Bill Oddie and performer in the comedy series "Twice a Fortnight" with Graeme Garden, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Jonathan Lynn. Later, he was co-writer and performer in the comedy series "Broaden Your Mind" with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, for which Oddie became a cast member for the second series. Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden then co-wrote and appeared in their television comedy series "The Goodies". The Goodies also released records, including "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me"/"The In-Betweenies", "Funky Gibbon", and "Black Pudding Bertha", which were hit singles in 1974–75. They reformed, briefly, in 2005, for a successful 13-date tour of
Bristol Silents McGann, David Wyatt, David Robinson, Gunter A Buchwald, Kevin Brownlow, Richard Williams (animator), Michael Palin, Barry Cryer, Graham Rinaldi, Chris Serle and radio presenter Matthew Sweet. Ran from 27th - 30th Jan and guests included Rob Brydon, Shappi Khorsandi, Ian Lavender, Bill Oddie, Christopher Frayling, Richard Goleszowski, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paul McGann, Daiv Wyatt, Gunter A Buchwald, Kevin Brownlow, Richard Williams, Barry Cryer, Chris Serle, David Robinson and lecturer Alex Clayton. Ran from 26th - 29th Jan and guests included Griff Rhys Jones, Terry Jones, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ian Lavender, Bill Oddie, Christopher Frayling, Pierre Étaix, Tim Brooke-Taylor,