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2 May 2014updated 09 Jun 2021 9:19am

Yewtreewatch: Bill Oddie says the investigation “doesn’t ring right“

BBC wildlife veteran Bill Oddie has entered the wilderness of commenting on Operation Yewtree, saying it "doesn't ring right".

By Media Mole

Celebrity birdwatcher Bill Oddie has commented on Operation Yewtree, the investigation in which contemporaries of his at the BBC in the Seventies have been targeted. This mole suggests he watches his words, rather than birds, in the future.

Oddie was one of The Goodies, and performed on Top of the Pops and Jimmy Savile programmes before going full-time into nature shows. Here’s what he’s said in a recent interview:

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