Tim Brooke-Taylor joining the series for the second season). Describing itself as "An Encyclopedia of the Air", this series was a string of comedy sketches (often lifted from "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again"), linked (loosely) by a weekly running theme. Unfortunately, nothing but a few minutes of film inserts exist for this programme, though home-made off-air audio recordings survive for both seasons. The success of "Broaden Your Mind" led to the commissioning of "The Goodies", also with Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. First transmitted on BBC2 in November 1970, "The Goodies" was a huge television success, running for over a decade
Twice a Fortnight Twice a Fortnight Twice a Fortnight is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jonathan Lynn and Tony Buffery. Graeme Garden suggested to the director, Tony Palmer, that Michael Palin and Terry Jones be included in the cast and writers of the show. As in the case of the radio comedy programme "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", and the television comedy programmes "At Last the 1948 Show", "Do Not Adjust Your Set" and "Broaden Your Mind", "Twice a Fortnight" was an excellent training ground, in both writing and acting, for