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
Bristol Silents McGann, David Wyatt, David Robinson, Gunter A Buchwald, Kevin Brownlow, Richard Williams (animator), Michael Palin, Barry Cryer, Graham Rinaldi, Chris Serle and radio presenter Matthew Sweet. Ran from 27th - 30th Jan and guests included Rob Brydon, Shappi Khorsandi, Ian Lavender, Bill Oddie, Christopher Frayling, Richard Goleszowski, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paul McGann, Daiv Wyatt, Gunter A Buchwald, Kevin Brownlow, Richard Williams, Barry Cryer, Chris Serle, David Robinson and lecturer Alex Clayton. Ran from 26th - 29th Jan and guests included Griff Rhys Jones, Terry Jones, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ian Lavender, Bill Oddie, Christopher Frayling, Pierre Étaix, Tim Brooke-Taylor,