Kick in the Arts" "Summer Olympics" | 28 January 1980 |
| 67 | 4 | "U-Friend or UFO?" "Close Encounters" | 4 February 1980 |
| 68 | 5 | "Animals" "Animal Liberation" / "Animal Lib" / "Watership Down" | 11 February 1980 |
| 69 | 6 | "War Babies" "World War 2" | 18 February 1980 |
Series 9 (1981–82)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 1 | "Snow White 2" "Pantomime" / "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" | 27 December 1981 |
| 71 | 2 | "Robot" "Automation" | 9 January 1982 |
| 72 | 3 | "Football Crazy" | 16 January 1982 |
| 73 | 4 | "Big Foot" "Bigfoot" / "In Search of Bigfoot" / "Arthur C. Clarke" / "In Search of Arthur C. Clarke" | 23 January 1982 |
| 74 | 5 | "Change of Life" "Bill's 75th Birthday" | 30 January 1982 |
| 75 | 6 | "Holiday" "Holidays" / "The Holiday" / "Holiday in Dunsquabbling" | 6 February 1982 |
| 76 | 7 | "Animals Are People Too" "Pets" / "Tim's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to People" | 13 February 1982 |
The Goodies episodes in DVD format
DVD and pre-recorded VHS releases of episodes
Series One
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 11/5/0/2521 | Tower of London | DVD | VHS | 8 November 1970 |
| 102 | 11/5/0/2524 | Snooze | DVD | - | 15 November 1970 |
| 103 | 11/5/0/2523 | Give Police a Chance | DVD | - | 22 November 1970 |
| 104 | 11/5/0/2522 | Caught in the Act | DVD | - | 29 November 1970 |
| 105 | 11/5/0/2526 | The Greenies | DVD | - | 6 December 1970 |
| 106 | 11/5/0/2525 | Cecily | DVD | - | 13 December 1970 |
| 107 | 11/5/0/2527 | Radio Goodies | DVD | - | 20 December 1970 |
Series Two
BBC title "The Goodies B"
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 11/5/1/2151 | Scotland | DVD | - | 1 October 1971 |
| 202 | 11/5/1/2152 | Commonwealth Games | DVD | - | 8 October 1971 |
| 203 | 11/5/1/2154 | Pollution | DVD | - | 15 October 1971 |
| 204 | 11/5/1/2153 | The Lost Tribe | DVD | - | 22 October 1971 |
| 205 | 11/5/1/2155 | The Music Lovers | DVD | - | 29 October 1971 |
| 206 | 11/5/1/2156 | Culture for the Masses | DVD | - | 5 November 1971 |
| 207 | 11/5/1/2157 | Kitten Kong | - | - | 12 November 1971 |
| 208 | 11/5/1/2158 | Come Dancing | DVD | - | 19 November 1971 |
| 209 | 11/5/1/2159 | Farm Fresh Food | DVD | - | 10 December 1971 |
| 210 | 11/5/1/2160 | Women's Lib | DVD | - | 17 December 1971 |
| 211 | 11/5/1/2161 | Gender Education | DVD | VHS | 31 December 1971 |
| 212 | 11/5/1/2162 | Charity Bounce | DVD | - | 7 January 1972 |
| 213 | 11/5/1/2163 | The Baddies | DVD | - | 14 January 1972 |
| 214 | Special | Kitten Kong ('72 Montreux) | DVD | VHS | 9 April 1972 |
| 215 | Special | A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition) | DVD | - | 24 September 1972 |
Series Three
BBC title "The Goodies Series Three A"
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 11/5/2/2271 | The New Office | DVD | - | 3 February 1973 |
| 302 | 11/5/2/2272 | Hunting Pink | DVD | - | 10 February 1973 |
| 303 | 11/5/2/2273 | Winter Olympics | DVD | - | 17 February 1973 |
| 304 | 11/5/2/2274 | That Old Black Magic | DVD | - | 24 February 1973 |
| 305 | 11/5/2/2275 | For Those in Peril on the Sea | DVD | - | 3 March 1973 |
| 306 | 11/5/2/2276 | Way Outward Bound | DVD | - | 10 March 1973 |
| 307 | 11/5/2/2277 | Superstar | DVD | - | 12 July 1973 |
Series Four
BBC title "The Goodies Series Three B"
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 11/5/2/2280 | Camelot | DVD | - | 1 December 1973 |
| 402 | 11/5/2/2281 | Invasion of the Moon Creatures | DVD | - | 8 December 1973 |
| 403 | 11/5/2/2278 | Hospital for Hire | DVD | - | 15 December 1973 |
| 404 | Special | The Goodies and the Beanstalk | DVD | VHS | 22 December 1973 |
| 405 | 11/5/2/2283 | The Stone Age | DVD | - | 29 December 1973 |
| 406 | 11/5/2/2282 | Goodies in the Nick | DVD | - | 5 January 1974 |
| 407 | 11/5/2/2279 | The Race | DVD | - | 12 January 1974 |
Series Five
BBC title "The Goodies 1974 / The Goodies Autumn 1974 (last six episodes)"
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 11/5/4/2042 | The Movies | DVD | - | 10 February 1975 |
| 502 | 11/5/4/2041 | Clown Virus | DVD | - | 17 February 1975 |
| 503 | 11/5/4/2044 | Chubbie Chumps | DVD | - | 24 February 1975 |
| 504 | 11/5/4/2045 | Wacky Wales | DVD | - | 3 March 1975 |
| 505 | 11/5/4/2046 | Frankenfido | DVD | - | 10 March 1975 |
| 506 | 11/5/4/2049 | Scatty Safari | DVD | VHS | 17 March 1975 |
| 507 | 11/5/4/2048 | Kung Fu Kapers | DVD | VHS | 24 March 1975 |
