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
Bob Oliver Rogers for the BBC: including "Late Night Extra" (presented on different occasions by Keith Fordyce, comedian Barry Cryer, John Dunn, and Brian Matthew), "Frank Muir Goes Into" (starring Frank Muir and Alfred Marks), the topical satire "Week Ending" (which looked at the funny side of the past week's news, starring David Jason, Bill Wallis and Chris Emmett), and "Beat the Record" (a phone-in quiz show presented by Don Davis). He also produced the final series of the long running sketch comedy "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" (starring John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie), the 1973-74