English conservationist, entertainer and ornithologist
Bill Oddie
OBE
Oddie in 2007
Born
(1941-07-07) 7 July 1941 (age 82)
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Occupations
Actor
artist
comedian
conservationist
musician
ornithologist
songwriter
television presenter
writer
Years active
1963–present
Political party
Green
Spouses
Jeanne M Hart
(m. 1966, divorced)
[1]
Laura Beaumont
(m. 1983)
[1]
Children
3, including Kate Hardie
Bill Oddie's voice
Oddie on his past familiarity with Jimmy Savile First published 19 October 2012
Website
billoddie.com
William Edgar OddieOBE (born 7 July 1941)[2] is an English actor, artist, birder, comedian, conservationist, musician, songwriter, television presenter and writer. He was a member of comedy trio The Goodies.
A birder since his childhood in Quinton, Birmingham,[3] Oddie has established a reputation as a naturalist, conservationist, and television presenter on wildlife issues. Some of his books are illustrated with his own paintings and drawings.[4] His wildlife programmes for the BBC include Springwatch and Autumnwatch, How to Watch Wildlife, Wild in Your Garden, Birding with Bill Oddie, Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie and Bill Oddie Goes Wild.
^ ab"Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^Wilmut, Roger (1980). From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980. London: Eyre Metheun. p. 35. ISBN 0-413-46950-6.
^Oddie, William (2009). One Flew into the Cuckoo's Egg. Hodder Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-340-95194-1. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
^"Bill Oddie OBE – Comedian and Naturalist". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
participate in wildlife conservation. BillOddie, Kate Humble and Simon King were the presenting team until 2008. Oddie departed as a regular host at the...
(17 July 1940–12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and BillOddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their eponymous...
Birding with BillOddie was a British TV programme, about natural history, presented by BillOddie. Three series and eighteen episodes were made, which...
BillOddie Goes Wild was a British television series about natural history, presented by BillOddie. Three series were made. This was a six-part series...
Hardie's stage name is derived from those of both her parents: Jean Hart and BillOddie. With no formal training, she auditioned for her first role, in the 1983...
theatrical club, Cleese spent a lot of time with Tim Brooke-Taylor and BillOddie and met his future writing partner Graham Chapman. Cleese wrote extra...
Britain Goes Wild with BillOddie is a live BBC TV show, broadcast nightly, Monday – Thursday, from 31 May 2004 to 17 June 2004. Following on from the...
is known as the place where BillOddie did much of his early birdwatching, and features in his books (notably BillOddie's Gone Birding) and television...
People called Oddie include: BillOddie (born 1941), member of The Goodies, ornithologist and television presenter Henry Oddie (1815–1869), English lawyer...
Fortnight with BillOddie, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Jonathan Lynn, and also sketch show Broaden Your Mind with Tim Brooke-Taylor, with BillOddie joining...
wildlife programmes, including Animal Park, Springwatch and Autumnwatch with BillOddie, Simon King, Chris Packham and Martin Hughes-Games and later, Wild in...
(as Arnold Fitch the defendant), and BillOddie (as Sidney Bottle – the plaintiff). (Tim Brooke-Tayor and BillOddie also appeared in the sketch as ushers)...
earlier performance and he managed to pull it off to everyone's satisfaction. Oddie attempts to realise his dream of becoming a rock guitarist. Initially teacher...
keyboardist Dave MacRae played the clavinet on BillOddie's song "The Funky Gibbon" performed by The Goodies. Oddie recalled that MacRae's playing had a "very...
series The Goodies, written by The Goodies, with songs and music by BillOddie. Bill is cooking when Graeme and Tim return from chess championships. Graeme...
"Ecky Thump". It was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by BillOddie. In January 2020, "Kung Fu Kapers" was announced as the fans' favourite...
1970s and early 1980s, which starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and BillOddie. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was...
with BillOddie 1997–2000 Birdwatching in the UK and abroad BillOddie (presenter) No No BillOddie Goes Wild 2001–2003 Watching British wildlife Bill Oddie...
television series The Goodies. Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by BillOddie. The Goodies have become Advertising Men and Graeme reads from a blackboard...
Dawn 3 June 1988 9 Willie Rushton Sarah Kennedy Alan Coren Clare Francis BillOddie 24 June 1988 10 Chris Tarrant Anna Raeburn Nigel Dempster Mike Reid Mike...
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