Bill Oddie - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie
William Edgar (Bill) Oddie, OBE, MA (Cantab.), born July 7, 1941 in Rochdale (at the time, part of Lancashire), is a comedy writer and pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie - Comedy And Music
After attending King Edward's School, Birmingham, Oddie studied English Literature at Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birdwatching: Encyclopedia - Birdwatching
Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed ornithology). The term "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia - Folk Music
Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brummie: Encyclopedia Ii - Brummie - Accent
Brummie is a prominent example of a regional accent of British English. Examples of celebrity speakers include comedian Jasper Carrott, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who: Encyclopedia Ii - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who - First Doctor Stories
Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who - Footnotes. Note 1: The producers had originally planned to have The Beatles appear as elderly ve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead Ringers Comedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Dead Ringers Comedy - Content
The programme is well known for its portrayal of fellow BBC employees, such as Radio 4 news reader Brian Perkins as a gangster ("Who's th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birding With Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Birding With Bill Oddie - Series 1: 1997
Broadcast: Wednesdays 21 February - 28 March 2000 Birding with Bill Oddie - 1. Minsmere in Early May. A day in the life of Britain's be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Cambridge University
The three actors in The Goodies met as students at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where Tim Brooke-Taylor was studyin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pembroke College Cambridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Pembroke College Cambridge - History
On Christmas Eve 1347, Edward III granted Marie de St Pol, widow of the Earl of Pembroke, the licence for the foundation of a new educati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doctor In The House Tv Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Doctor In The House Tv Series - Characters
The major protagonists were: Michael Upton (Barry Evans) - An easy-going, serious and somewhat anxious son of a doctor who is essentiall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barry Evans: Encyclopedia Ii - Barry Evans - Career
Gifted with an appealing boyish face, Evans actor career was based on an image of innocent youthfulness. He appeared in the film Here We ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bartley Reservoir: Encyclopedia Ii - Bartley Reservoir - History
Most of the land occupied by Bartley Reservoir was in the parish of Northfield, originally in Worcestershire. It was transferred to Warwi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - The Emergence Of Popular Folk Artists
During the twentieth century, a crucial change in the history of folk music began. Folk material came to be adopted by talented performer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Edward's School Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - King Edward's School Birmingham - Music School
There is a separate building on site housing the Music Department with facilities including a recital/rehearsal auditorium and a computer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mornington Crescent Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Mornington Crescent Game - Rules
According to tradition, numerous volumes expound the hundreds of rules and regulations of gameplay; however, aside from the basic manner ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Secret Policeman's Balls: Encyclopedia Ii - The Secret Policeman's Balls - Featured Artists
Amongst the comedy contributions were performances by Monty Python team of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - This Is Your Life: Encyclopedia Ii - This Is Your Life - The Concept
The format of the show was simple: the host would ambush a celebrity or public figure, present them with a 'red book', and then conduct a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Wolstenholme: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Wolstenholme - Career
Wolstenholme started his career as a journalist with a newspaper in Manchester, before joining the RAF as a bomber pilot. After the war h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Participants
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Chairman. The chairman (except for a few episodes in the first series) is Humphrey Lyttelton, generally re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - The Pythons
Monty Python - Michael Palin. The youngest Python by a matter of weeks, Palin is often labelled 'the nice one'. He attended Oxford, whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Alan Partridge: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Alan Partridge - Series One
In this series, the former chat show host Partridge has been divorced by his wife, Carol; has distanced himself from his children and end...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - Catchphrases
My name is Angus Prune and I always listen to I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (You Don't!) My name is Angus Prune and I never miss I'm Sor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English National Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - English National Opera - History
In 1898, Lilian Baylis presented a series of opera recitals at the Old Vic theatre. Some ten years later, she established a theatre compa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie Goes Wild: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie Goes Wild - Series 1
A six part series, on Fridays, from January 5, 2001, showing on BBC2 at 7.30pm. Oddie visited six locations around the country in search ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - The Emergence Of Popular Folk Artists
During the twentieth century, a crucial change in the history of folk music began. Folk material came to be adopted by talented performer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dodo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dodo - Family Raphidae
Traditionally, the Dodo has been taxonomically assigned to the family Raphidae, one of two families within the Order Columbiformes. The o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Cleese: Encyclopedia Ii - John Cleese - Biography
John Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England to Reginald Francis Cleese and Muriel Cross. His family's surname was previo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Comedians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Comedians - Comedians English Language
List of comedians - A. Bud Abbott (1895-1974) Roger Abbott (1946-) Russ Abbott (1947-) Chris Addison (19??-) Joe Alaskey (1949-) Carlo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eric Idle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eric Idle - Early Life
