Tag: The Goodies

The Goodies: Pods and Monsters

The Goodies: Pods and Monsters

by Kenton Hall (Chinbeard Books, 2023)

Book cover: “The Goodies: Pods and Monsters” by Kenton Hall (Chinbeard Books, 2023)

The second novella in Chinbeard’s Target-styled Goodies range, featuring nostalgic cover art and the first slightly unfortunate example of what no doubt will become intentional font-ambiguity jokes. The humour within is off-the-cuff and heavily pun-based, aimed squarely at those in the know.

The Goodies Ep. 1: The Big Ben Theory

The Goodies Ep. 1: The Big Ben Theory

by Gareth Gwynn & John-Luke Roberts; dir. Dirk Maggs (Audible, 10 October 2019)

Goodies 01 - Big Ben Theory

The Goodies are dusted off in audio form to tackle some of today’s social and political crises. Though occasionally breaking the fourth wall into ISIHAC territory, the script is largely faithful in reproducing that zany spirit of old. Guest villain: Joanna Lumley.

 

 

One Flew into the Cuckoo’s Egg

One Flew into the Cuckoo’s Egg

by Bill Oddie (Hodder & Stoughton, 2008)

Oddie_One Flew Into the Cuckoo's Egg

Bill Oddie’s autobiography largely omits both birdwatching and The Goodies, preferring instead Oddie’s rather bleak childhood and pre-celebrity years (an engaging reminiscence by someone who’s come to terms with his demons), then his post-celebrity battles with depression (detailed honestly and without self-pity).

 

The Seventh Man

The Seventh Man: My Part in the Defection Scandal

by Geoffrey T. Alsop, as told to Graeme Garden (Eyre Methuen, 1981)

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Judging from this clever satire on official deniability, in which a senior MI6 operative misinterprets and overlooks at every hapless turn (and even unwittingly participates in) the now-infamous defection of British diplomats Burgess and Maclean, Graeme Garden should have written more novels.

 

The Goodies, Series 1

The Goodies, Series 1

by Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie (with Tim Brooke-Taylor) (BBC 1970)

Goodies_Season 1

In 1970 comedy trio the Goodies arrived under their own names, riding a trandem bicycle and pioneering a freeform sitcom where they claimed to do anything, anytime. Exuberant, irreverent, chaotic: Tim, Bill and Graeme soon found themselves (to quote their song) needed.

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