List of The Goodies episodes

The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1,^[1] from 1970 until 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981-82.

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

Series overview[]

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	7	8 November 1970 (1970-11-08)	20 December 1970 (1970-12-20)	BBC2
	2	13	1 October 1971 (1971-10-01)	14 January 1972 (1972-01-14)
	Specials	2	9 April 1972 (1972-04-09)	24 September 1972 (1972-09-24)
	3	7	4 February 1973 (1973-02-04)	12 July 1973 (1973-07-12)
	4	7	1 December 1973 (1973-12-01)	12 January 1974 (1974-01-12)
	5	14	10 February 1975 (1975-02-10)	21 December 1975 (1975-12-21)
	6	7	21 September 1976 (1976-09-21)	2 November 1976 (1976-11-02)
	7	6	1 November 1977 (1977-11-01)	22 December 1977 (1977-12-22)
	8	6	14 January 1980 (1980-01-14)	18 February 1980 (1980-02-18)
	9	7	27 December 1981 (1981-12-27)	13 February 1982 (1982-02-13)	ITV

Episodes[]

Series 1 (1970)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Tower of London" "Beefeaters" / "The Tower of London"	8 November 1970 (1970-11-08)
2	2	"Snooze"	15 November 1970 (1970-11-15)
3	3	"Give Police a Chance" "Love the Police" / "Police Public Image" / "Police Brutality"	22 November 1970 (1970-11-22)
4	4	"Caught in the Act" "The Playgirl Club" / "Compromising Photos"	29 November 1970 (1970-11-29)
5	5	"The Greenies" "Army Games"	6 December 1970 (1970-12-06)
6	6	"Cecily" "Servants" / "Haunted House"	13 December 1970 (1970-12-13)
7	7	"Radio Goodies" "Pirate Radio Station" / "Pirate Radio Goodies"	20 December 1970 (1970-12-20)

Series 2 (1971–72)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
8	1	"Scotland" "The Loch Ness Monster"	1 October 1971 (1971-10-01)
9	2	"Commonwealth Games" "Sporting Goodies" / "Goodies of Sport"	8 October 1971 (1971-10-08)
10	3	"Pollution" "The Ministry of Pollution"	15 October 1971 (1971-10-15)
11	4	"The Lost Tribe" "The Lost Tribe of the Orinoco" / "Safari with Hazel Nuts"	22 October 1971 (1971-10-22)
12	5	"The Music Lovers" "The Music Master" / "Music Master" / "The Stolen Musicians"	29 October 1971 (1971-10-29)
13	6	"Culture for the Masses" "Art for Art's Sake" / "Antiques" / "Art Restoration"	5 November 1971 (1971-11-05)
14	7	"Kitten Kong"	12 November 1971 (1971-11-12)
15	8	"Come Dancing" "Wicked Waltzing"	19 November 1971 (1971-11-19)
16	9	"Farm Fresh Food" "Health Farm" / "Uncle Tom's Farm"	10 December 1971 (1971-12-10)
17	10	"Women's Lib" "Sexual Liberation" / "Free to Live"	17 December 1971 (1971-12-17)
18	11	"Gender Education" "Sex and Violence"	31 December 1971 (1971-12-31)
19	12	"Charity Bounce" "London to Brighton"	7 January 1972 (1972-01-07)
20	13	"The Baddies" "The Nicest Person in the World" / "Double Trouble" / "Bad Copies"	14 January 1972 (1972-01-14)

Specials (1972)[]

No. overall	No. special	Title	Original air date
21	1	"Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition"	9 April 1972 (1972-04-09)
22	2	"'A Collection of Goodies' – Special Tax Edition"	24 September 1972 (1972-09-24)

