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| reminder: Bill's "Cash in the Celebrity Attic" tomorrow (+ other upcoming shows) |
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 Following is a list of upcoming shows that may be of interest to Goodies fans. It's advisable to check your listings for details & to watch for schedule changes.
Please note: BBC RADIO SHOWS listed below can be heard online via each station's website (www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 or www.bbc.co.uk/radio7) and then for a week after broadcast from the BBC iPlayer (aka Listen Again), www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer. Radio shows on the iPlayer should be available for listening worldwide.
* Tues, Jan 4 - Thanks to Jeff Walker for a pointer to "A Family Business: The Chaplin Legacy" with Tim, which aired earlier today on BBC Radio 4 and is available on the BBC iPlayer at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x3y28/A_Family_Business_The_Chaplin_Legacy/ Here's a description: "Tim Brooke-Taylor sees how the creative legacy of Charlie Chaplin lives on through his grandson James Thierree, whose new one-man show mixes acrobatics, mime, music and illusion."
* still available on BBC iPlayer - "Comedy Controller" which was repeated on BBC Radio 7 on 1 January includes an episode of "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" chosen by Arnold Brown. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jsq0/Comedy_Controller_Arnold_Brown/
* Weds, 5 Jan - "Cash in the Celebrity Attic" on BBC 1 at 14:15 is a new episode featuring Bill. Here's a listing, "Bird enthusiast, actor, musician and former Goodie Bill Oddie invites Angela Rippon and expert John Cameron into his London home, to locate collectables that can be sold in aid of endangered gibbons. Will his spare wildlife watercolours and vintage comedy scripts bring in the 500 pounds he hopes to make?
* Sat, 15 Jan - "Who Do You Think You Are?" with Bill is repeated on Blighty at 20:00 and 23:00
* Sundays beginning 9 Jan - The first series of "Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea" is being repeated on BBC Radio 7 at 22:15
* Mondays - The new series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" on BBC Radio 4 at 18:30 (with each episode repeated at noon the following Sunday). The first two episodes are currently available on iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wr6r8/Im_Sorry_I_Havent_A_Clue_Series_54_Episode_1 / and http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x3tvr/Im_Sorry_I_Havent_A_Clue_Series_54_Episode_2/
* Tuesdays: ABC 2 in Australia is repeating "The Goodies" at 8:00pm - watch your local listings for changes.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/thegoodies.htm The episodes have begun once again to be available to viewers in Australia on the ABC iview player (http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/3097729).
* Thursdays: "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" (Tim, Graeme, & Bill's 1960's sketch comedy radio series which also starred John Cleese, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall) is repeated on BBC Radio 7 at 12:30 & 19:30.
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Posted by lisa at 04/01/2011 15:15 GMT |
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| Chortle article: BBC Two repeats "prove a ratings hit" |
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The following article appears on Chortle's website at http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/12/29/12469/goodie_goodie_yum_yum:
Goodie Goodie Yum Yum
Repeats prove a ratings hit
Reruns of the Goodies have been deemed a ratings hit, after attracting up to a million viewers despite a late-night timeslot.
BBC Two has been repeating full episodes of the classic Seventies comedy this Christmas for the first time in more than 30 years. And the eight shows have entertained between 500,000 and 1million viewers, despite going out at 11.30pm at the earliest.
The figures seem to have vindicated campaigners’ pleas for the shows to be repeated after so long.
Graeme Garden said: ‘I'm rather impressed by the viewing figures for the Goodies repeats. I'm only sorry that about 60 million people were either asleep or didn't know it was on.’
And Lisa Manekofsky, president of The Goodies Rule - OK! fan club, added: ‘I'm absolutely delighted to learn that The Goodies has been garnering such excellent ratings for BBC Two, even given the late hour at which the repeats were scheduled – each staring between 11.30pm and 12.25am– and the limited promotion for the broadcasts.
‘I am optimistic the BBC will see this as a successful trial run which will lead to additional repeats. Hopefully these would be scheduled earlier in the day, to reach a larger audience as well as to respond to the feedback from fans wanting their children to be able to see the show.’
Bill Oddie had suggested that the BBC had refused to air the shows until now because of a grudge over the trio defecting to ITV for their last series.
Read more: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/12/29/12469/goodie_goodie_yum_yum#ixzz19XL9jCXF
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Posted by lisa at 29/12/2010 20:59 GMT |
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| Daily Mail says BBC Two Goodies repeats "a ratings hit" |
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The Guardian's "Media Briefing" page for today, 29 Dec
(at http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/29/1) says the Daily Mail has an article on page 30 entitled "The Goodies a ratings hit for BBC despite 11.30pm timeslot"!
Here's the article from the Daily Mail:
DAILY MAIL 29/12/2010
Goodies, a festive hit
DESPITE attracting more than 15million viewers every week in the 1970s, the BBC always refused to show a single repeat of The Goodies.
Now after 30 years in the broadcasting wilderness, The Goodies have had the last laugh after becoming the surprise hit of the festive schedules.
For the first time since the series' heyday, the BBC is airing vintage episodes.
Eight classic shows are being screened over the Christmas period and are proving a huge hit - attracting between 500,000 and a million viewers despite a late 11.30pm slot on BBC2.
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Posted by lisa at 29/12/2010 17:51 GMT |
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Here's the listen again link for the first episode from the new series of Tim & Graeme's BBC Radio 4 show "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue". This aired this past Monday and will be repeated on Sunday (2 January) at noon.
Happy New Year, everyone! Hope it's a great one!
