The Goodies videography

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This is a listing of official video releases of the British comedy series The Goodies .

Contents

Series 1 – 8 (1970-80) were all made by the BBC, and initially broadcast on BBC2. Series 9 (1981-82) was made by LWT for ITV.

The Goodies episodes

DVD and pre-recorded VHS releases of episodes


Series One

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
10111/5/0/2521 Tower of London
DVD
VHS
8 November 1970
10211/5/0/2524 Snooze
DVD
-
15 November 1970
10311/5/0/2523 Give Police a Chance
DVD
-
22 November 1970
10411/5/0/2522 Caught in the Act
DVD
-
29 November 1970
10511/5/0/2526 The Greenies
DVD
-
6 December 1970
10611/5/0/2525 Cecily
DVD
-
13 December 1970
10711/5/0/2527 Radio Goodies
DVD
-
20 December 1970

Series Two

BBC title "The Goodies B"

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
20111/5/1/2151 Scotland
DVD
-
1 October 1971
20211/5/1/2152 Commonwealth Games
DVD
-
8 October 1971
20311/5/1/2154 Pollution
DVD
-
15 October 1971
20411/5/1/2153 The Lost Tribe
DVD
-
22 October 1971
20511/5/1/2155 The Music Lovers
DVD
-
29 October 1971
20611/5/1/2156 Culture for the Masses
DVD
-
5 November 1971
20711/5/1/2157 Kitten Kong
-
-
12 November 1971
20811/5/1/2158 Come Dancing
DVD
-
19 November 1971
20911/5/1/2159 Farm Fresh Food
DVD
-
10 December 1971
21011/5/1/2160 Women's Lib
DVD
-
17 December 1971
21111/5/1/2161 Gender Education
DVD
VHS
31 December 1971
21211/5/1/2162 Charity Bounce
DVD
-
7 January 1972
21311/5/1/2163 The Baddies
DVD
-
14 January 1972
214Special Kitten Kong ('72 Montreux)
DVD
VHS
9 April 1972
215Special A Collection of Goodies
(Special Tax Edition)


DVD
-
24 September 1972

Series Three

BBC title "The Goodies Series Three A"

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
30111/5/2/2271 The New Office
DVD
-
3 February 1973
30211/5/2/2272 Hunting Pink
DVD
-
10 February 1973
30311/5/2/2273 Winter Olympics
DVD
-
17 February 1973
30411/5/2/2274 That Old Black Magic
DVD
-
24 February 1973
30511/5/2/2275 For Those in Peril on the Sea
DVD
-
3 March 1973
30611/5/2/2276 Way Outward Bound
DVD
-
10 March 1973
30711/5/2/2277 Superstar
DVD
-
12 July 1973

Series Four

BBC title "The Goodies Series Three B"

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
40111/5/2/2280 Camelot
DVD
-
1 December 1973
40211/5/2/2281 Invasion of the Moon Creatures
DVD
-
8 December 1973
40311/5/2/2278 Hospital for Hire
DVD
-
15 December 1973
404Special The Goodies and the Beanstalk
DVD
VHS
22 December 1973
40511/5/2/2283 The Stone Age
DVD
-
29 December 1973
40611/5/2/2282 Goodies in the Nick
DVD
-
5 January 1974
40711/5/2/2279 The Race
DVD
-
12 January 1974

Series Five

BBC title "The Goodies 1974 / The Goodies Autumn 1974 (last six episodes)"

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
50111/5/4/2042 The Movies
DVD
-
10 February 1975
50211/5/4/2041 Clown Virus
DVD
-
17 February 1975
50311/5/4/2044 Chubbie Chumps
DVD
-
24 February 1975
50411/5/4/2045 Wacky Wales
DVD
-
3 March 1975
50511/5/4/2046 Frankenfido
DVD
-
10 March 1975
50611/5/4/2049 Scatty Safari
DVD
VHS
17 March 1975
50711/5/4/2048 Kung Fu Kapers
DVD
VHS
24 March 1975
50811/5/4/2047 Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
DVD
VHS
31 March 1975
50911/5/4/2050 Rome Antics
DVD
-
7 April 1975
51011/5/4/2051 Fleet Street Goodies
DVD
-
14 April 1975
51111/5/4/2043 South Africa
DVD
-
21 April 1975
51211/5/4/2052 Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms
DVD
VHS
28 April 1975
51311/5/4/2053 The End
DVD
VHS
5 May 1975
514Special Goodies Rule – O.K.?
DVD
-
21 December 1975

Series Six

BBC title "The Goodies: Series Five / Series V"