Series 3 (1973)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
23	1	"The New Office" "Monster Machines" / "Moving Day"	4 February 1973 (1973-02-04)
24	2	"Hunting Pink" "Where There's a Will..." / "A Hunting We Will Go" / "Tally-Ho"	11 February 1973 (1973-02-11)
25	3	"Winter Olympics"	18 February 1973 (1973-02-18)
26	4	"That Old Black Magic" "Black Magic" / "Which Witch is Which?"	25 February 1973 (1973-02-25)
27	5	"For Those in Peril on the Sea" "The Lost Island of Munga" / "A High-Sea Adventure"	4 March 1973 (1973-03-04)
28	6	"Way Outward Bound" "Outward Bounds" / "Baby Army"	11 March 1973 (1973-03-11)
29	7	"Superstar" "Rock Star"	12 July 1973 (1973-07-12)

Series 4 (1973–74)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
30	1	"Camelot"	1 December 1973 (1973-12-01)
31	2	"Invasion of the Moon Creatures" "Big Bunny" / "On the Moon with Big Bunny"	8 December 1973 (1973-12-08)
32	3	"Hospital for Hire" "The National Health Service" / "Doctors"	15 December 1973 (1973-12-15)
33	4	"The Goodies and the Beanstalk"	24 December 1973 (1973-12-24)
34	5	"The Stone Age" "Archaeologists" / "Tyrannosaurus Rex" / "Pot-Holing" / "Let's go Pot-Holing" / "Dinosaur"	29 December 1973 (1973-12-29)
35	6	"Goodies in the Nick" "The Great Goodies Bank Robbery" / "Bank Robbery"	5 January 1974 (1974-01-05)
36	7	"The Race"	12 January 1974 (1974-01-12)

Series 5 (1975)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
37	1	"The Movies" "The British Film Industry" / "The Black & White, Western, Epic Movie" / "BBC" / "The Choices of Film Creation"	10 February 1975 (1975-02-10)
38	2	"Clown Virus"	17 February 1975 (1975-02-17)
39	3	"Chubbie Chumps" "Radio 2" / "The Beauty Contest" / "Housewives" / "Radio Contest" / "Miss Housewife"	24 February 1975 (1975-02-24)
40	4	"Wacky Wales" "Welsh Rugby"	3 March 1975 (1975-03-03)
41	5	"Frankenfido"	10 March 1975 (1975-03-10)
42	6	"Scatty Safari" "The Existence of Rolf Harris" / "Pied Piper Goodies versus the Rolf Harris Plague"	17 March 1975 (1975-03-17)
43	7	"Kung Fu Kapers" "Ecky-Thump"	24 March 1975 (1975-03-24)
44	8	"Lighthouse Keeping Loonies" "The Lighthouse Men" / "A Little Light Housekeeping" / "Lighthouse Loonies"	31 March 1975 (1975-03-31)
45	9	"Rome Antics"	7 April 1975 (1975-04-07)
46	10	"Fleet Street Goodies" "Cunning Stunts" / "The 'Goodies Clarion' Newspaper"	14 April 1975 (1975-04-14)
47	11	"South Africa" "Apartheight" / "A South African Adventure"	21 April 1975 (1975-04-21)
48	12	"Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms" "Cream Cave" / "Cream Rush Fever"	28 April 1975 (1975-04-28)
49	13	"The End" "Encased in Concrete" / "Concrete on the Outside" / "Entombed"	5 May 1975 (1975-05-05)
50	14	"The Goodies Rule – O.K.?"	21 December 1975 (1975-12-21)

Series 6 (1976)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
51	1	"Lips, or Almighty Cod" "Cod"	21 September 1976 (1976-09-21)
52	2	"Hype Pressure" "The Rock and Roll Revival"	28 September 1976 (1976-09-28)
53	3	"Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express"	5 October 1976 (1976-10-05)
54	4	"Black and White Beauty"	12 October 1976 (1976-10-12)
55	5	"It Might as Well Be String"	19 October 1976 (1976-10-19)
56	6	"2001 & A Bit" "The Future of the Goodies"	26 October 1976 (1976-10-26)
57	7	"The Goodies – Almost Live" "The Goodies in Concert"	2 November 1976 (1976-11-02)

