The Goodies (1970)

Genre

sitcom, comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

9 seasons, 75 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three men get into various surreal and silly situations. The show combines sketches with a sitcom format and features original songs.

quirkyplayfulabsurdlightheartedfast-pacedwhimsicalcomedicsilly

What happens

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 the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, 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 Franklin and Bob Spiers. An early title which was considered for the series was Narrow Your Mind (following on from Broaden Your Mind) and prior to that the working title was Super Chaps Three. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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