Broaden Your Mind Broaden Your Mind Broaden Your Mind (1968–1969) was a British television comedy series starring Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, joined by Bill Oddie for the second series. Guest cast members included Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Jo Kendall, Roland MacLeod and Nicholas McArdle. It was one of BBC2's earliest programmes to be completely broadcast in colour, which had been introduced by the network a year earlier. Directed by Jim Franklin, the series was a precursor to the television comedy series "The Goodies" (of which early titles under consideration included ""Narrow Your Mind""). Writers for the series included Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden,
Graeme Garden it was time to repeat them ten, fifteen years ago." In 2004, Garden and Brooke-Taylor were co-presenters 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. It was notable for its use of a "laugh track" instead of a studio audience. Garden has hosted the quiz game "Tell the Truth" and presented a series of history programmes, "A Sense of the Past" for Yorkshire Television. Garden writes and directs for the corporate video company Video Arts, famous for its training films starring John Cleese. Garden