List of The Goodies episodes
- For information about the group and the origins of the show, see The Goodies
This is a list of all 76 episodes from the comedy television series The Goodies.
- Series 1–8 — (1970–1980) — was made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2.
- Series 9 — (1981–1982) — was made by LWT for ITV
Alternative episode titles in bracketed italics. All episodes were written by members of the Goodies.
- For all information about DVD and pre-recorded VHS releases, plus information about the original air dates for all of the Goodies episodes, see The Goodies videography
| | (episode number of 76) | (original air date) | (original air date) | — and their alternative titles — | ||||
| | 1 – 7 Made by the BBC | | | "Tower of London" — ("Beefeaters" / "The Tower of London") "Snooze" "Give Police a Chance" — ("Love the Police" / "Police Public Image" / "Police Brutality") "Caught in the Act" — ("The Playgirl Club" / "Compromising Photos") "The Greenies" — ("Army Games") "Cecily" — ("Servants" / "Haunted House") "Radio Goodies" — ("Pirate Radio Station" / "Pirate Radio Goodies") | ||||
| | 8 – 20 Made by the BBC | | | "Scotland" — ("The Loch Ness Monster") "Commonwealth Games" — ("Sporting Goodies" / "Goodies of Sport") "Pollution" — ("The Ministry of Pollution") "The Lost Tribe" — ("The Lost Tribe of the Orinoco" / "Safari with Hazel Nuts") "The Music Lovers" — ("The Music Master" / "Music Master" / "The Stolen Musicians") "Culture for the Masses" — ("Art for Art's Sake" / "Antiques" / "Art Restoration") "Kitten Kong" (this episode is missing, later replaced by the special episode "Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition") "Come Dancing" — ("Wicked Waltzing") "Farm Fresh Food" — ("Health Farm" / "Uncle Tom's Farm") "Women's Lib" — ("Sexual Liberation" / "Free to Live") "Gender Education" — ("Sex and Violence") "Charity Bounce" — ("London to Brighton") "The Baddies" — ("The Nicest Person in the World" / "Double Trouble" / "Bad Copies") | ||||
21 Made by the BBC | | "Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition" | ||||||
22 Made by the BBC | | "'A Collection of Goodies' – Special Tax Edition" | ||||||
| | 23 – 29 Made by the BBC | | | "The New Office" — ("Monster Machines" / "Moving Day") "Hunting Pink" — ("Where There's a Will..." / "A Hunting We Will Go" / "Tally-Ho") "Winter Olympics" "That Old Black Magic" — ("Black Magic" / "Which Witch is Which?") "For Those in Peril on the Sea" — ("The Lost Island of Munga" / "A High-Sea Adventure") "Way Outward Bound" — ("Outward Bounds" / "Baby Army") "Superstar" - ("Rock Star") | ||||
| | 30 – 36 Made by the BBC | | | "Camelot" "Invasion of the Moon Creatures" — ("Big Bunny" / "On the Moon with Big Bunny") "Hospital for Hire" — ("The National Health Service" / "Doctors") "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" "The Stone Age" — ("Archaeologists" / "Tyrannosaurus Rex" / "Pot-Holing" / "Let's go Pot-Holing" / "Dinosaur") "Goodies in the Nick" — ("The Great Goodies Bank Robbery" / "Bank Robbery") "The Race" | ||||
| | 37 – 50 Made by the BBC | | | "The Movies" — ("The British Film Industry" / "The Black & White, Western, Epic Movie" / "BBC" / "The Choices of Film Creation") "Clown Virus" "Chubbie Chumps" — ("Radio 2" / "The Beauty Contest" / "Housewives" / "Radio Contest" / "Miss Housewife") "Wacky Wales" - ("Welsh Rugby") "Frankenfido" "Scatty Safari" — ("The Existence of Rolf Harris" / "Pied Piper Goodies versus the Rolf Harris Plague") "Kung Fu Kapers" — ("Ecky-Thump") "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies" — ("The Lighthouse Men" / "A Little Light Housekeeping" / "Lighthouse Loonies") "Rome Antics" "Fleet Street Goodies" — ("Cunning Stunts" / "The 'Goodies Clarion' Newspaper") "South Africa" — ("Apartheight" / "A South African Adventure") "Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms" — ("Cream cave" / "Cream Rush Fever") "The End" — ("Encased in Concrete" / "Concrete on the Outside" / "Entombed") "The Goodies Rule – O.K.?" | ||||
| | 51 – 57 Made by the BBC | | | "Lips, or Almighty Cod" - ("Cod") "Hype Pressure" — ("The Rock and Roll Revival") "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express" "Black and White Beauty" "It Might as Well Be String" "2001 & A Bit" — ("The Future of the Goodies") "The Goodies – Almost Live" — ("The Goodies in Concert") | ||||
| | 58 – 63 Made by the BBC | | | "Alternative Roots" — ("The Goodies Find Their Roots" / "Hoots, Toots and Froots") "Dodonuts" "Scoutrageous" — ("Scouting Adventures" / "Boy Scouts") "Punky Business" — ("Punkerella" / "Rock Goodies") "Royal Command" — ("Royal Command Performance") "Earthanasia" — ("The End of the World Show" / "The End of the World") | ||||
| | 64 – 69 Made by the BBC | | | "Goodies and Politics" — ("Politics" / "Timita") "Saturday Night Grease" - ("Discotheque") "A Kick in the Arts" — ("Summer Olympics") "U-Friend or UFO?" - ("Close Encounters") "Animals" — ("Animal Liberation" / "Animal Lib" / "Watership Down") "War Babies" - ("World War 2") | ||||
| | 70 – 76 Made by LWT for ITV | | | "Snow White 2" — ("Pantomime" / "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs") "Robot" — ("Automation") "Football Crazy" "Big Foot" — ("Bigfoot" / "In Search of Bigfoot" / "Arthur C. Clarke" / "In Search of Arthur C. Clarke") "Change of Life" - ("Bill's 75th Birthday") "Holiday" — ("Holidays" / "The Holiday" / "Holiday in Dunsquabbling") "Animals Are People Too" — ("Pets" / "Tim's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to People") |
Only five episodes have on-screen titles, all specials – "Kitten Kong" (Montreux edition), "Superstar", "The Goodies and the Beanstalk", "The Goodies Rule – O.K.?" and "The Goodies – Almost Live".
See also
- The Goodies
- The Goodies (TV series)
- List of The Goodies guest stars
- The Goodies discography
- The Goodies videography — the Goodies on DVD and VHS
References
- "The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000
- "The Goodies Rule OK" — Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006
- "From Fringe to Flying Circus — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980'" — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980
- "The Goodies Episode Summaries" — Brett Allender
- "The Goodies — Fact File" — Matthew K. Sharp
External links
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