{"id":827355,"date":"2026-07-27T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827355\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:23:09","slug":"bill-oddie-comedian-who-found-nature-a-welcome-refuge-from-mental-illness-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827355\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Oddie: Comedian who found nature a welcome refuge from mental illness &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5YVU9LaGhrUGlremZFSTcwOU01VmQ2M2YtbU44VURfTUozQUw3Z0l6RG9qSjlZRjBBYzJocHQ1Wm93LW53OUZPOW9ScGFmVlhwV1FXM0FsRTNzZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Oddie: Comedian who found nature a welcome refuge from mental illness<\/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\/CBMi_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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beloved broadcaster dead at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQdHpkTWlDSnRnWjExWS1uYUNUMVRkaDloZEZCQW5SSE9XUUhpbUd3NGlxOU1vdTU1TTNtZkVOUkdYUGtOUkNzV2c1bXVtcW43NkVTSkFLR19IODduaVNuOE5XaVV6NVhaN0cwb1lLRHY2M1dybHYxckxzdjJLRTE2TkRJbVh6OUYwdE5OekVpVlJaWnNuWUpBUm13?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Oddie, member of The Goodies comedy series, dead at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwJBVV95cUxOOHVBSnpOSGh4QUdVd2lob0U5c09lZTN2ZjBPeXY0VG5jZkExTjhzWUVienRYcXdoVEVSS2h0SEJsc1BYODJOWFJMTkdpNlVmdkEwNC1IbVRVZ0R3aXZtNXNRX2JJcEVFOXJkT2ZKRmxXYTRVQlBzNVhiNEowWHRQQzVlblRoTG5ZeWZXTjNYT2FxeGdFVnRmbnVUYVVJZ1VFdEUyZ2tUeWhmdDZtMm8wbkZWZmxMdnhrdTQ1Z1VmUE9rNkRId19IV3EtZXI5YnVPTDBLTFdyaGtoU1hRVUh6N0xyYTJzbXd4dGRoVUVrY0hiVTRDNzIyMmpCZnM0c1NtdnlF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Miss him terribly\u2019: Goodies star Bill Oddie dies at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Daily Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Oddie: Comedian who found nature a welcome refuge from mental illness&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-827355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827355","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=827355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}