Bill Oddie Bill Oddie William Edgar Oddie, (born 7 July 1941) is an English writer, composer, musician, comedian, artist, birder, conservationist, television presenter and actor. He became famous as one of The Goodies. A birder since his childhood in Quinton, Birmingham, 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. His wildlife programmes for the BBC include: "Springwatch/Autumnwatch", "How to Watch Wildlife", "Wild In Your Garden", "Birding with Bill Oddie", "Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie" and "Bill Oddie Goes Wild". Oddie was born
Bob Oliver Rogers for the BBC: including "Late Night Extra" (presented on different occasions by Keith Fordyce, comedian Barry Cryer, John Dunn, and Brian Matthew), "Frank Muir Goes Into" (starring Frank Muir and Alfred Marks), the topical satire "Week Ending" (which looked at the funny side of the past week's news, starring David Jason, Bill Wallis and Chris Emmett), and "Beat the Record" (a phone-in quiz show presented by Don Davis). He also produced the final series of the long running sketch comedy "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" (starring John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie), the 1973-74