{"id":715054,"date":"2026-07-28T08:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715054\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:52:10","slug":"graeme-garden-remembers-bill-oddie-as-a-rebel-who-challenged-the-status-quo-london-evening-standard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715054\/","title":{"rendered":"Graeme Garden remembers Bill Oddie as a rebel who challenged the \u2018status quo\u2019 &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNZkZudzg3UkVlWFZWZHYzOC1nRE96Z1pJUDk0djlKMVdRc1pQR3lxLTNadjd0emhtZlZ1Und0MXU0MzZTdDJ3b05wZmJ4TFpMRzNQY1FOQUotb3pTV1VueUtJcXZxOUJuV191YTV4YnJNd0RNNU9QX05SNFlUNHdsNktybTdpb1FONGhOVUhGZWttcnp5Q21yWHpjZVM3RmhSQlZ0MVk0dXFHdk92ekE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Graeme Garden remembers Bill Oddie as a rebel who challenged the \u2018status quo\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBCT24wZDZqbW9BeE1TMEYwLWU3UTRGYnNsVzZ5emhkRzZXeHNJdHZJZmlGUmlKbmN1enFMTGJzTTExWFpYcG5FSzY2aU1SWWptdXQtUjNtS2FsRmdQ?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\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE01LW1rZDJzdTJ0Y3ZGS3NPUWZJeWhfdVdraDJVakdXY19hWDRlTExCUUI1N1AyQ1JnUkp6ZnJSZV9jRGNrel9jdlhyLXFPSVJUS1pTWTVnY3VLQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pavement tributes and zoo memories for Bill Oddie in former Midlands home<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE13eGM4Z2ZhZlp4ckJvZUNPZFIxYzVodHFCZXNLVWVmQzl0WWEtODZ5Qm9OVFBQcm9QRV9RR09nUXdaUFNIb19WVWpHTjlBb3ljOXhtcDJERUxpWW9PcWVBRUNFQ3VqT04xenZOSWJlQ0N2cEM3akt2dHFQYVo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Oddie obituary<\/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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graeme Garden remembers Bill Oddie as a rebel who challenged the \u2018status quo\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardBill Oddie: The Goodies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[106686,236304,6491,199220,96,225474,236305,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-715054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bbc-radio","tag-bill-oddie","tag-celebrities","tag-david-foster","tag-entertainment","tag-front-row","tag-tim-brooke-taylor","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715054","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=715054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}