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Bring The Drama: release date, how it works, host, the actors, celebrity mentors, coaches, episode guide, interview and everything you need to know

Bring The Drama on BBC2 sees Bill Bailey host as eight aspiring actors are put through their paces on some of Britain’s most iconic TV sets.

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Bill Bailey at the O2 review: Strictly star charmed with his unique mix of music, mirth and 24-carat whimsy

Few arena acts are quite as genial as this neatly bearded national treasure

Evening Standard

TV tonight: it’s Peaky Blinders week on Bring The Drama

Bill Bailey’s strangely addictive acting competition heads to Birmingham. Plus: more witchy love on Domino Day. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Bill Bailey: a comic maestro of bits, bobs and barbs at the Tories

Thoughtifier, a new European tour, brings familiar whimsy from the Strictly Come Dancing champ. But does the mirth cramp his musical stylings?

The Guardian - UK

‘I used to roundly mock Bryan Adams’: Bill Bailey’s honest playlist

The comedian has come full circle on the Canadian soft rocker, but which sweary song did he miss out on playing at Reading?

The Guardian - UK

"It brings back lots of memories and takes me back to a place instantly of heartbreak but also teen rebellion, great times, intense times": This is the soundtrack of Bill Bailey's life

Rock-loving comedian Bill Bailey picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the song that's been a constant companion throughout his life

Metal Hammer

The week in TV: Alice & Jack; The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth; The New Look; Bring the Drama – review

Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson convince as a perma-turbulent couple; a devastating docuseries pays homage to the doomed Columbia space shuttle crew. Plus, ill-fitting wartime drama with Coco Chanel and Christian Dior and a sweet, old-school reality show

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Bring the Drama review – Bill Bailey’s new acting competition is a warning sign for us all

This talent show’s attempt to open up acting to more than just the wealthy is warm and gentle. But if this is what it takes to broaden access, society is in deep trouble

The Guardian - UK

“It went a bit off-piste, like ‘I don’t know what I’m doing now… but I like this!”: Bill Bailey on his first ever gig

The musician-comedian attempted the guitar solo on The Kinks’ You Really Got Me

Louder

Backstage at the final Kiss show: Only in the pyrotechnic new issue of Classic Rock

Also available: the special, limited edition Kiss bundle edition. Inside: Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Nirvana, The Doors, Saxon, Peter Gabriel and more

Louder

"Opeth and Scissor Sisters are fans of mine": comedian Bill Bailey talks Mastodon, Ghost and why he'd love to have a nerdy conversation with Prince

Musical comedian Bill Bailey answers your questions on his favourite instrument, exotic animals and why he misses Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Louder

The 12 greatest Strictly Come Dancing moments of all time

From Kelvin Fletcher to Ann Widdecombe, the very best and worst of the 20 series of ‘Strictly’ so far

The Independent UK

TV tonight: an action-packed climax for brilliant thriller Boat Story

Will our unlikely drug thieves get away with it? Plus: a harrowing documentary about the Kerry babies case. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Bill Bailey looks back: ‘My comedy audience is similar to Strictly’s demographic – an eight-year-old next to an 80-year-old’

The comedian on his punk years, being the ‘wurzel’ on Buzzcocks, and his late pal Sean Lock’s Strictly warning

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TV tonight: the wild story of the Stasi, its football team … and assassination

Stasi FC is a gripping feature documentary. Plus: it’s Junior Eurovision time! Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: The Crown; A Murder at the End of the World; Bill Bailey’s Australian Adventure; The Curse – review

Diana is ever present in the fantastical final series of Peter Morgan’s royal soap; ex-Diana Emma Corrin excels as a hacker sleuth; and Emma Stone-starring The Curse is irresistibly irksome

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a wild new thriller about two strangers, a boat and a whole lot of drugs

Boat Story is a stylish treat starring Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph. Plus: Nigel Farage in I’m A Celebrity! Here’s what to watch this evening

Evening Standard

Bill Bailey still 'ambushed' with grief two years after death of friend Sean Lock

The Strictly Come Dancing champ says he has found relief in writing following his bereavement

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The Independent UK

Bill Bailey shares touching ‘trigger’ he experiences due to Sean Lock’s death

‘It’s happened to me on a few occasions,’ comedian said

Louder

“Occasionally one of their legs would go up slightly. Were they playing or checking emails? I thought it would be fun to have them doing The Hokey Cokey”: Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk sketch

Comedian and master prog musician discusses the gems in his record collection, including Yes, Roxy Music and Hawkwind – and outlines plans to play the Albert Hall like an instrument

The Guardian - UK

Bill Bailey’s Australian Adventure review – you don’t get this level of strangeness from Michael Portillo

From ferociously singing sweary shanties with locals to rubbing his face against old stones, Bailey’s jaunt Down Under is extremely eccentric – and all the better for it

Metal Hammer

Legendary comedian Bill Bailey wants to do another heavy metal album: "I’d be well up for another!"

Bill Bailey has the material for an In Metal Part 2, and he's not afraid to use it

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: shanty singing and sharing a pint with Bill Bailey

The comedian is a great tour guide in Austraila. Plus: Hannah Waddingham hosts the Earthshot Prize 2023. Here’s what to watch this evening

WhatToWatch

Bill Bailey's Australian Adventure: release date, destinations, episodes, exclusive interview and everything we know

Bill Bailey's Australian Adventure is a Channel 4 travel series that sees the comedian explore Western Australia.

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Have I Got News for You season 66: release date, guests, trailer and everything we know

Have I Got News for You season 66 sees Ian Hislop and Paul Merton return with their satirical comedy and an interesting array of presenters and guests.

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