{"id":714265,"date":"2026-07-27T21:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714265\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:41:08","slug":"chris-packham-remembers-fellow-wildlife-presenter-bill-oddie-as-an-utter-joy-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714265\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Packham remembers fellow wildlife presenter Bill Oddie as \u2018an utter joy\u2019 &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxNRFVZLTlrUER3SzF2SU9NMUFWVk1GZFdBb2xueXZYR2tRVjhNeHZYNUNtUG1XR3p6enBtVGlidjJzMFczejBZSDdUT1IzN3FLUjV0RVp5b1A0WUVKbEJwRGVsMGJWc3RndVdQZTJqQndRTk54VEtFWlphYjQyelJMMWh2VkZUbjE0bGh3ZFdKZTc4SGJKYUx0a3JJNlVtMFllTWNDZHgwRU1xdWY3MjNBUFA2S0ZHUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Packham remembers fellow wildlife presenter Bill Oddie as \u2018an utter joy\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE0zR055X0VlamN4TTBTaXBQX3VOUFBkZUlIWDFJLU56UUdsSF9pLU15QkVtc3BtN3ZPLTlmSnFjcHY0NHhqaUFLaEpGYlIxTFNvdzdONTZmVEY4WVdj?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\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNRHJhYk5zM1k5Y0FwYnR4NEtiMW5sU2V4MG5HdDhjSFRHMUZ0bm0xdVlvbmxSbVM5a19RaW5lY1BjM2RDRjFrdVFNVm1MMmdoWXhVUGpIN2tYNTFuSW9EMlJDYkhDX0U5R1o4RHVoUHBLeEY1cDBJbzhveC0wcUpOanZ5ZUY4RzBweGI2TE5R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildlife presenter and comedian Bill Oddie dies aged 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Channel 4<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQU2VGSmgyamRZaVBlbW5NMnpMbHZ6YUt1S2tKT3BGa29KZ0Fqb3kwRU5VM1dVOG1nQ21UZkI3RWxiTFRNOG84U0htLVF6M2J1bkpETUZ2Z0drUVVKOHBWVERVWkpOb1B4WjZobDRhTWRsZjZhYlB1WGVTX2RQdnR0MzEzWXVxbGt3UmRPLXBFUVlEdkhVMklNSVYzLUlwaUNoR2FqRUZIamNXamVsS3oxcHBDWE92Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Oddie: the comedy legend tragically undervalued by the BBC<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Packham remembers fellow wildlife presenter Bill Oddie as \u2018an utter joy\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardBill Oddie: Comedian who found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[243,236304,117091,35784,72054,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-714265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bbc","tag-bill-oddie","tag-chris-packham","tag-edgar-wright","tag-eric-idle","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}