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
Tim Brooke-Taylor the name of Brooke-Taylor's wife. In 1968–69, Brooke-Taylor was also a cast member and writer on the television comedy series "Marty" starring Marty Feldman, with John Junkin and Roland MacLeod. A compilation of the two series of "Marty" has been released on a BBC DVD with the title of "The Best of Marty Feldman". During this period Brooke-Taylor appeared as two characters in the film "One Man Band" directed by Orson Welles, however the project was never completed and remains unreleased. At around the same time, Brooke-Taylor made two series of "Broaden Your Mind" with Graeme Garden (and Bill Oddie