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List of The Goodies episodes

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Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ16820517 ↗
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The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s, starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 until 1980. The final seven-episode series was made by LWT and shown on ITV in 1981–1982.

During the course of the programme, 76 episodes of The Goodies aired, including two specials over nine series.

Since the deaths of Tim Brooke-Taylor on 12 April 2020 and Bill Oddie on 25 July 2026, Graeme Garden is the only surviving member of the trio.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (1970)

Series 2 (1971–72)

Specials (1972)

Series 3 (1973)

Series 4 (1973–74)

Series 5 (1975)

Series 6 (1976)

Series 7 (1977)

Series 8 (1980)

Series 9 (1981–82)

The Goodies episodes in DVD format

DVD and pre-recorded VHS releases of episodes

Series One

Series Two

BBC title "The Goodies B"

Series Three

BBC title "The Goodies Series Three A"

Series Four

BBC title "The Goodies Series Three B"

Series Five

BBC title "The Goodies 1974 / The Goodies Autumn 1974 (last six episodes)"

Series Six

BBC title "The Goodies: Series Five / Series V"

Series Seven

BBC title "The Goodies: Autumn 1977"

Series Eight

Series Nine

Video and DVD releases

1980s

"The Goodies (1982)" — Thorn EMI Video

Football Crazy

Robot

Big Foot

Change of Life

"The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1983)" — BBC Enterprises Limited

The Goodies and the Beanstalk

"The Goodies (1986)" — Thorn EMI Video

Football Crazy

Change of Life

1990s

"Look out! It's ... The Goodies: Kitten Kong (1994)" — BBC Enterprises Limited

Kitten Kong (72' Montreux)

Scatty Safari

Scoutrageous

"Look out! It's ... The Goodies: The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1994)" — BBC Enterprises Limited

The Goodies and the Beanstalk

The End

Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms

2000s

"The Goodies ...At Last (2003)" — Network DVD

Tower of London

Gender Education

Kitten Kong (72' Montreux)

The Goodies and the Beanstalk

Kung Fu Kapers

Lighthouse Keeping Loonies

Earthanasia

Saturday Night Grease

"The Goodies ...At Last a Second Helping (2005)" — Network DVD

Radio Goodies

Come Dancing

The Movies

South Africa

Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms

The End

Scoutrageous

Punky Business

"The Goodies: The Complete LWT Series (2007)" — Network DVD

Snow White 2

Robot

Football Crazy

Big Foot

Change of Life

Holiday

Animals

2010s

"The Goodies ...At Last - Back for More, Again (2010)" — Network DVD

Cecily

The Music Lovers

The New Office

The Goodies Rule - O.K.?

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