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==Career==

===Comedy===
Whilst at Cambridge University Oddie appeared in several [[Footlights]] Club productions. One of these, a [[revue]] called ''A Clump of Plinths'', was so successful at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] that it was renamed ''[[Cambridge Footlights Revue|Cambridge Circus]]'' and transferred to the West End in London, then to New Zealand, and to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in September 1964. Meanwhile, still at Cambridge, Oddie wrote scripts for and appeared briefly in TV's ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfmanagement.tv/Bill_Oddie.html |title=Bill Oddie |publisher=David Foster Management |access-date=9 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930055058/http://www.dfmanagement.tv/Bill_Oddie.html |archive-date=30 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

He appeared in [[Bernard Braden]]'s television series ''On The Braden Beat'' in 1964. Subsequently, he was a key member of the performers in the [[BBC]] radio series ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', where many of his musical compositions were featured. Some were released on the album ''Distinctly Oddie'' (Polydor, 1967). He was one of the first performers to parody a rock song, arranging the traditional [[Yorkshire]] folk song "[[On Ilkla Moor Baht'at]]" in the style of [[Joe Cocker]]'s hit rendition of [[the Beatles]]' "[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]" (released on [[John Peel]]'s [[Dandelion Records]] in 1970 and featured in Peel's special box of most-treasured singles), and singing "[[Andy Pandy]]" in the style of a brassy soul number such as [[Wilson Pickett]] or [[Geno Washington]] might perform. In many shows he would do short impressions of [[Hughie Green]].

On television Oddie was co-writer and performer in the comedy series ''[[Twice a Fortnight]]'' with [[Graeme Garden]], [[Terry Jones]], [[Michael Palin]] and [[Jonathan Lynn]]. Later he was co-writer and performer in the comedy series ''[[Broaden Your Mind]]'' with [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] and Graeme Garden, for which he became a cast member for the second series.

Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden then co-wrote and appeared in their television comedy series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' (1970–1982). The Goodies also released records, including "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me"/"The In-Betweenies", "[[The Funky Gibbon]]" (co-written by Oddie with [[Dave MacRae]]) and "Black Pudding Bertha", which were hit singles in 1974–75. They reformed, briefly, in 2005 for a successful 13-date tour of Australia.

Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden voiced characters on the 1983 animated children's programme ''[[Bananaman (TV series)|Bananaman]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/bananaman2.php |title="Bananaman" – 80s Cartoons |publisher=80scartoons.co.uk |date=4 February 2012 |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116115519/http://80scartoons.co.uk/bananaman2.php |archive-date=16 November 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bananaman – International Hero |url=http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/banaman.htm |publisher=Internationalhero.co.uk |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111065906/http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/banaman.htm |archive-date=11 January 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/bananaman/index.htm |title="Bananaman" – Classic Nick Online |publisher=Johnnorrisbrown.com |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227163103/http://johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/bananaman/index.htm |archive-date=27 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the Amnesty International show ''[[A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)]]'', Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden sang their hit song "Funky Gibbon". They also appeared on ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' with the song. Together with Garden (who is a qualified medical doctor), Oddie co-wrote many episodes of the television comedy series ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the House]]'', including most of the first season and all of the second season. He has occasionally appeared on the BBC Radio 4 panel game ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', on which Garden is and Brooke-Taylor was a regular panellist. In 1982 Garden and Oddie wrote, but did not perform in, a six-part science-fiction sitcom called ''[[Astronauts (television)|Astronauts]]'' for [[Central Independent Television|Central]] and [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. The show was set in an international [[space station]] in the near future.<ref>{{British Comedy Guide|sitcom|sitcoms/astronauts.shtml|Astronauts}}</ref>

===Natural history===
Oddie's first published work was an article about the birdlife of Birmingham's [[Bartley Reservoir]] in the [[West Midland Bird Club]]'s 1962 Annual Report.<ref name="Oddie-1963">{{cite journal |last=Oddie |first=W.E. |date=July 1963|title=Birds in the Bartley Reservoir Area, 1931–1962 (Part I) |journal=The West Midland Bird Report, 1962 |publisher=[[West Midland Bird Club]] |location=Birmingham |volume=29 |url=http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/archive/bartley-62.htm |access-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514235149/http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/archive/bartley-62.htm |archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> (He is first credited in the 1956 report, in which reports of his bird observations are tagged with his initials "WEO".<ref name="NWS">{{cite episode |title=Bill Oddie – Bird Watcher |station =ITV Central |date=30 July 1985 |series=Nature Watch}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=July 1957 |journal=The West Midland Bird Report, 1956 |publisher=[[West Midland Bird Club]] |location=Birmingham |volume=23 |url=http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/archive/reports1950s#R1956 |access-date=4 January 2013 |title=Annual Report, 1950s |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602102919/http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/archive/reports1950s#R1956 |archive-date=2 June 2013}}</ref>) He has since written a number of books about birds and birdwatching as well as articles for many specialist publications including ''[[British Birds (magazine)|British Birds]]'', ''Birdwatching Magazine'' and ''[[Birdwatch (magazine)|Birdwatch]]''.

