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Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra

Posted by Bombyx Mori on May 13th, 2009

For those of you who missed it on saturday night, here’s a chance to catch it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kj2r2/Bill_Baileys_Remarkable_Guide_to_the_Orchestra/

And yes, a DVD is scheduled for release later on this year. Thanks for watching and listening.

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Watch out! Bill’s about (today and tomorrow)

Posted by Bombyx Mori on May 8th, 2009

Today you can hear Bill on Radio 5 Live with Simon Mayo at 2pm, and then at 3pm tune in to BBC 6 when he’ll be chatting with Nemone.

Tomorrow morning (Saturday 9 May) you’ll be able to see him on Sky News Sunrise at 8.45am.

And all this so he can get you in the mood to watch Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra on Saturday 9 May at 9.40pm on BBC2.

Must dash and make sure Bill gets to bed on time now. Cheerio.

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Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra – THIS SATURDAY NIGHT ON BBC2!

Posted by Bombyx Mori on May 6th, 2009

May 9th 2009 at 9.40pm on BBC 2

Tune in and tune up, for it’s your first chance to see Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra on your television screens. Featuring Anne Dudley and the BBC Concert Orchestra, this Saturday evening’s not-to-be-missed show promises to be a treat for the whole family.

Wonderfully enjoyable…like driving a Rolls-Royce off-road” - Stephen Fry

Blissfully funny” - The Times

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Fifth Gear

Posted by Helper Worm on January 16th, 2009

Channel Five, Monday 19 January, 8pm

Fifth Gear proves to Bill Bailey that chip fat is the fuel of the future, including an extraordinary improvised 80’s German techno song that manages to rhyme something with the term “chip fat”.

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Bill on The One Show

Posted by Helper Worm on November 3rd, 2008

Tune into topical (not tropical) magazine programme, The One Show, tonight – BBC1 at 7pm and you will see Bill Bailey on the little couch they have in the studio.

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Catch him if you can…

Posted by Helper Worm on October 10th, 2008

Saturday 11 October
Listen to Bill on Loose Ends at 6.15pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Clive Anderson, rumour has it that Glen Campbell (apparently nothing to do with soup) and human beatbox, Schlomo, will also be guests on the show. Later on, Bill will be on Russell Brand’s BBC Radio 2 show, which kicks off at 9pm.

Sunday 12 October
Bill will be joining Tim Lovejoy in the kitchen on Something for The Weekend at 10am on BBC 2. Sitting on the sofa will also be confirmed guest Ne-Yo. Will you be able to handle this juxtaposition?

Monday 13 October
Catch Bill on Colin Murray’s Radio 1 show at 11pm. Tune in to see what Bill’s 5 specially chosen tracks are.

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Bill on the Beeb (Thursday)

Posted by Helper Worm on October 8th, 2008

For those of you who’d like a Thursday Bill fix, Mr. Bailey can be spotted at the following locations on Thursday 9 October:

06.00am BBC1 on Breakfast
…although I shouldn’t imagine he’ll be on at the crack of dawn…more likely in the last hour.

11.35pm BBC 1 on This Week
For those of you on the late shift of Bill watch.

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Have I Got News For You? Yes, actually.

Posted by on May 8th, 2008

This Friday Bill will be returning to Have I Got News For You for his second stint in the coveted role of guest host. Bill is a long running, critically acclaimed, satirical comedian who should bring an air of respectability to the bewildered, babbling, bearded news quiz. Or something like that. It’s on BBC1 at 9pm, and as usual there is an extended version on BBC2 at 9pm on Saturday.

And in case you didn’t know, 2008 is in fact the Year of Reading, and Bill has appeared in an advert for a government campaign to promote more reading. I could tell you more, but you don’t want to read about it in a load of boring old words do you? Just watch the video, which has pictures and noises and stuff. You can see the advert here, and a making of which also features Bill here.

Don’t forget to check out Bill’s ‘My Favourite Place’ on The History Channel tonight.

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Grand Designs

Posted by on May 3rd, 2008

Be sure to tune into Channel 4’s Grand Designs Live tomorrow night, as Bill will be popping in for a chat. Tomorrow’s show is the first of a week-long run which sees Kevin McCloud attempting to build a green home in six days, and starts at 8.05pm.

Later in the week, Bill will be exploring the myths around one of the grandest, and most mysterious designs of all, when he visits his spiritual (and some might claim actual) home, Stonehenge, in the first episode of new series My Favourite Place which goes out on The History Channel at 8pm on Thursday. Click here to read Bill’s interview on the show in the Times.

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Back on Buzzcocks

Posted by on December 12th, 2007

A quick message to reassure anyone who tuned into Never Mind the Buzzcocks over the last few weeks to find an unexpected figure in Bill’s chair. It was not, as some of you may have thought, a newly regenerated Bill (or “Second Bill” for all you Doctor Who fans), but was actually comedian and ‘Mighty Boosh’ creator Noel Fielding standing in for Bill while he was busy on tour.

This Thursday Bill will be back in his usual position, opposite the nowadays clean-shaven Phill Jupitus, to bring his much missed blend of off-beat humour and facial hair back to the show. Amongst the guests this week is comic actor and ‘Das Hokey Kokey’ performer, Kevin Eldon. Catch it on BBC2 on Thursday, at the usual time of 9pm.

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