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|name = Bill Oddie | |name = Bill Oddie | ||
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|birth date = [[7 July (people)|7 July]] [[1941 (people)|1941]] | |birth date = [[7 July (people)|7 July]] [[1941 (people)|1941]] | ||
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'''Bill Oddie ''' voiced [[Red Jasper]] in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'']] audio story ''[[Doctor Who and the Pirates]]''. He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''. | '''Bill Oddie ''' voiced [[Red Jasper]] in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'']] audio story ''[[Doctor Who and the Pirates]]''. He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''. | ||
Outside of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', | Outside of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', he is perhaps best known for his role in the [[British]] comedy television series {{wi|The Goodies}} with [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] and [[Graeme Garden]]. The show ran from 1970-1980 on the [[BBC]] and 1980-1982 on [[ATV]], when the BBC cancelled the show the budget reportedly went to making the TV series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. After ''The Goodies'' finished, the trio created, wrote and provided the voices for the kids' cartoon series ''Bananaman'' in the mid 1980s. | ||
The trio had previously worked together with the likes of [[John Cleese]] on the [[BBC Radio]] programme ''I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again'' from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. | The trio had previously worked together with the likes of [[John Cleese]] on the [[BBC Radio]] programme ''I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again'' from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. | ||