He discussed bird-song recordings with Derek Jones in an August 1973 [[BBC Radio 4]] programme called ''Sounds Natural''.<ref name="SN">''[[Radio Times]]'' entry for {{cite episode |series=Sounds Natural |network=[[BBC Radio]] |station=[[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] |date=13 August 1973}}</ref>

In the autumn of 1976, Oddie was involved in the successful identification of Britain's first-ever recorded [[Pallas's reed bunting]] on [[Fair Isle]], Shetland.<ref name="pallas">{{cite book |title=First for Britain and Ireland 1600–1999 |first=Philip |last=Palmer |publisher=Arlequin Press |location=Chelmsford |year=2000 |isbn=1-900159-41-4 |page=263}}</ref>

One of Oddie's first forays into the world of television natural history was as a guest on ''[[Animal Magic (TV series)|Animal Magic]]'' in December 1977.<ref name="AM">''Radio Times'' entry for {{cite episode |series=[[Animal Magic (TV series)|Animal Magic]] |network=[[BBC Television]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=13 December 1977}}</ref> Another early natural history radio appearance was in October 1978, as the guest on Radio 4's ''Through My Window'', discussing the birds of [[Hampstead Heath]].<ref name="TMW">''Radio Times'' entry for {{cite episode |series=Through My Window |network=BBC Radio |station=Radio 4 |date=11 October 1978}}</ref>

On 30 July 1985, he was the subject of a 50-minute ''Nature Watch Special: Bill Oddie&nbsp;– Bird Watcher'', in which he was interviewed by [[Julian Pettifer]]<ref name="Choice">{{cite news |url=http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/359/357/47201865w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS486772990&dyn=21!nxt_4_0_CS486772990?sw_aep=bclib |title=Choice (Today's Television Programmes) |last=Lawson |first=Mark |date=30 July 1985 |work=[[The Times]] |location=UK |page=29 |access-date=12 November 2008}}</ref> at places where he had spent time birding, including Bartley Reservoir, the [[Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve]] at [[Upton Warren]], [[RSPB Titchwell Marsh]] and [[Blakeney Point]].<ref name="NWS" />

Oddie has since that time hosted a number of successful nature programmes for the BBC, many produced by [[Stephen Moss]], including:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1166900/credits.html |title=Bill Oddie: Film & TV Credits |publisher=screenonline.org.uk |access-date=12 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001757/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1166900/credits.html |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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*''The Great Bird Race'' (1983; Channel 4)
*''The Great Kenyan Bird Safari'' (BBC)
*''Favourite Walks'': "A Bird Walk" (1985; BBC; filmed on [[Fair Isle]])
*''Worldwise'': "The Bird Business" (1985; Channel 4)
*''Oddie in Paradise'' (1985; BBC)
*''Wild Weekends'' (TV AM)
*''Flight to Eilat'' (Channel 4)
*''Bird in the Nest'' (two series, 1994 and 1995)
*''[[Birding with Bill Oddie]]'' (three series, 1997, 1998 and 2000)
*''[[Bill Oddie Goes Wild]]'' (three series, 2001, 2002 and 2003)
*''[[Wild in Your Garden]]'' (2003)
*''[[Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie|Britain Goes Wild]]'' (2004)
*''Bill Oddie in Tiger Country'' (2004)
*''[[Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife]]'' (two series, 2005 and 2006; also on DVD)
*''[[Seven Natural Wonders]]'' (London edition) (2005)
*''[[The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs]]'' (2005; also on DVD)
*''[[Springwatch]]'' (2005–2008)
*''[[Autumnwatch]]'' (2006–2008)
*''[[Bill Oddie Back in the USA]]'' (2007)
*''Bill Oddie's Top Ten Birds'' (2007; BBC Four)
*''100 Years of Wildlife'' (2007)
*''[[Bill Oddie's Wild Side]]'' (2008)
*''[[Bill Oddie's Top 10]]'' (2008)
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The first broadcast, in 2004, of ''Britain Goes Wild'' set a record for its timeslot of 8&nbsp;pm on [[BBC Two]] of 3.4&nbsp;million viewers, one million more than the [[Channel 4]] programme showing at that time. ''Britain Goes Wild'', renamed ''Springwatch'' the following year, became a wildlife broadcasting phenomenon, attracting over 4&nbsp;million viewers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brook |first1=Stephen |title=Springwatch bows out with 4m |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jun/17/overnights |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=17 June 2005 |language=en}}</ref>

