TV tonight: our highlights for Tuesday, September 16, including the Sewing Bee final Plus, it's Bread Week on Bake Off, and Palin is off to Venezuela WhatToWatch · Sep 15, 2025
Last Night of the Proms review – star turns, good-natured flag waving and a rich Rule, Britannia! Bill Bailey played a mean typewriter, Brian May and Roger Taylor raised laughs with Bohemian Rhapsody and trumpeter Alison Balsom bid a poignant farewell at just 46 The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2025
Bill Bailey ‘proud to be British’ following Last Night Of The Proms performance The comedian’s father watched on as he played Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at the Royal Albert Hall The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2025
Bill Bailey ‘proud to be British’ after Last Night Of The Proms performance The 60-year-old made his Proms debut in a performance of Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at the Royal Albert Hall. Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2025
Bill Bailey pays emotional tribute to inspirational mother ahead of BBC Proms Bailey will be joined by Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and rising West End star Sam Oladeinde at the Proms’ final night The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025
‘I just wish my mum could see it’: Bill Bailey on making his Proms debut The musical comic will perform Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday. Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2025
Strictly star’s involvement with 2025 series undecided Former ‘Dancing on Ice’ judge competed on BBC dancing show between 2015 and 2022 The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025
Swift garden at Hampton Court show highlights at-risk ‘symbol of summer skies’ The RHS has teamed up with the RSPB for the first time to create a show garden focused on the birds at Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. The Independent UK · May 29, 2025
Oti Mabuse opens up about ‘toxic relationship’ with body after leaving Strictly Come Dancing Former ‘Strictly’ star is ‘trying to rebuild’ her relationship with her body after years in the dance world The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
Oti Mabuse makes refreshing admission about Strictly scandal Professional dancer lifted the glitterball trophy twice during ‘Strictly’ career The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025
Ross Noble: ‘The weirdest place I have been recognised? During my vasectomy’ The British comedian on being shot into space by Jeff Bezos, his nightmarish run-in with a fan and the thing he loves most about Australia The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2025
TV tonight: Bill Bailey’s incredibly moving art show The beardy comedian is back with an uplifting fourth series. Plus: what could be the daftest Death in Paradise yet. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025
Crackdown on creating 'supersized' London homes as councils impose tougher rules Merging homes, and so creating ‘supersized’ properties, could soon be a thing of the past for London’s mega rich Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025
Twixmas in London: The best things to do, from theatre shows and exhibitions to nights out Looking for something cultural to avoid the Twixmas slump? We’ve got you covered Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2024
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024 Ed Balls and Katya Jones recall ‘horribly wrong’ lift in Strictly 20th special Celebrity competitors from the BBC One show have reunited with their professional dance partners for an anniversary programme.
Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2024 Ed Balls and Bill Bailey reunite with Strictly partners for anniversary special A teaser released for Strictly Come Dancing: 20 Fabulous Years showed couples sharing the couch once more to talk about their time on the show.
Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2024 From newsreaders to comedians: Strictly Come Dancing winners through the years The BBC dancing show has seen famous faces from all walks of life take home the Glitterball trophy.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024 Sunday with Bill Bailey: ‘I’ll head up to the Ridgeway and watch the red kites’ The comedian tells Rich Pelley he likes to stay in and takes it easy, or else heads out of London to see some amazing fork-tailed birds of prey
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024 TV tonight: chilling documentary about a horrific death cult Former members speak out about the sect that claimed more than 70 lives. Plus: Bill Bailey’s master craftsmen. Here’s watch to watch this evening
Metal Hammer · Dec 2, 2024 UK metalhead? This is your last chance to get some deals on tickets to Napalm Death, Bill Bailey, Biohazard/Life Of Agony and more Ticketmaster have a few metalhead-friendly acts in their 2-4-1 Cyber Weekend offer - but you'll need to be quick to get them!
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024 TV tonight: Wolf Hall approaches its endgame Cromwell is haunted by betrayal in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Plus, Shaun Ryder joins Bill Bailey for a countryside walk. Here’s what to watch this evening
The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024 ‘Absolutely spectacular’: why Chris McCausland will win Strictly – and save the show The show’s first blind contestant continues to bowl us over with his sharp wit and spine-tingling moves. We’re calling it – he’s a dead cert for the glitterball
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2024 Bill Bailey says fan campaign may have cost him The Hobbit role ‘I did think that a petition is not the right way to go about getting that to happen,’ he said
The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2024 Bill Bailey: ‘When I met Paul McCartney, I was so nervous that I forgot how to speak’ The comedian planned to tell the Beatle ‘something eloquent’ backstage – but wound up completely thrown
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024 What are BBC Strictly Come Dancing's former professionals doing now? Since debuting in 2004, the show’s professionals have become household names