Series 7 (1977)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
58	1	"Alternative Roots" "The Goodies Find Their Roots" / "Hoots, Toots and Froots"	1 November 1977 (1977-11-01)
59	2	"Dodonuts"	8 November 1977 (1977-11-08)
60	3	"Scoutrageous" "Scouting Adventures" / "Boy Scouts"	22 November 1977 (1977-11-22)
61	4	"Punky Business" "Punkerella" / "Rock Goodies"	29 November 1977 (1977-11-29)
62	5	"Royal Command" "Royal Command Performance"	6 December 1977 (1977-12-06)
63	6	"Earthanasia" "The End of the World Show" / "The End of the World"	22 December 1977 (1977-12-22)

Series 8 (1980)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
64	1	"Goodies and Politics" "Politics" / "Timita"	14 January 1980 (1980-01-14)
65	2	"Saturday Night Grease" "Discotheque"	21 January 1980 (1980-01-21)
66	3	"A Kick in the Arts" "Summer Olympics"	28 January 1980 (1980-01-28)
67	4	"U-Friend or UFO?" "Close Encounters"	4 February 1980 (1980-02-04)
68	5	"Animals" "Animal Liberation" / "Animal Lib" / "Watership Down"	11 February 1980 (1980-02-11)
69	6	"War Babies" "World War 2"	18 February 1980 (1980-02-18)

Series 9 (1981–82)[]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date
70	1	"Snow White 2" "Pantomime" / "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"	27 December 1981 (1981-12-27)
71	2	"Robot" "Automation"	9 January 1982 (1982-01-09)
72	3	"Football Crazy"	16 January 1982 (1982-01-16)
73	4	"Big Foot" "Bigfoot" / "In Search of Bigfoot" / "Arthur C. Clarke" / "In Search of Arthur C. Clarke"	23 January 1982 (1982-01-23)
74	5	"Change of Life" "Bill's 75th Birthday"	30 January 1982 (1982-01-30)
75	6	"Holiday" "Holidays" / "The Holiday" / "Holiday in Dunsquabbling"	6 February 1982 (1982-02-06)
76	7	"Animals Are People Too" "Pets" / "Tim's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to People"	13 February 1982 (1982-02-13)

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

^ "The Penguin TV Companion" (2nd Edition) — Jeff Evans, Penguin Books Ltd., London, 2003

External links[]

BBC page - information about Goodies episodes

[1] "The Penguin TV Companion" (2nd Edition) — Jeff Evans, Penguin Books Ltd., London, 2003

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v t The Goodies episodes
Series 1	"Tower of London" "Snooze" "Give Police a Chance" "Caught in the Act" "The Greenies" "Cecily" "Radio Goodies"
Series 2	"Scotland" "Commonwealth Games" "Pollution" "The Lost Tribe" "The Music Lovers" "Culture for the Masses" "Kitten Kong" "Come Dancing" "Farm Fresh Food" "Women's Lib" "Gender Education" "Charity Bounce" "The Baddies"
Specials	"Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition" "A Collection of Goodies – Special Tax Edition"
Series 3	"The New Office" "Hunting Pink" "Winter Olympics" "That Old Black Magic" "For Those in Peril on the Sea" "Way Outward Bound" "Superstar"
Series 4	"Camelot" "Invasion of the Moon Creatures" "Hospital for Hire" "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" "The Stone Age" "Goodies in the Nick" "The Race"
Series 5	"The Movies" "Clown Virus" "Chubbie Chumps" "Wacky Wales" "Frankenfido" "Scatty Safari" "Kung Fu Kapers" "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies" "Rome Antics" "Fleet Street Goodies" "South Africa" "Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms" "The End" "The Goodies Rule – O.K.?"
Series 6	"Lips, or Almighty Cod" "Hype Pressure" "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express" "Black and White Beauty" "It Might as Well Be String" "2001 & A Bit" "The Goodies – Almost Live"
Series 7	"Alternative Roots" "Dodonuts" "Scoutrageous" "Punky Business" "Royal Command" "Earthanasia"
Series 8	"Goodies and Politics" "Saturday Night Grease" "A Kick in the Arts" "U-Friend or UFO?" "Animals" "War Babies"
Series 9	"Snow White 2" "Robot" "Football Crazy" "Big Foot" "Change of Life" "Holiday" "Animals Are People Too"