He became president of the [[West Midland Bird Club]] in 1999,<ref name="WMBC-chrono">{{cite web|url=http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/club/chrono#C1990s|title=West Midland Bird Club: Chronology|publisher=West Midland Bird Club|access-date=25 April 2010|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420121931/http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/club/chrono#C1990s |archive-date=20 April 2010}}</ref> having been vice-president since 1991,<ref name="WMBC-chrono" /> and is a former member of the council of the [[RSPB]]. Oddie is also a President of the [[League Against Cruel Sports]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.league.org.uk/about-us |title=About Us |publisher=League Against Cruel Sports |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> and a vice-president of the [[BTCV|British Trust for Conservation Volunteers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.btcv.org.uk/display/whoweare#ppvp |title=BTCV – Who we are |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418164423/http://www2.btcv.org.uk/display/whoweare#ppvp |archive-date=18 April 2010 }}</ref> He practised as a [[Bird ringing|bird ringer]] but allowed his licence to lapse.<ref name="NWS" />

In 2003, Oddie set up a [[marathon|half-marathon]] to raise money for various wildlife charities in his birth town of [[Rochdale]].<ref name="towntalk">{{cite web|url=http://www.rochdale.towntalk.co.uk/local/famous-people/d/600/bill-oddie/ |title=Bill Oddie of Rochdale |publisher=TownTalk |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501135043/http://www.rochdale.towntalk.co.uk/local/famous-people/d/600/bill-oddie/ |archive-date=1 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2011, Oddie featured as an investigator in ''Snares Uncovered: killers in the countryside''.<ref name="onekind">{{cite web|url=http://www.onekind.org/take_action/campaigns/snare_free/snares_uncovered/ |title=Snares Uncovered |work=onekind.org |access-date=15 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116050652/http://www.onekind.org/take_action/campaigns/snare_free/snares_uncovered |archive-date=16 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was an exposé of snaring in Scotland and was commissioned by the animal protection charity [[OneKind]].

===Music===
Oddie wrote original music at [[The University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] for the [[Footlights]] and later wrote comic songs for ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]''. He also wrote a number of comic songs for [[The Goodies]], most of which he also performed.

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Oddie released a number of singles and at least one album. One of the former, issued in 1970 on [[John Peel]]'s [[Dandelion Records]] label (Catalogue No: 4786), was "[[On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at]]",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=222302|title=Bill Oddie On Ilkla Moor Baht'at UK Promo 7" vinyl single (7-inch record) (222302)|website=Eil.com|access-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607102921/https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=222302|archive-date=7 June 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> performed in the style of [[Joe Cocker]]'s "[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]". The B-side, "Harry Krishna", featured the [[Hare Krishna (mantra)|Hare Krishna]] chant, substituting the names of contemporary famous people called Harry, including [[Harry Secombe]], [[Harry Worth (actor, born 1917)|Harry Worth]], [[Harry Lauder]] and [[Harry Corbett]], as well as [[pun]]s such as "Harry [Hurry] along now" and "Harrystotle [Aristotle]" and ending with "Harry-ly [I really] must go now". Both tracks appear on the compilation CD ''Life Too, Has Surface Noise: The Complete Dandelion Records Singles Collection 1969–1972'' (2007). In 1966 he was credited as the vocalist with [[Spencer's Washboard Kings]] on "[[Five Feet Two]]" (Rayrick LCR1001a). The vocalist on the B-side of this 45&nbsp;rpm single, "[[If You Knew Susie]]", was Jean Hart, Oddie's future wife.<ref>Rayrick LCR1001a/b</ref>

He played the drums and saxophone and appeared as Cousin Kevin in a production of [[The Who]]'s rock opera ''[[Tommy (London Symphony Orchestra album)|Tommy]]'' by [[London Symphonic Orchestra]] and [[English Chamber Choir]] at the [[Rainbow Theatre]], [[Finsbury Park (district)|Finsbury Park]], London, on 13 and 14 December 1973. He has also contributed vocals to a [[Rick Wakeman]] album, ''[[Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record|Criminal Record]]''.

