{"id":826829,"date":"2026-07-27T11:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826829\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:30:11","slug":"tv-presenter-bill-oddie-dies-at-85-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826829\/","title":{"rendered":"TV presenter Bill Oddie dies at 85 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBaUmxNY0NXLTNkd09zUEg2TWtnX0dQSzMtMDBjMGdwU0QxZ1dSbFBCd3Z3ZEpEMDl2b3JsNS1BbC1nWnRmRks2Q2RzWG0yZHQwaTBwcDBoNG5Tdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TV presenter Bill Oddie dies at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQRXIyZXJvZUxjNW9MdS1KMG9VZzd6UVVnRU5BVzRSNzVrUFpzTkRiSTlDOHRyME1BMDl4NXpJbnFOaG9ZWUtzWkdWcnZmaFZxM2U1NFh4UzBGOHNjTWd3M0Y5clhDOTB1R2NpZV9TN0RSeXNBc3R4Y3U3LVAtVlhlNDBDYUM1T2pHZno5eS1RZ0xQVTBxRUVpUV9OSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxOb0huN3J3U0puZUNkMHctdG9xZXBJcUxhVm5OWXlSTTJELUxQRlFmNWltWE9RQ295VXNXZnUxYWpzUS12UGhGR05UYUpfOTRsRlBGcE9rM0FROUVBR2ZUSDR2cDZZSHdwdVVhNzRNdWJaQWhubHV6M3NZcVRjQVNUazQxei1JREVuTkg3ZnBBR2k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildlife presenter and comedian Bill Oddie has died aged 85, his agent said.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOY0RwR3pmZzVDUk9PR2xyanFUcXdreXh6OGhzS1k4bkRjeU5MLXdYQWQyOGh6cnBHcUJuTzZSd3pRYzRhVkRiZm1OZ09BWmFnQ0lHOTNRSlVnejczWHhiUENhVHZNUUhqYklNcW5nQ1pTa2FQeXN5dzZyMXNtbFkwdGV3UGpibFdFWXl5SXhDdWpoTmFTU2JpWEhManV6WGtS?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildlife presenter and Goodies star Bill Oddie dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQT0ktX3JuX3RGMTVQZzFUTmtYRDdLRGwtOGl3Y1c4Z24tZ2xCeUF0Ynl6Zkx3QkM0ak9oRE5pSXB4RzJFNUg1QUt0RW9fVEJaUEsybTYxeklZZ3lZc1BFSWRkekpxXzFYM3hydnhKd2l5UkthdjdjREtaMEd6S0FFSGJ0ZDJMZmJHaW5NcQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Last picture of comedy icon and presenter Bill Oddie laughing with family before death aged 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV presenter Bill Oddie dies at 85&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianWildlife presenter and comedian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-826829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}