Robot (The Goodies) is doing the washing). Bill Oddie refers to Metal Mickey, a robot which originally appeared on the children's television show "Saturday Banana" hosted by Oddie. This episode has been released on both DVD and VHS. Robot (The Goodies) "Robot" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series "The Goodies". This episode is also known as "Automation". This episode was made by LWT for ITV. Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. Tim and Graeme are studying a readout of their end of year profits and expenses, and deduce that they must fire Bill in
Tim Brooke-Taylor the destruction of the series (by the tapes being wiped), by David Frost's Paradine Productions (which produced the series), and the sketch appears on the DVD of "At Last the 1948 Show". The "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch has also been performed during Amnesty concert performances (by members of Monty Python – occasionally including other comedians and actors in place of Monty Python regulars – notably Rowan Atkinson and Alan Rickman), as well as being performed during "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" and on other Monty Python shows. Footage of Tim Brooke-Taylor and John Cleese, from "At Last the 1948