List of The Goodies episodes
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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. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981-82.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| 1 | 7 | 8 November 1970 | 20 December 1970 | BBC2 | |
| 2 | 13 | 1 October 1971 | 14 January 1972 | ||
| Specials | 2 | 9 April 1972 | 24 September 1972 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 4 February 1973 | 12 July 1973 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 1 December 1973 | 12 January 1974 | ||
| 5 | 14 | 10 February 1975 | 21 December 1975 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 21 September 1976 | 2 November 1976 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 1 November 1977 | 22 December 1977 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 14 January 1980 | 18 February 1980 | ||
| 9 | 7 | 27 December 1981 | 13 February 1982 | ITV | |
Episodes
Series 1 (1970)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tower of London" "Beefeaters" / "The Tower of London" | 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" / "Music Master" / "The Stolen Musicians" | 29 October 1971 |
| 13 | 6 | "Culture for the Masses" "Art for Art's Sake" / "Antiques" / "Art Restoration" | 5 November 1971 |
| 14 | 7 | "Kitten Kong" | 12 November 1971 |
| 15 | 8 | "Come Dancing" "Wicked Waltzing" | 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 |
See also
- The Goodies discography
- The Goodies videography — the Goodies on DVD and VHS
- List of The Goodies guest stars
References
- "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
- ^ "The Penguin TV Companion" (2nd Edition) — Jeff Evans, Penguin Books Ltd., London, 2003
