The Goodies (TV series) The Goodies (TV series) The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981-82. The show was co-written by and starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (together known as "The Goodies"). Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series, while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Oddie and Michael Gibbs. Directors/producers of the series were John Howard Davies, Jim
Tell the Truth (UK game show) Tell the Truth (UK game show) Tell the Truth was a panel game show based on the US version, "To Tell the Truth". It was originally aired on ITV and produced by ATV from 17 September 1957 to 6 September 1961. Hosted first by McDonald Hobley from 1957 to 1958, then by David Jacobs in 1959 and finally by Shaw Taylor in 1961, it was then aired on Channel 4. It was produced by LWT in association with Goodson-Todman Productions and Talbot Television from 17 April 1983 to 22 November 1985. During this time it was hosted by Graeme Garden