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Return of The Goodies to be repeated 29 May on BBC4

Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden will be bringing their highly successful Goodies Live show to this year's Edinburgh Fringe festival. My understanding is the show will be similar to the second leg of the Goodies Australian tour, with Bill Oddie participating via the wonders of video (due to his many filming commitments).

"THE GOODIES STILL RULE OK! Tim Brooke-Taylor & Graeme Garden Live on Stage" will play at the Assembly Rooms Music Hall from Friday 4 August to Sunday 27 August (excluding 21 August). Each performance will start at 5.30pm and will run for approximately 90 minutes.

Tickets will be available from the Fringe box office (http://www.edfringe.com/) starting Thursday, 8 June. Tickets will also be sold by the Assembly Rooms box office (http://www.assemblyrooms.com/), although I don't have their on sale date yet.

I'll pass along further details (including ticket prices) as they become available.

Posted by lisa at 23/05/2006 00:00 GMT

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Thanks to Helen Randle for posting the following on goodies-l:

The BBC4 mailing list has announced a Bill Oddie Night next Monday, 29 May (to tie in with the new series of "Springwatch"). This will include a repeat of "Return of the Goodies".

More details are available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/listings/index.shtml?day=monday&service_id=4544

Posted by lisa at 22/05/2006 00:00 GMT

new series of ISIHAC starts tomorrow

Just a reminder that the new series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" with Tim and Graeme begins tomorrow (Monday, 22 May) on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm London time; it'll be repeated on Sunday afternoon.

The show can be heard worldwide from www.bbc.co.uk/radio4, either live during the broadcast or for a week afterwards using the Listen Again feature.

Posted by lisa at 21/05/2006 00:00 GMT

Bill to appear on "Paul O'Grady" show on May 29th (plus other shows of interest)

* Bill is scheduled to appear as a guest on "The Paul O'Grady Show" on Monday, 29 May on Channel 4 at 17:00.

Here are a few other listings for this week. Additional shows of interest are listed under the "Click here for more" link.

* Bill Oddie will be hosting a new show called "My Famous Family", which starts on Monday, May 15 on UKTV History. A new episode will air daily at 9:00 that week (with the shows being repeated multiple times on that channel as well as on UKTV History Plus 1). Please check your local listings for full details.

* "The Long Hot Satsuma", the 1980's sketch show starring Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, and Alison Steadman, will be repeated on BBC 7 starting Monday,
15 May at 22:30. You'll be able to tune in worldwide via the internet from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7. Each episode will be available for six days after the intial broadcast via BBC 7's Listen Again service.

* "Never Mind the Full Stops", a comedy panel show, will have Tim as a guest on Thursday, 18 May on BBC 4 at 22:30 to 23:00. The host is Julian Fellowes and the other guests are Nina Wadia, John Sergeant, and Rod Liddle.

* Part 1 of Bill's appearance on "Married With Children" will be repeated on
ITV2 on Wednesday, 17 May at 19:00. Part 2 will air the following day (Thurs, 18 May) also at 19:00.

Posted by lisa at 17/05/2006 00:00 GMT

Bill Oddie to appear on BBC 7's "Comedy Controller"

I just spotted this item on BBC 7's website labeled under the heading "Coming Up": "Bill Oddie joins us as Comedy Controller and brings us a few of his favourite shows. Coming soon..."

"Comedy Controller" is a three hour block of programming in which a guest host introduces a selection of programs they've chosen from the material available to BBC 7. We'll keep an eye out for Bill's appearance.

Posted by lisa at 17/05/2006 00:00 GMT

another "Pocket Orchestra" review

A nice review of Graeme's play "The Pocket Orchestra: The Unlikely Lives of the Great Composers" appears at http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=3392 (use the "click here for more" link to see a cut & paste of the text).

"The Pocket Orchestra" will be playing at the Trafalgar Studios in London through May 20th. Information about show times, tickets, etc. can be found at http://www.theambassadors.com/trafalgarstudios/sp_p2699.html

Posted by lisa at 11/05/2006 00:00 GMT

ticket info for 3rd "Hamish & Dougal" recording plus Linda Smith tribute

Here are highlights of the announcement that was emailed to the ISIHAC mailing list. The full message can be read by using the "click here for more" link below.

* The third recording for "Hamish & Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea" is to take place on Sunday 21st May 2006, at the Shaw Theatre, 100 - 110 Euston Road, London NW1 2AJ. Tickets are £5 and obtainable from the Shaw Theatre Box Office tel. 0870 033 2600 from 12 noon on Thursday 11th May. Otherwise the Shaw Theatre Box Office is open from 10-6pm Monday to Friday.

* The "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" team plus Jeremy Hardy will be performing a short selection of rounds (for about twenty minutes) as part of a tribute show in memory of the comedian Linda Smith which is taking place at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London on Sunday 4th June at 7.15pm. Other guests include the teams from "Just A Minute" and "The News Quiz". Tickets to the show cost between £27.50-£37.50 and are obtainable from the theatre's Box Office on 020 7834 1317. All proceeds will be going to support Linda's favourite charities.

Posted by lisa at 09/05/2006 00:00 GMT

new shows with Tim and Bill, repeat of "The Long Hot Satsuma"

NEW LISTINGS:

* Thanks for Fiona Mikiel for reporting that The Baby Channel (Sky channel 285) is currently showing "Bill Oddie's Animal House" nightly at 8pm

* "Never Mind the Full Stops", a comedy panel show, will have Tim as a guest on Thursday, 18 May on BBC 4 at 22:30 to 23:00.

* "The Long Hot Satsuma", the 1980's sketch show starring Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, and Alison Steadman, will be repeated on BBC 7 starting Monday, 15 May at 22:30. You'll be able to tune in worldwide via the internet from www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7.

* Part 1 of Bill's appearance on "Married With Children" will be repeated on ITV2 on Wednesday, 17 May at 19:00.

UPDATED LISTINGS:

* Bill Oddie will be hosting a new show called "My Famous Family", which starts on Monday, May 15 on UKTV History. I believe that a new episode will air daily at 9:00 that week (with the shows being repeated multiple times on that channel as well as on UKTV History Plus 1). Please check your local listings for full details.

* "Pleasure at Her Majesty's" will air 11th & 13th May on Artworld. This is the 1975 Amnesty International show featuring sketches from members of Monty Python and Beyond the Fringe (plus others). The film includes The Goodies performing "Funky Gibbon".

Use the "click here for more" link for details about additional shows of interest.

Posted by lisa at 09/05/2006 00:00 GMT

new show with Bill Oddie - "My Famous Family"

Bill Oddie will be hosting a new show called "My Famous Family", which starts on Monday, May 15th on UKTV History. The first showing will be at 9:00. The show will be repeated multiple times on that channel as well as on UKTV History Plus 1.

Here's a listing for the first episode:

"Florence Nightingale.
Bill Oddie hosts a new series revealing amazing secrets about individuals' ancestry. Music student Alice Bower has no idea she's descended from the woman who revolutionised nursing: Florence Nightingale. Alice also discovers her famous family includes an Arctic explorer and the Hollywood movie star Helena Bonham Carter."

Use the "click here for more link" to see additional shows of interest to Goodies fans.

Posted by lisa at 02/05/2006 00:00 GMT

ISIHAC on ABC Radio National (Australia)

thanks to Jane Donnelly for passing this along.

ABC Radio National is broadcasting "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" (with Tim and Graeme) on Sunday mornings at 5.30am.

Fans interested in sending Radio National listener feedback can find contact details at http://abc.net.au/rn/contact.htm.

Posted by lisa at 02/05/2006 00:00 GMT