Timothy
Julian
(Tim)
Brooke-Taylor
OBE
Born in Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Cookham, Berkshire, England
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Biography
Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE is Notable.
Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE was born in the United Kingdom.
Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE was born in Derbyshire, England.
British comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor, best known as a member of the 1970s comedy trio The Goodies, died April 12 of COVID-19. He was 79.
- The UK sticker is used to match the waistcoat he wore as a member of 'The Goodies'
A part of Cambridge University's Footlights revue in the early 1960s, Brooke-Taylor didn't put his law degree to use, as he worked with several future members of Monty Python in such 1960s TV comedy series as "The Frost Report," "At Last the 1948 Show," "Do Not Adjust Your Set," and the radio series "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again." He also appeared in "Marty" (with Marty Feldman).
Beginning in 1970 Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie teamed up on the BBC as the comedy trio The Goodies, whose surreal, slapstick- and music-filled series ran for nine seasons. They even had top 10 hits with their songs "The Inbetweenies" and "Funky Gibbon."
On radio Brooke-Taylor starred opposite John Cleese and Oddie on "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again," and for more than 40 years, he was also a panelist on BBC Radio's beloved takeoff on quiz shows, "I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue."
In 2018 Brooke-Taylor told the Radio Times that he was very proud of the staying power of "The Goodies," "though this is tempered, slightly, by what appear to be quite old people coming up to me and saying, 'My parents used to allow me to stay up to watch you'!"
Garden said Brooke-Taylor was "a funny, sociable, generous man who was a delight to work with. Audiences found him not only hilarious but also adorable."
Bibliography
- As sole author
- Rule Britannia
- Tim Brooke-Taylor's Golf Bag
- Tim Brooke-Taylor's Cricket Box
- As co-author (with other members of 'The Goodies')
- The Goodies File
- The Goodies Book of Criminal Records
- The Making of The Goodies Disaster Movie
Sources
See Also:
- Tim Brooke-Taylor on Wikipedia
- https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/coronavirus-deaths-global-pandemic-lives-we-lost/
- Wikidata: Item Q914201
- Indexed at BBC Radio: Radio 4 programmes
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