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Return Of The Goodies
Return Of The Goodies

Return Of The Goodies

  • TV factual
  • BBC Two
  • 2005
  • 1 episode

Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden relive some of their finest moments. Also features Ronni Ancona, Stanley Baxter, Tony Blackburn, John Cleese, Jon Culshaw and more.

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Key details

Genre
Factual
Broadcast
2005
Channel
BBC Two
Episodes
1
Features
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Ronni Ancona, Stanley Baxter, Tony Blackburn, John Cleese, Jon Culshaw and more
Directors
Pati Marr
Producers
Neil Mossey, Cybele Rowbottom, Stephen McGinn, Andrew O'Connor and Dominic Vallely
Company

They're back, after 25 years. But did they ever really go away?

In this special blend of documentary, archive, sitcom and audience participation, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie break into their old office to present a show which explores their giddy rise to fame in the 70s, the influence they and their programmes had on the nation, and attempt to explain why The Goodies haven't been on TV for so long.

They present the stories behind their finest moments and unearth some things which will be as much a surprise for them as they are for viewers, such as the story behind the Mary Whitehouse saga, and they also try to find out what happened to their three-seater bicycle.

Contributors and fans appearing on the show include Rolf Harris, Huw Edwards, Martin Freeman, Ronni Ancona, Tony Blackburn, Jon Culshaw, Mark Gatiss, Emma Kennedy and Phill Jupitus.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 30th December 2005 at 9pm on BBC Two
Episode length
90 minutes
All previous repeats
  • Saturday 13th November 2010 at 8:00pm on BBC2

Recording details

  • The London Studios

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