Eric was born in South Shields, County Durham, England. Idle's father had been in the Royal Air Force and survived the Second World War, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birdwatching: Encyclopedia Ii - Birdwatching - Socio-psychology Of Birdwatching
It has been suggested that birdwatching is a form of expression of the innate need for human connections to the environment. Ethologist N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of University Of Cambridge People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of University Of Cambridge People - Politics/royalty
List of University of Cambridge people - Kings and Queens. Edward VII of the United Kingdom (Trinity) George VI of the United Kingdom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dodo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dodo - Description
In December, 2005, an important site of Dodo remains was found in Mauritius, including birds of various stages of maturity. Before this f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Humour
Many of the games are inherently humorous and even those theoretically capable of being taken seriously are played for laughs. I'm Sorry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - History
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue developed from the long running radio sketch show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. The writers of this show —...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Alan Partridge: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Alan Partridge - Series Two
By series two, we catch up with Alan five years after he left the Linton Travel Tavern. He himself admits that in the intervening time he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Pastiche And Parody
Popular culture sometimes creates pastiches of folk music for its own ends. One famous example is the pseudo-ballad sung about brave Sir ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - The Decline Of Folk Traditions In Modern Societies
Folk music seems to reflect a universal impulse of humanity. No fieldwork expedition by cultural anthropologists has yet discovered a pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Variation In Folk Music
Music transmitted by word of mouth though a community will, in time, develop many variants, because this kind of transmission cannot prod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Fieldwork And Scholarship On Folk Music
Starting in the 19th century, interested people - academics and amateur scholars - started to take note of what was being lost, and there...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Folk Revivals
As folk traditions decline, there is often a conscious effort to resuscitate them. Such efforts are often exerted by bridge figures such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Format
The show roughly follows a standard panel game format: the chairman introduces the show by providing a little background material on the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dodo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dodo - Extinction
The Dodo was entirely fearless of people, and this, in combination with its flightlessness, made it easy prey. The name dodo comes from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth Wolstenholme: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth Wolstenholme - Quotations
"Oh, that was sheer delightful football!" - after Carlos Alberto's memorable fourth goal for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final "There's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - The Decline Of Folk Traditions In Modern Societies
Folk music seems to reflect a universal impulse of humanity. No fieldwork expedition by cultural anthropologists has yet discovered a pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Fieldwork And Scholarship On Folk Music
Starting in the 19th century, interested people - academics and amateur scholars - started to take note of what was being lost, and there...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - This Is Your Life: Encyclopedia Ii - This Is Your Life - Attempted Revivals
Edwards would revive the series twice in syndication, the first one during the 1971-1972 season(With Edwards again as host) and in 1983 w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - This Is Your Life: Encyclopedia Ii - This Is Your Life - The Uk Version
The show was exported to several countries, including the United Kingdom, where it was launched in 1955 on the BBC and was presented by E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Subjects Of Folk Music
Apart from instrumental music that forms a part of folk music, especially dance music traditions, much folk music is vocal music, since t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Variation In Folk Music
Music transmitted by word of mouth though a community will, in time, develop many variants, because this kind of transmission cannot prod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Folk Revivals
As folk traditions decline, there is often a conscious effort to resuscitate them. Such efforts are often exerted by bridge figures such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mornington Crescent Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Mornington Crescent Game - Gameplay
In its original form, the form in which it is still played on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, four players take turns making a "play" or "mov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Subjects Of Folk Music
Apart from instrumental music that forms a part of folk music, especially dance music traditions, much folk music is vocal music, since t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Pastiche And Parody
Popular culture sometimes creates pastiches of folk music for its own ends. One famous example is the pseudo-ballad sung about brave Sir ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Edward's School Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - King Edward's School Birmingham - School Structure
Unlike most secondary schools, King Edward's does not use the modern year group names, e.g. Year 11, Year 12, etc. The table below attemp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Edward's School Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - King Edward's School Birmingham - The House System
King Edward's has a house system. The 8 Houses are all named after former Chief Masters or Deputy Chief Masters and compete against one a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Edward's School Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - King Edward's School Birmingham - Sport
King Edward's is surprisingly good at sport considering its lack of the sporting scholarships that some other nearby schools, such as Bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: Encyclopedia Ii - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Humour
Many of the games are inherently humorous and even those theoretically capable of being taken seriously are played for laughs. I'm Sorry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Overview
Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Repeats And Commercial Releases
Unlike most long-running BBC comedy series, The Goodies has not enjoyed extensive repeats on terrestrial television in the UK, the BBC in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - The Goodies
