Graeme Garden in, a six-part science fiction sitcom called "Astronauts" for Central which was shown on ITV. The show was set in an international space station in the near future. Garden was the voice of the title character in "Bananaman" (1983), in addition to General Blight and Maurice of the Heavy Mob in the children's animated television comedy series, which also featured the rest of the Goodies team. The series parodied comic book super-heroes. Later, Garden wrote for the sitcom "Surgical Spirit" (1994). Graeme Garden has also presented three series of the BBC's health magazine "Bodymatters". Garden appeared in the political sitcom
Bananaman he was now called Eric Twinge, had a distinctive banana-shaped hairstyle rather than punk stubble, and had a love interest (only when transformed) in the form of Fiona, a newsreader based on Selina Scott and also a possible homage to Lois Lane. Graeme Garden (incorrectly credited as "Greame" Garden on some episodes) voiced the characters of Bananaman, General Blight and Maurice of The Heavy Mob, Bill Oddie voiced the characters of Crow, Chief O'Reilly, Doctor Gloom and the Weatherman, and Tim Brooke-Taylor voiced the characters of Eric, King Zorg of the Nerks, Eddie the Gent, Auntie, and Appleman, as well