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
60111/5/6/2001 Lips, or Almighty Cod
DVD
-
21 September 1976
60211/5/6/2002 Hype Pressure
DVD
-
28 September 1976
60311/5/6/2005 Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express
DVD
-
5 October 1976
60411/5/6/2006 Black and White Beauty
DVD
-
12 October 1976
60511/5/6/2003 It Might as Well Be String
DVD
-
19 October 1976
60611/5/6/2004 2001 & A Bit
DVD
-
26 October 1976
60711/5/6/2007 The Goodies Almost Live
DVD
-
2 November 1976

Series Seven

BBC title "The Goodies: Autumn 1977"

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
70101157/2001 Alternative Roots
DVD
-
1 November 1977
70201157/2002 Dodonuts
DVD
-
8 November 1977
70301157/2004 Scoutrageous
DVD
VHS
22 November 1977
70401157/2005 Punky Business
DVD
-
29 November 1977
70501157/2003 Royal Command
DVD
-
6 December 1977
70601157/2006 Earthanasia
DVD
VHS
22 December 1977

Series Eight

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
8011158/9671 Goodies and Politics
DVD
-
14 January 1980
8021158/9672 Saturday Night Grease
DVD
VHS
21 January 1980
8031158/9673 A Kick in the Arts
DVD
-
28 January 1980
8041158/9674 U-Friend or UFO?
DVD
-
4 February 1980
8051158/9675 Animals
DVD
-
11 February 1980
8061158/9676 War Babies
DVD
-
18 February 1980

Series Nine

No.Prod.Episode titlesDVD
releases
VHS
pre-recorded
releases
Original TV
broadcast dates
90190329 Snow White 2
DVD
-
27 December 1981
90290327 Robot
DVD
VHS
9 January 1982
90390325 Football Crazy
DVD
VHS
16 January 1982
90490328 Big Foot
DVD
VHS
23 January 1982
90590326 Change of Life
DVD
VHS
30 January 1982
90690330 Holiday
DVD
-
6 February 1982
90790331 Animals Are People Too
DVD
-
13 February 1982

DVD releases in chronological order

The Goodies ...At Last

Australian title "The Goodies: 8 Delicious Episodes"

Tower of London
Gender Education
Kitten Kong (1972 Montreux)
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
Kung Fu Kapers
Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
Earthanasia
Saturday Night Grease

Bonus features include:

* commentaries on three episodes (Kitten Kong, Beanstalk, & Lighthouse)
* storyboards
* out-takes
* surviving Broaden Your Mind footage
* laughter-free track on Goodies and the Beanstalk
* a digital restoration featurette

The Goodies ...At Last a Second Helping

Australian title "The Goodies: a Tasty Second Helping"

Radio Goodies
Come Dancing
The Movies
South Africa
Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms
The End
Scoutrageous
Punky Business

Bonus features include:

* commentaries on three episodes (The Movies, South Africa, & The End)
* the Gymnasium sketch from A Collection of Goodies
* Crackerjack clip (of The Goodies singing “A Man’s Best Friend is His Duck”)
* Goodies Christmas Night with the Stars 1972 clip (aka The Goodies Travelling Instant Five-Minute Christmas)
* commemorative booklet
* restoration featurette
* The Goodies in Conversation featurette
* original script PDFs

The Goodies – Volumes 1 & 2

Australian title "The Goodies – The Tasty Box"

Tower of London
Gender Education
Kitten Kong (1972 Montreux)
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
Kung Fu Kapers
Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
Earthanasia
Saturday Night Grease
Radio Goodies
Come Dancing
The Movies
South Africa
Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms
The End
Scoutrageous
Punky Business

Bonus features include:

* commentaries on six episodes (Kitten Kong, The Goodies and the Beanstalk, Lighthouse Keeping Loonies, The Movies, South Africa, & The End)
* storyboards
* out-takes
* surviving Broaden Your Mind footage
* laughter-free track on Goodies and the Beanstalk
* digital restoration featurettes
* the Gymnasium sketch from A Collection of Goodies
* a Crackerjack clip (of The Goodies singing “A Man’s Best Friend is His Duck”)
* the Goodies Christmas Night with the Stars 1972 clip (aka The Goodies Traveling Instant Five-Minute Christmas)
* a commemorative booklet
* The Goodies in Conversation featurette
* original script PDFs

The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series

Australian Title "The Goodies – The Final Episodes"

Snow White 2
Robot
Football Crazy
Big Foot
Change of Life
Holiday
Animals Are People Too

Bonus features include:

* commentaries on two episodes (Change of Life and Holidays)
* various 1975 Goodies musical performances from Shangalang (Funky Gibbon and Black Pudding Bertha) and Look Alive (Nappy Love, Wild Thing, and Make a Daft Noise for Christmas)
* archive interviews from Sunday Sunday (1983) and This Morning (1993 and 1994), plus a 1978 interview with Tim & Graeme at the Cambridge Arts Theatre
* a complete episode of Doctor in the House. The episode is Doctor on the Box, written by Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie and including a cameo appearance from Graeme
* a complete episode of From the Top (entitled Growing Up...and Out), written by Bill Oddie & Laura Beaumont and starring Bill
* a 1981 clip of Tim judging a turkey competition
* original script PDFs
* a stills gallery
* a booklet written by Andrew Pixley

The Goodies ...At Last – Back for More, Again

Australian title "The Goodies ...At Last ...Back For More, Again!"

