The Goodies of Channel 4's daytime game show "Beat the Nation", in which they indulged in usual game show "banter", but took the quiz itself seriously. Oddie hosts a very successful series of nature programmes for the BBC. The trio reunited in Australia for "The Goodies (Still A) Live on Stage" as part of Sydney's Big Laugh Comedy Festival in March 2005. The show toured the country, visiting Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra and selling out most of the 13 performances. A further Australian tour by the Goodies, sans Bill, took place during November and December 2005. Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden took
The Goodies (TV series) contemporary UK "alternative" comedy hit, "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Whilst this comparison irritated them, Oddie, Garden and Brooke-Taylor were old university friends of the "Monty Python" cast. They had worked together on several projects, including the Cambridge University's Footlights Club revues, the radio show "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", and television shows such as "Broaden Your Mind", "Twice a Fortnight", and a number of the Amnesty International benefit shows. "At Last the 1948 Show" was another show with multiple connections to the Pythons; it included the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, co-written and performed by Brooke-Taylor with John Cleese, Graham Chapman