The Goodies. Image shows from L to R: Tim (Tim Brooke-Taylor), Bill (Bill Oddie), Graeme (Graeme Garden). Copyright: BBC
The Goodies

The Goodies

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two / ITV1
  • 1970 - 1982
  • 75 episodes (9 series)

The Goodies are three young men who will do any job, anytime, anywhere. Stars Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

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Bill Oddie's fury as BBC 'snubs' The Goodies again

Bill Oddie has attacked the BBC for not putting The Goodies on to the BBC Store.

Chortle, 13th November 2015

The Goodies - Series 5 from Worst to Best

Season five was where everything peaked for The Goodies. Now legitimate pop stars, they had a top five hit, The Funky Gibbon, while the season was on the air...

Anorak Zone, 11th August 2015

The Goodies - Series 4 from Worst to Best

The Goodies returned to the screen just five months after their last outing, with six episodes and a Christmas special making up season four.

Anorak Zone, 19th May 2015

The Goodies - Series 1 from Worst to Best

November 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of The Goodies, the long-running comedy series starring Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

Anorak Zone, 1st May 2015

The Goodies - Series 2 from Worst to Best

With encouraging support from the BBC, the return of The Goodies to television saw their fame increase...

Anorak Zone, 1st May 2015

The Goodies - Series 3 from Worst to Best

With season three of The Goodies, they had become household names. With a small sketch included in BBC1's 1972 Christmas Day broadcast of A Christmas Night With the Stars, they had been seen by almost 19 million people.

Anorak Zone, 1st May 2015

Man who died laughing at Goodies had Long QT syndrome

When Alex Mitchell collapsed and died while watching an episode of The Goodies in 1975, the manner of his demise passed into comedy legend.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 21st June 2012

Goodies pair 'thrilled' with OBEs

Goodies stars Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor said they were thrilled to be given OBEs in the Queen's Birthday Honours List - after spending years poking fun at the honours system.

Belfast Telegraph, 11th June 2011

Has the BBC got a grudge against the Goodies?

Given The Goodies' extraordinary success, presumably BBC TV is ­making a huge fuss about the show's 40th anniversary. A re-run of some of the best shows? A chance to see a whole series?
Er, not quite. BBC2 dusted off a five-year-old documentary. But apart from that, zilch. In fact, the Corporation has never shown repeats. All three Goodies are mighty peeved about it. So why are they being ignored?

Vincent Graff, Daily Mail, 22nd November 2010

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