Widely regarded as Britain's favourite comedy trio, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie were `The Goodies', a series that ran from 1970 to 1982 and attracted 15 million viewers at the height of its popularity. The three friends from Cambridge University first gained notice with the late-1960s children's show `Broaden Your Mind', which led to the creation of `The Goodies', a programme whose premise was simple and quite broad: three blokes who offered themselves for hire, and were thus let loose to do `anything, anytime, anywhere'. What followed were episodes that featured all kinds of bizarre schemes, topical satire, slapstick comedy and the odd song, a mix that appealed to both children and adults.
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. The show was co-written by and starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (together known as "The Goodies"). Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series, while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Oddie and Michael Gibbs.