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Cash in the Celebrity Attic

Series 6

Episode 1: Bill Oddie

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Oxfordshire

Bird enthusiast, actor, musician and former Goodie Bill Oddie invites invites Angela Rippon and John Cameron into his London home, to raise money for endangered gibbons. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

In the Farne Islands, Ellie Harrison discovers how Britain's coastal and marine wildlife is under threat. Bill Oddie sees where puffins go when they leave British shores. Show more

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Famous faces recreate their childhood holidays. Len Goodman takes birdwatcher and comedian Bill Oddie back to Dungeness in Kent to reminisce about the holiday he took in 1957. Show more

The Real Marigold Hotel

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Celebrities test whether retirement in India is better than in the UK. The group visit the world-famous backwaters on traditional houseboats. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
Paul Nicholas
Participant:
Rustie Lee
Participant:
Sheila Ferguson
Participant:
Amanda Barrie
Participant:
Lionel Blair
Participant:
Dennis Taylor
Participant:
Miriam Stoppard
Director:
Warren Smith
Executive Producer:
David Clews
Executive Producer:
Andrew Mackenzie-Betty
Executive Producer:
David Vallance
Production Company:
Twofour Broadcast

The Real Marigold Hotel

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One West MidlandsLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Celebrities test whether retirement in India is better than in the UK. The group attend some local theatre performances, and there is also a look at overcoming health issues. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
Paul Nicholas
Participant:
Rustie Lee
Participant:
Sheila Ferguson
Participant:
Amanda Barrie
Participant:
Lionel Blair
Participant:
Dennis Taylor
Participant:
Miriam Stoppard
Director:
Warren Smith
Executive Producer:
David Clews
Executive Producer:
David Vallance
Executive Producer:
Andrew Mackenzie-Betty
Production Company:
Twofour Broadcast

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

Rolf Harris invites three professional artists to paint the portrait of Bill Oddie. The artists must complete their portraits in two weeks and Bill gets to keep his favourite. Show more

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Interview with the comic and naturalist. Bill delves into his past, from his early passion for wildlife to his varied TV career and the effects of his mother's mental illness. Show more

Wild

2005-06

Episode 1: Wild Autumn with Bill Oddie

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Bill Oddie savours the drama of autumn - from rutting deer to seal pups, from glorious colour to extraordinary fungi. He reveals the results of the first Autumnwatch survey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bill Oddie

Wild

2005-06 Shorts

Episode 14: Bill Oddie's Watership Down

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Bill Oddie attempts to retrace the journey of the world-famous rabbits from the novel Watership Down as he tries to find out how much fact there is behind the fiction. Show more

Wild

2003-04 Shorts

Episode 1: Stately Stoats

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

Nature documentary, narrated by Bill Oddie, following a female stoat trying to raise a family in the grounds of Kedleston Hall, one of Derbyshire's finest stately homes. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bill Oddie
Producer:
Roger Webb

Wild

2003-04 Shorts

Episode 2: Secret Squirrels

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

Bill Oddie looks at one of the last remaining strongholds in the country for red squirrels. How Formby in Merseyside has remained a home for Britain's native squirrel. Show more

Wild

2004-05 Shorts

Episode 3: Wild Tales: Wind in the Willows

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Bill Oddie takes a journey into the wild world behind his favourite book - The Wind in the Willows. He finds out what inspired the author, Kenneth Grahame. Show more

Wild

2005-06 Shorts

Episode 2: Wild Owl Farm

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Bill Oddie finds out what's been happening to the wild barn owl family introduced on Springwatch. The story of the family's year is revealed, from nesting through to fledging. Show more

Birds Britannia

Episode 1: Garden Birds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Documentary series about birds that live in the UK. Top of our affections are garden birds, including the robin, yet this relationship is a surprisingly modern one. Show more

Birds Britannia

Episode 2: Waterbirds

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Documentary series about birds that live in the UK. The British have always had a passion for waterbirds but our destruction of wetlands meant their possible extinction. Show more

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Series 19

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Comedy pop quiz with host Simon Amstell and regular team captains Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus. The guests include Bill Oddie, Jason Pebworth, Stewart Lee and Tony Mortimer. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One East Midlands

Bill Oddie, cameraman John Aitchison and sound recorder Chris Watson reveal the hidden lives of Britain's wildlife. John lies in wet sand for seven hours to film small birds. Show more