He recorded a single, "Superspike", with [[John Cleese]] and a group of UK athletes, billed the "Superspike Squad", to fund the latter's attendance at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in Montreal. He co-produced the record with Stephen Shane.<ref>Bradley's BRAD 7606, released 20 February 1976. A side: Superspike (Part 1), B side: Superspike (Part 2). {{YouTube|5z5h2mDNNwg|Superspike}}</ref>

In 1986 Oddie took part in the [[English National Opera]] production of the [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] [[comic opera]] ''[[The Mikado]]'', in which he appeared in the role of the Lord High Executioner, taking over the role from [[Eric Idle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/200-miller-mikados-eno |title=200 Miller Mikados at ENO |first=David |last=Nice |date=6 December 2015 |website=theartsdesk.com |access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref> During the early 1990s Oddie was a DJ for London-based [[jazz]] radio station [[102.2 Jazz FM]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goddard |first=Grant |title=Jazz Radio Listings |journal=News: Jazz Radio Listings: July & August 1992}}</ref>

In 2007, Oddie appeared on the BBC series ''[[Play It Again (TV series)|Play It Again]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/playitagain/programmes/series1/billoddie |title=Play It Again: Bill Oddie grapples with the electric guitar |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505175939/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/playitagain/programmes/series1/billoddie/ |archive-date=5 May 2007 |access-date=17 January 2010 }}</ref> In the episode he attempts to realise his dream of becoming a [[rock guitarist]]. Initially teacher [[Bridget Mermikides]] tries to teach him using traditional methods but he rebels: instead he turns to old friends [[Albert Lee]], [[Dave Davies]] (of [[The Kinks]]) and [[Mark Knopfler]] for advice and strikes out on his own. He succeeds in the target of playing lead guitar for his daughter Rosie's band at her 21st birthday party and even manages to impress his erstwhile teacher.

In November 2010, he agreed, along with fellow members of [[The Goodies]], to rerelease their 1970s hit "The Funky Gibbon" to raise funds for the [[International Primate Protection League]]'s Save the Gibbon appeal.

===Other television and voice work===
Oddie appeared as the hapless window cleaner in the [[Eric Sykes]]' comedy story ''[[The Plank (1967 film)|The Plank]]'' in 1967. He also presented the live children's Saturday morning entertainment show ''[[Saturday Banana]]'' ([[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]/[[Southern Television]]) during the late 1970s. In the late 1980s he was a presenter of the BBC TV show ''[[Fax (TV show)|Fax]]'' (a show about 'facts').

In 1981, he appeared as a [[Telethon#New Zealand|Telethon]] celebrity in New Zealand, hosted by [[TV One (New Zealand)|TV1]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/profiles/637257/An-Oddie-but-a-Goodie|title=An Oddie, but a Goodie|date=20 September 2008|newspaper=Sunday Star Times|access-date=5 February 2014}}</ref> He voices [[Asterix]] in the UK dub of the 1989 animated film ''[[Asterix and the Big Fight (film)|Asterix and the Big Fight]]'' (an animated adaptation of the books ''[[Asterix and the Big Fight]]'' and ''[[Asterix and the Soothsayer]]'', novelized as ''Operation Getafix'').

In 1992, he was a guest star in the US comedy television series ''[[Married... with Children]]'' for a three-part episode set in England.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/m/marriedwithchild_1299002005.shtml "Married...With Children."] – BBC Guide to Comedy (Retrieved on: 30 July 2007)</ref>

He voiced the chimney sweep in the 1996 film ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1995 film)#Sequel|The Willows in Winter]]''.

In 1997 and 1998, he appeared on the [[Channel 4]] archaeological programme ''[[Time Team]]'', as the team excavated a Roman villa site in [[Turkdean]], Gloucestershire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/turkdean-gloucestershire/umc.cmc.12mqd7x3iodudw0th6aenmak7?showId=umc.cmc.d1upu07vlpgn1c9oo7z1peft|title=Turkdean, Gloucestershire – Classic Time Team (Season 5, Episode 4)|date=24 January 1998|website=Tv.apple|access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref>

He was the compère of a daytime BBC gameshow ''[[History Hunt]]'' (in 2003); and has appeared in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio drama ''[[Doctor Who and the Pirates]]''. In 2004, he appeared on the first ever episode of the BBC series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', in which he looked into his ancestry: he was visibly moved by its revelations. In 2005, he took part in ''[[Rolf on Art]] – the big event at Trafalgar Square'' and in September that year was also a celebrity guest along with [[Lynda Bellingham]] on the [[ITV1]] programme ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]''. He also gave opinions on 100 greatest cartoons on Channel 4 that year, talking about ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' and cartoon incidents such as the "Asses of Fire skit" in ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448977/fullcredits|title=100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)|publisher=IMDb}}</ref>

In 2006, Oddie appeared in the BBC show ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2636212.ece |title=Bill Oddie: The twitcher |newspaper=The Independent |date=19 March 2014 |first=Ed |last=Caesar |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702010828/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2636212.ece |archive-date=2 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and also appeared on the topical quiz show ''[[8 out of 10 Cats]]''. He was also the voice behind many [[B&Q]] adverts throughout 2006/2007. On 25 May 2007, Oddie made a [[cameo appearance]] on [[Ronni Ancona]]'s new comedy [[sketch show]], ''[[Ronni Ancona & Co]]''.

