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, from 1970 until 1980. The final seven-episode series was made by LWT and shown on ITV 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)" — Thorn EMI Video
Football Crazy
Robot
Big Foot
Change of Life
"The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1983)" — BBC Enterprises Limited
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
"The Goodies (1986)" — Thorn EMI Video
Football Crazy
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 The Goodies and the Beanstalk The End Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms
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
Snow White 2
Robot
Football Crazy
Big Foot
Change of Life
Holiday
Animals
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)" — 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