William Edgar Oddie, OBE (born 7 July 1941) is an English comedy writer and performer, author, composer and musician. He became famous as one of the The Goodies.

A birdwatcher since his childhood in Birmingham, Oddie has now established a reputation for himself as an ornithologist, conservationist and television presenter on wildlife issues. Some of his books are illustrated with his own paintings and drawings.

Oddie's wildlife programmes for the BBC include: Springwatch / Autumnwatch, How to Watch Wildlife, Wild In Your Garden, Birding with Bill Oddie, Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie and Bill Oddie Goes Wild.

Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie was a live BBC TV show, broadcast nightly, Monday – Thursday, from May 31, 2004 to June 17, 2004.

Following on from the previous year's Wild In Your Garden, presenters Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King spent one hour each evening, describing wildlife and presenting live action from a number of hidden cameras in or near nest boxes, as well as a badger sett. Short, pre-filmed documentary pieces were also included. While Oddie and Humble both presented the series from an organic farm in Devon, England, where the nestboxes and sett were located, King worked on location - at Bass Rock observing gannets in the first week, at a quarry observing a family of peregrine falcons in the second week, at the London Wetlands Centre in the third week, and joining Oddie and Humble on the farm for the final programme.

It set a record for its timeslot of 8pm on BBC Two on its first evening of broadcast of 3.4 million viewers — one million more than the Channel 4 programme showing at that time. It also created a run on nest boxes for wild birds and bumble bees, bird baths and bird feed from suppliers, likened to the Delia power phenomenon created when Delia Smith mentioned the tools and ingredients she was using on her cooking programme Delia's How to Cook.

Oddie presented an update of some of the featured animals later in 2004.

A sequel, Springwatch with Bill Oddie, was broadcast in 2005.

Father of Kate Hardie (I)

Co-wrote several episodes of "Doctor in the House" (1969) and its sequels with Graeme Garden

His second wife Laura Beaumont is a co-writer of books with him.

Father of actress Kate Hardie (I) and Bonnie (from his first marriage); and father of Rosie (from his present marriage).

Studied English at Pembroke College, at Cambridge University.

Was a member of the highly successful BBC radio show, "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again". Other cast members included Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, John Cleese and Jo Kendall.

Was a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club, where his musical genius was given free reign.

Went to the United States with the Footlights stage show "Cambridge Circus" in 1964, and appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show".

A well-known birdwatcher, Oddie wrote "Persecuting Pigeons In Trafalgar Square" and "The Turkey Strangler Song" for ISIRTA.

Awarded the OBE in 2003 for services to wildlife conservation.

Plays the Oboe

Son-in-law of Sally Barnes (I).