Also in 2007, three artists each painted a portrait of Oddie, as part of the BBC programme ''[[Star Portraits with Rolf Harris]]''. One of the artists, [[Mark Roscoe]], later revealed a dislike of Oddie, claiming to have included hidden insults in his work.<ref name="Merrill">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/the-art-of-revenge-how-obscure-messages-reveal-painters-true-feelings-at-a-stroke-10092019.html|title=The art of revenge: How obscure messages reveal painters' true feelings at a stroke|last=Merrill|first=Jamie|date=6 March 2015|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>

He hosted the [[genealogy]]-based series ''[[My Famous Family]]'', broadcast on [[UKTV History]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Television, memory, and nostalgia|last=Holdsworth|first=Amy|date=2011|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|others=Palgrave Connect (Online service)|isbn=9781349319237|location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire|oclc=759166279}}</ref> In 2008, Oddie was a guest on [[Jamie Oliver]]'s television special ''Jamie's Fowl Dinners'', talking about free-range chickens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/tv-season/jamies-fowl-dinners/id624455344|title=Jamie's Fowl Dinners on iTunes|date=11 January 2008 |publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

He also appeared on ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie To You?]]'' in 2011, where he revealed that he was saved from drowning by [[Freddy Marks|Freddy]] from popular children's series ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'' and ''[[Rod, Jane and Freddy]]'' while on holiday in the [[Seychelles]].

[[File:Bill Oddie Live (Perth June 27 2013).jpg|thumb|Oddie performing at the Astor Theatre in [[Perth, Western Australia]], 2013]]
In February 2015, Oddie appeared in ''[[The Keith Lemon Sketch Show]]'' as the narrator of the sketch ''[[Ed Sheeran]] Watch''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/keith_lemon_sketch_show/episodes/1/2/|title=The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Series 1, Episode 2|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref>

He appeared as a contestant on a celebrity edition of ''[[Fifteen to One]]'' in August 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efd9db7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504180552/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efd9db7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 May 2019 |title=Bill Oddie |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> and the following month he appeared on ''[[Through the Keyhole]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/through_the_keyhole/episodes/3/3/ |title=Through The Keyhole |publisher=British Comedy Guide |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

He has appeared three times on the programme ''[[Pointless|Pointless Celebrities]]'', the most recent appearance being in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05twkyd |title=Pointless Celebrities: Outdoors |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

In 2017, he appeared in three episodes of ''[[The Real Marigold Hotel]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/bill-oddie-real-marigold-hotel-12600470 |title=Drinking poison 'nearly killed' Bill Oddie as he filmed the Real Marigold Hotel |date=15 February 2017 |first=James |last=Rodger |publisher=Birmingham Live |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

In 2018, he featured on the programme ''The Two Ronnies: In Their Own Words''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/two_ronnies_in_their_own_words/cast_crew/ |title=The Two Ronnies: In Their Own Words |work=British Comedy Guide |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> In 2019, he appeared on the show ''[[The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_inbetweeners_fwends_reunited/cast_crew/|title=The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited Cast and Crew Credits|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2020, Oddie appeared in the documentary ''Celebrity Britain by Barge: Then & Now''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channel5.com/show/britain-by-barge-then-now |title=Celebrity Britain by Barge: Then & Now |website=Channel5.com|access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

===2013 Australian tour===
Oddie undertook an Australian tour during June 2013 in all of the mainland states capital cities – [[Brisbane]], [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]], [[Adelaide]] and [[Perth]] – in a series of one-off shows, ''An Oldie but a Goodie''. A video message from Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden was shown during the performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billoddietour.com.au/shows.html |title=An Oldie but a Goodie |publisher=Billoddietour.com.au |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611071254/http://www.billoddietour.com.au/shows.html |archive-date=11 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Oddie appeared on both ''[[The Project (Australian TV program)|The Project]]'' and ''[[Adam Hills Tonight]]'' TV shows during the tour; he also filmed a guest-programming spot for the ABC-TV's all-night music video show ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s3805188.htm |title=Guests & Specials: Bill Oddie from the Goodies |publisher=ABC |date=20 July 2013 |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828163004/http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s3805188.htm |archive-date=28 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>