TV series
The Goodies
Overview
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
Details
- First air date
- 1970-11-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 9 seasons
- Episodes
- 75 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC Two
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Graeme Garden
- Bill Oddie
- Corbet Woodall as Newsreader
- Patrick Moore
- Michael Aspel
- Michael Barratt as Newsreader
- Barry Cryer as voice only
- Joan Sims as Delia Capone
- Roy Kinnear as Professor Nuts
- Tommy Godfrey as The First Judge
- Norman Mitchell as The town cryer
Creators and crew
- Bill Oddie - Creator
- Tim Brooke-Taylor - Creator
- Graeme Garden - Creator
- Jim Franklin - Producer
- Jim Franklin - Director
- Bob Spiers - Director
Seasons
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