Episode 1
Lips, or Almighty Cod
30m
Cod have become so scarce that there is nothing to make fish fingers from.
Episode credits
Directed by Jim FranklinWritten by Graeme Garden, Bill OddieGuest stars Barry Cryer
TV series
The Goodies
19709 seasons7.6 / 10
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Goodies premiered November 8, 1970. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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Episode 2
Hype Pressure
30m
Tim invites Bill and Graeme to perform on the talent show he presents.
Episode credits
Directed by Jim FranklinWritten by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
Episode 3
Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express
30m
Goodies Holidays is creating an exciting mystery tour aboard the Orient Express for the Detectives Club, but things go astray when the train is hijacked and taken to the Le Boring Contest.
Episode credits
Written by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
Episode 4
Black and White Beauty
30m
Graeme has established a rest home for clapped-out old animals and is sent a pantomime horse, which Tim trains before it is callously stolen by Bill to enter in the Grand National.
Episode credits
Written by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
Episode 5
It Might as Well be String
30m
A series of too honest ads sees revenue for the Goodies' advertising agency plummet, until Tim discovers the joys of string, and Bill and Graeme set about ripping him off.
Episode credits
Directed by Jim FranklinWritten by Graeme Garden, Bill OddieGuest stars Raymond Baxter, Valerie Leon
Episode 6
2001 and a Bit
30m
The futuristic sons of the Goodies have become bored with the extremely violent forms of modern entertainment and seek to revive something truly civilised from their fathers' era - cricket.
Episode credits
Directed by Jim FranklinWritten by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
Episode 7
The Goodies - Almost Live
30m
A concert featuring many of The Goodies' best known songs, including Cactus in my Y-Fronts, Funky Gibbon, Black Pudding Bertha, Bounce, Last Chance Dance and Wild Thing.
Episode credits
Written by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
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Cast
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie
Michael AspelCorbet WoodallNewsreader
Cilla BlackJulian Orchard
Ann Way
Credits
- Created by
- Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden
- Written by
- Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 75
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
Themes
anarchic comedysatiresketch comedysurreal