{"id":546498,"date":"2026-07-27T16:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546498\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:54:08","slug":"bill-oddie-comedian-who-found-nature-a-welcome-refuge-from-mental-illness-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/546498\/","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\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBaUmxNY0NXLTNkd09zUEg2TWtnX0dQSzMtMDBjMGdwU0QxZ1dSbFBCd3Z3ZEpEMDl2b3JsNS1BbC1nWnRmRks2Q2RzWG0yZHQwaTBwcDBoNG5Tdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Oddie: The Goodies and Springwatch star dies at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOWVhldEZ4MG1LSEM5cHZkVTNWU0Iyc2JpdTdPdXV3dktZOUtLYW9tOFZXMDdqeUFzRlpkNlhWeWlFcmRVLWRSRE5SVDVfaTRSRm1BUWFzY3dYZEYzZE9JMWdxUFoxVmpsbnBnVjJ3b25tLTZzT2gxTm52NGNmemxXWkxLVWcteFlkX0pYVWtfenBSSWMw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Oddie \u2013 a life in pictures<\/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\/CBMi_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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beloved broadcaster dead at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Oddie: Comedian who found nature a welcome refuge from mental illness&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBill Oddie: The Goodies and Springwatch star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-546498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}