Cecily
The Music Lovers
The New Office
The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
Camelot
It Might As Well Be String
2001 & A Bit
Royal Command

Bonus features include:

* a booklet written by Andrew Pixley

The Goodies ...At Last (Repackaged)

Tower of London
Gender Education
Kitten Kong (1972 Montreux)
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
Kung Fu Kapers
Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
Earthanasia
Saturday Night Grease

Bonus features include:

* a booklet written by Andrew Pixley

The Goodies ...At Last a Second Helping (Repackaged)

Radio Goodies
Come Dancing
The Movies
South Africa
Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms
The End
Scoutrageous
Punky Business

Bonus features include:

* a booklet written by Andrew Pixley

The Goodies ...At Last the 40th Anniversary

Tower of London
Gender Education
Kitten Kong (1972 Montreux)
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
Kung Fu Kapers
Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
Earthanasia
Saturday Night Grease
Radio Goodies
Come Dancing
The Movies
South Africa
Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms
The End
Scoutrageous
Punky Business
Cecily
The Music Lovers
The New Office
The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
Camelot
It Might As Well Be String
2001 & A Bit
Royal Command
Snow White 2
Robot
Football Crazy
Big Foot
Change of Life
Holiday
Animals Are People Too

Bonus features include:

* commentaries on two episodes (Change of Life and Holidays)
* various 1975 Goodies musical performances from Shangalang (Funky Gibbon and Black Pudding Bertha) and Look Alive (Nappy Love, Wild Thing, and Make a Daft Noise for Christmas)
* archive interviews from Sunday Sunday (1983) and This Morning (1993 and 1994), plus a 1978 interview with Tim & Graeme at the Cambridge Arts Theatre
* a complete episode of Doctor in the House. The episode is Doctor on the Box, written by Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie and including a cameo appearance from Graeme
* a complete episode of From the Top (entitled Growing Up...and Out), written by Bill Oddie & Laura Beaumont and starring Bill
* a 1981 clip of Tim judging a turkey competition
* original script PDFs
* a stills gallery
* four booklets written by Andrew Pixley

The Complete BBC Collection

In 2018, a DVD box set was released which contained all the surviving BBC episodes of the show from 1970 to 1980, including specials. [1] The set was released on 24 September 2018. [2] [3] A Special Edition of the box set was also released, called 'A Binge Of Goodies' and included all the episodes of the BBC series as per the standard edition, plus two collectors books and an audio CD featuring original music from the series. The set had a limited run of 1000 units. [4]

VHS releases

1980s

"The Goodies (1982)" Thorn EMI Video

Football Crazy
Robot
Big Foot
Change of Life

"The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1983)" BBC Enterprises Limited

The Goodies and the Beanstalk

"The Goodies (1986)" Thorn EMI Video

Football Crazy
Change of Life

1990s

"Look out! It's ... The Goodies (1994)" BBC Enterprises Limited

Kitten Kong (72' Montreux)
Scatty Safari
Scoutrageous

"Look out! It's ... The Goodies (1994)" BBC Worldwide Ltd for release on ABC Video in Australia)

The Goodies and the Beanstalk
The End
Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms

"Look out! It's ... The Goodies (1999) [US Reissue]" BBC Enterprises Limited

Kitten Kong ('72 Montreux)
Scatty Safari
Scoutrageous

2000s

"The Goodies ...At Last (2003)" Network DVD

Tower of London
Gender Education
Kitten Kong (72' Montreux)
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
Kung Fu Kapers
Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
Earthanasia
Saturday Night Grease

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"Come Dancing" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. Written by the Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

"The End" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Goodies and Politics" is the first episode of the eighth series of the British television comedy series The Goodies. The 64th episode of the show overall, it was first broadcast at 8.10pm on BBC2.

"Earthanasia" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. It was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

"Change of Life" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Holiday" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

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References

  1. "Goodies (The): The Complete BBC Collection [PRE-ORDER]". Network On Air. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. "Goodies (The): A Binge of Goodies [LIMITED EDITION SET][SOLD OUT]". Network On Air. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  3. Guide, British Comedy. "The Goodies – Complete Collection DVD – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  4. "Goodies (The): A Binge of Goodies [LIMITED EDITION SET][SOLD OUT]". Network On Air. Retrieved 2018-08-16.