The Goodies ran from 1970 to 1980 on BBC2, with 70 episodes, mostly thirty minutes in length except for two forty-five minute Christmas s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Characters And Production Techniques
The show featured extensive use of slapstick (often performed using speeded-up photography and clever, though low-budget, visual effects)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Famous Guest Stars
The guest stars are listed in alphabetical order: Jane Asher, Michael Aspel, Michael Barratt, George Baker, Alfie Bass, Stanley Baxter, T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Other Collaborations
Tim Brooke-Taylor was a writer/performer on the television comedy series At Last the 1948 Show (which also included John Cleese, Graham C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Cultural Influence
It may be argued that The Goodies antics brought the surrealist adventure traditions of The Goon Show to the television screen without di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Goodies: Encyclopedia Ii - The Goodies - Towards The Goodies
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie were cast members of the highly successful 1960s BBC radio comedy show I'm Sorry, I'll Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Cleese: Encyclopedia Ii - John Cleese - Cleese In Spamalot
From the 14 March 2005 issue of New York Magazine (article entitled, "King Mike and the Quest for the Broadway Grail", by Bill Zehme): Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - Life After Python
Monty Python - Python Monty Pictures. The five surviving members of the main Monty Python team are directors of Python (Monty) Pictures...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - Flying Circus And The Python Style
The Pythons had a very definite idea about what they wanted to do with the series, and were a little dismayed when they saw Spike Milliga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - Python Media
For a more comprehensive list of Python media, including books, live shows, records, and video games, see: Monty Python mediagraphy Mont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of University Of Cambridge People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of University Of Cambridge People - Scientists Technologists And Mathematicians
See also List of all Nobel Prize winners from Cambridge University List of University of Cambridge people - Astronauts. Michael Foale ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pembroke College Cambridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Pembroke College Cambridge - Buildings
The first buildings were comprised of a single court (now called Old Court) containing all the component parts of a college - chapel, hal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Defining Folk Song
"Folk song is usually seen as the authentic expression of a way of life now, past or about to disappear (or in some cases, to be preserve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Music - Defining Folk Song
"Folk song is usually seen as the authentic expression of a way of life now, past or about to disappear (or in some cases, to be preserve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doctor In The House Tv Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Doctor In The House Tv Series - The Writers Of The Tv Series
The Doctor in the House series is well known for the writing work of Graham Chapman and John Cleese, who would both later go on to become...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dodo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dodo - Use In Popular Culture
The first use of the Dodo in popular culture was in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in 1865. The book features a Dodo c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dodo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dodo - Use As A Symbol
The Dodo appears on the Coat of arms of Mauritius, its origin. The Dodo is the symbol of the Brasseries de Bourbon, a popular brewer on R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English National Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - English National Opera - Home
The Coliseum Theatre, near Trafalgar Square, is one of London's largest and best equipped theatres, opening in 1904. Built by Frank Match...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monty Python: Encyclopedia Ii - Monty Python - History Pre-python
Michael Palin and Terry Jones first met at Oxford University, while John Cleese and Graham Chapman met at Cambridge University. Eric Idle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English National Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - English National Opera - Ring Cycle
An interesting complete Ring cycle was begun in 2004. The production is notable for its use of contemporary minimalist sets and costumes....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eric Idle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eric Idle - Other Performances
Eric Idle played one of the four members of the pre-fab-four 'group' The Rutles, which was a parody of The Beatles. The 'group' was creat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who: Encyclopedia Ii - Celebrity Appearances In Doctor Who - Tenth Doctor Stories
Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who - Already broadcast. Adam Garcia (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen) in The Christmas Invasion ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie Goes Wild: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie Goes Wild - Series 2
There were eight episodes in series 2. Bill Oddie Goes Wild - Scilly Isles. Friday 4 January. The first show sees Oddie in the discover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eric Idle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eric Idle - University Life
Eric Idle attended Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, where he studied English. At Pembroke College he was invited to join ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eric Idle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eric Idle - Writing
Idle has written several books, both fictional and nonfictional. His novels are Hello Sailor and The Road to Mars. In 1976 he produced a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birding With Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Birding With Bill Oddie - Series 2: 1998
Originally Broadcast Fridays 11 May - 8 June 1998. The Dorset, Farmland and Shetland episodes were repeated Fridays - January - 11 Februa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eric Idle: Encyclopedia Ii - Eric Idle - Monty Python
Unlike the other Pythons, who wrote in pairs (Cleese/Chapman and Palin/Jones), Idle wrote alone. His work was often closely associated wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie - Recognition
In 2001, Oddie became only the third person to turn down the "red book" and decline to appear on This Is Your Life. He relented some time...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Oddie: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Oddie - Conservation And Birdwatching
Oddie's first published work was an article about Birmingham's Bartley Reservoir in the West Midland Bird Club's 1962 Annual Report. He h...   » Read the article