Regarding the Daily Telegraph insert, there is an add for both the DVD already released plus the new DVD due to be released March 3rd. 

The foreword to the liftout in the newspaper is about The Goodies; it is titled "the da vinci cod" and was written by Graeme Garden.  The liftout also has a brief interview with the group which mentions the Goodies Rule-OK! website.  Unfortunately neither piece is online but John has typed them up for us - see below.

Finally, the liftout indicates that Radio Station 702 ABC will have a live broadcast to open the big Laugh Comedy festival from The Riverside Theatre on 2 March 2005 from 3.00 pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time). To quote the liftout "Guests include festival stars and special guests The Goodies." The piece indicates the host of this shift on ABC Radio, Richard Glover is a "total Goodies fan".  At this point we don't know the time at which Tim, Graeme and Bill will be on the air. The radio station's website can be accessed via http://abc.net.au/radio/ and it is Radio Station 702 in Sydney.

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Forward by Graeme and the Goodies interview from the Daily Telegraph insert.  The text is exactly as it appears in both articles, including the spelling.
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Forward by The Goodies

The da vinci cod

Surely nobody can fail to remain umoved by this stirring tale of the adventures of young Leonardo and his pet fish. Florence during the Renaissance was a dangerous place for edible seafood, and for one daring young cod it meant an endless sucession of narrow scrapes, as he fled from his pursuer, the sinister Cardinal Birdseye and his cohorts of the Friery of Sion. Desperately searching for the Holy Gill, helped by brilliant inventor and painter Leonardo and his stunning girlfriend "Mo" Nalisa, "Fingers" the resourceful cod escapes time and again from his enemy’s clutches, on one occasion making his unbelievable getaway from the Vatican by helicopter. This book is a must for book-lovers of all ages, from 10 to five past.



Tim B-P

(Hope this will do. Bill says he reckons it will be OK, as it worked last time. Just to be on the safe side, I’ve signed Tim’s name to it. Cheers! Graeme.)



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WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO ASK THE GOODIES?

The Goodies are coming to Australia,

And they have some explaining to do…



Q. Why are you coming here?

A. We were asked.

Q. Who asked you?

A. John Pinder invited us to the Big Laugh Comedy Festival.

Q. He must be a very persuasive character?

A. No, not really. In England, where it’s cold all the time, the sad little inhabitants, who have forgotten how to play cricket, have also forgotten the long, sunny days of ‘The Goodies’ and live in perpetual darkness.

Q. Did you think somebody in Australia might remember you?

A. We might have forgotten ourselves but for those who kept the light shining in the form of the "Goodies Rule – OK!" fan club website based in Australia.

Q. So do you see yourselves like elderly knights, called from retirement to fight for the cause, searching out your trusty steed and your rusty sword and armour?

A. Exactly. Although what we’re searching out will be more in the line of union jack waistcoats, big flat caps and black puddings. And hair.

Q. Does this mean… The Goodies Are Go?

A. Well, we’ll be eady in a minute. Almost live…