| 508 | 11/5/4/2047 | Lighthouse Keeping Loonies | DVD | VHS | 31 March 1975 |
| 509 | 11/5/4/2050 | Rome Antics | DVD | - | 7 April 1975 |
| 510 | 11/5/4/2051 | Fleet Street Goodies | DVD | - | 14 April 1975 |
| 511 | 11/5/4/2043 | South Africa | DVD | - | 21 April 1975 |
| 512 | 11/5/4/2052 | Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms | DVD | VHS | 28 April 1975 |
| 513 | 11/5/4/2053 | The End | DVD | VHS | 5 May 1975 |
| 514 | Special | Goodies Rule – O.K.? | DVD | - | 21 December 1975 |
Series Six
BBC title "The Goodies: Series Five / Series V"
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | 11/5/6/2001 | Lips, or Almighty Cod | DVD | - | 21 September 1976 |
| 602 | 11/5/6/2002 | Hype Pressure | DVD | - | 28 September 1976 |
| 603 | 11/5/6/2005 | Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express | DVD | - | 5 October 1976 |
| 604 | 11/5/6/2006 | Black and White Beauty | DVD | - | 12 October 1976 |
| 605 | 11/5/6/2003 | It Might as Well Be String | DVD | - | 19 October 1976 |
| 606 | 11/5/6/2004 | 2001 & A Bit | DVD | - | 26 October 1976 |
| 607 | 11/5/6/2007 | The Goodies Almost Live | DVD | - | 2 November 1976 |
Series Seven
BBC title "The Goodies: Autumn 1977"
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | 01157/2001 | Alternative Roots | DVD | - | 1 November 1977 |
| 702 | 01157/2002 | Dodonuts | DVD | - | 8 November 1977 |
| 703 | 01157/2004 | Scoutrageous | DVD | VHS | 22 November 1977 |
| 704 | 01157/2005 | Punky Business | DVD | - | 29 November 1977 |
| 705 | 01157/2003 | Royal Command | DVD | - | 6 December 1977 |
| 706 | 01157/2006 | Earthanasia | DVD | VHS | 22 December 1977 |
Series Eight
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | 1158/9671 | Goodies and Politics | DVD | - | 14 January 1980 |
| 802 | 1158/9672 | Saturday Night Grease | DVD | VHS | 21 January 1980 |
| 803 | 1158/9673 | A Kick in the Arts | DVD | - | 28 January 1980 |
| 804 | 1158/9674 | U-Friend or UFO? | DVD | - | 4 February 1980 |
| 805 | 1158/9675 | Animals | DVD | - | 11 February 1980 |
| 806 | 1158/9676 | War Babies | DVD | - | 18 February 1980 |
Series Nine
| No. | Prod. | Episode titles | DVD releases | VHS pre-recorded releases | Original TV broadcast dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | 90329 | Snow White 2 | DVD | - | 27 December 1981 |
| 902 | 90327 | Robot | DVD | VHS | 9 January 1982 |
| 903 | 90325 | Football Crazy | DVD | VHS | 16 January 1982 |
| 904 | 90328 | Big Foot | DVD | VHS | 23 January 1982 |
| 905 | 90326 | Change of Life | DVD | VHS | 30 January 1982 |
| 906 | 90330 | Holiday | DVD | - | 6 February 1982 |
| 907 | 90331 | Animals Are People Too | DVD | - | 13 February 1982 |
VHS releases
1980s
"The Goodies (1982)" — Thorn EMI Video
"The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1983)" — BBC Enterprises Limited
"The Goodies (1986)" — Thorn EMI Video
1990s
"Look out! It's ... The Goodies: Kitten Kong (1994)" — BBC Enterprises Limited
"Look out! It's ... The Goodies: The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1994)" — BBC Enterprises Limited
2000s
"The Goodies ...At Last (2003)" — Network DVD
- Tower of London
- Gender Education
- Kitten Kong (72' Montreux)
- The Goodies and the Beanstalk
- Kung Fu Kapers
- Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
- Earthanasia
- Saturday Night Grease
"The Goodies ...At Last a Second Helping (2005)" — Network DVD
- Radio Goodies
- Come Dancing
- The Movies
- South Africa
- Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms
- The End
- Scoutrageous
- Punky Business
"The Goodies: The Complete LWT Series (2007)" — Network DVD
2010s
"The Goodies ...At Last - Back for More, Again (2010)" — Network DVD
- Cecily
- The Music Lovers
- The New Office
- The Goodies Rule - O.K.?
- Camelot
- 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)"[3] — Network DVD
Contains all 76 episodes of the series, plus extras from The Complete BBC Collection and The Complete LWT Series.
See also
- The Goodies discography
- The Goodies videography — the Goodies on DVD and VHS
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
- ↑ The Penguin TV Companion (2nd Edition) — Jeff Evans, Penguin Books Ltd., London, 2003
- ↑ https://www.goodiesruleok.com/articles.php?id=75
- ↑ "The Goodies [DVD]". Amazon UK. Network. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
External links
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