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, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 until 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981-82. During the course of the programme, 76 episodes of The Goodies aired, including two specials over nine series.