BBC 2 spokesperson "wouldn't rule out" Goodies repeats
06/01/2006 00:00 GMT

Posted by lisa

I found the following at
http://www.waveguide.co.uk/latest/news060104.htm#Goodies%20-%20Repeats. It largely repeats the content of the BBC News article from a few days ago (which can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4581330.stm) but there are a couple of interesting additions, most notably comments from a BBC 2 spokeswoman saying they wouldn't rule out the idea of Goodies repeats given the audience interest.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Goodies - Repeats

Goodies founder Graeme Garden said today he was "delighted" that the trio's nostalgia show Return of the Goodies attracted 3.3 million viewers.  BBC Two's show on December 30 December show gained "a pretty respectable viewing figure for a nostalgia clip show", he said.  But Garden said he would not pressure the BBC to repeat the original series.  "We've been doing that for 25 years without success. Perhaps now it's time for others to lead a campaign."

Garden said in a recent interview on BBC Breakfast that the show's were not repeated because it was disliked by a succession of BBC channel controllers.
He also ruled out remaking the series because current health and safety would prohibit some of the stunts featured in the shows.

A BBC Two spokeswoman said it was "too early to say" whether it would now repeat past episodes of The Goodies.  "But we certainly wouldn't rule it out given the audience interest," she said.

Garden said: "To put it in perspective I suppose it's worth noting that the wonderfully funny sitcom The Thick Of It only got about half that figure."

The surreal comedy series ran from 1970 until 1981 on the BBC First broadcast in 1970, surreal comedy series The Goodies starred Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

Garden said the trio toured Australia last year, where The Goodies was regularly repeated on TV.  "We have a great fan base over there, many of them now 30ish, with kids of their own, who they are now educating with the Goodies DVDs," he said.