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The Goodies

The Goodies is a British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 until 1980 — and was then broadcast by the ITV company LWT for a year, between 1981 to 1982. The show was co-written by and starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series — while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Bill Oddie and Michael Gibbs. The 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 and prior to that the working title was Super Chaps Three.

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Cast

Name Character
Beryl Reid She was 51 , 77 years old when she died
Patrick Troughton He was 50 , 67 years old when he died
John Cleese He was 31 , now 85 years old
Freddie Jones He was 43 , 91 years old when he died
Kenny Baker He was 36 , 81 years old when he died
Bernard Bresslaw He was 36 , 59 years old when he died
Joan Sims She was 40 , 71 years old when she died
Tim Brooke-Taylor He was 30 , now 84 years old
George Baker He was 39 , 80 years old when he died
Barry Cryer He was 35 , now 89 years old
Patricia Hayes She was 60 , 88 years old when she died
Jon Pertwee He was 51 , 76 years old when he died
Richard Wattis He was 58 , 62 years old when he died
Roy Kinnear He was 36 , 54 years old when he died
John Bluthal He was 41 , 89 years old when he died
Ballard Berkeley He was 66 , 83 years old when he died
Valerie Leon She was 26 , now 81 years old
June Whitfield She was 44 , 93 years old when she died
Jack Douglas He was 29 , 8 years old when he died
Jane Asher She was 24 , now 78 years old
Paul Whitsun-Jones He was 47 , 50 years old when he died
Richard Briers He was 36 , 79 years old when he died
Mel Smith He was 17 , 60 years old when he died
Geoffrey Palmer He was 43 , now 97 years old
Bill Fraser He was 46 , 63 years old when he died
Alan Parker He was 26 , 76 years old when he died
Queenie Watts She was 47 , 56 years old when she died
Frank Windsor He was 43 , now 97 years old
Alfie Bass He was 54 , 71 years old when he died
Roddy Maude-Roxby He was 40 , now 94 years old
John Le Mesurier He was 58 , 71 years old when he died
David Rappaport He was 18 , 38 years old when he died
Oscar James He was 28 , now 82 years old
Liz Fraser She was 40 , 88 years old when she died
Mollie Sugden She was 48 , 86 years old when she died
Michael Aspel He was 37 , now 91 years old
Frank Thornton He was 49 , 92 years old when he died
Peter Jones He was 50 , 79 years old when he died
Allan Cuthbertson He was 50 , 67 years old when he died
Sheila Steafel She was 35 , 84 years old when she died
Bill Oddie He was 29 , now 83 years old
Bryan Pringle He was 35 , 67 years old when he died
Peter Dyneley He was 49 , 56 years old when he died
Philip Madoc He was 36 , 77 years old when he died
Harry H. Corbett He was 45 , 57 years old when he died
Percy Edwards He was 62 , 88 years old when he died
Penny Irving She was 14 , now 68 years old
Ronnie Stevens He was 45 , 81 years old when he died
Gertan Klauber He was 38 , 76 years old when he died
Cilla Black She was 27 , 72 years old when she died

Crew

Name Job title
Bob Spiers Directing He was 25 , 63 years old when he died Director
Tim Brooke-Taylor Writing He was 30 , now 84 years old Writer
Bill Oddie Writing He was 29 , now 83 years old Writer
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The Goodies (54 years)

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  • First Air Date: 1970-11-08
  • Runtime: [30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 133