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In 2008, Oddie was a guest on Jamie Oliver's television special Jamie's Fowl Dinners, talking about free-range chickens. [ 41 ] He also appeared on Would I Lie To You? in 2011, where he revealed that he was saved from drowning by Freddy from popular children's series Rainbow and Rod, Jane and Freddy while on holiday in the Seychelles .
Football fans have become increasingly violent, and Bill, who is the worst offender, is arrested for disruptive behaviour by Tim (who has become a police officer). It is not Bill's first offence at the football and he proudly stands by while listing his previous misdemeanours as a spectator.
The Saturday Banana is a Saturday morning children's television show produced by Southern Television for ITV and presented by Goodies star Bill Oddie. Oddie also wrote and sang the theme tune. The series began on 8 July 1978, running through the summer and continuing up to December, with a Christmas Special.
Wild In Your Garden was a live BBC Television show, broadcast in 2003.. Presenters Bill Oddie, Kate Humble (both in a suburban garden in Bristol, England) and Simon King (mostly on location nearby) presented live action from a number of hidden cameras in or near nest boxes, badger setts and the like.
Finally, the Goodies manage to oust the dummies and the entertainers take power—but with their memories gone, Bill suggests another option—a puppet government. Taking this literally, popular puppets Sooty and Sweep are now the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary , and the Houses of Parliament are now full of screeching hand puppets.
The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940–12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their eponymous television comedy show from 1970 until 1982, combining sketches and situation comedy.
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During the climax, Bill Oddie starts running in slow motion and performs a giant leap down from a tree to hand Tim Brooke Taylor a bomb in a shoebox. This was an overt nod to the bionic action of the Lee Majors series The Six Million Dollar Man , which was hugely popular at the time.