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Interview: Bill Bailey

The gap between how we imagine our lives to be and how they really are is the subject of Bill Bailey's latest show Limboland, which he brings to the Hippodrome for four nights this month. With his trademark intelligence and sharp wit, the inimitable Keynsham-raised polymath tells tales of finding himself in this halfway place.

Bill Bailey is definitely not dead

Bill Bailey wants to let you know that he is definitely not dead. The comedian posted a screenshot on Twitter of what appears to be a headline announcing his death. However, he calmed our fears by confirming that he was alive, adding that it "won't affect the Stevenage gigs".

Bill Bailey writes safari park sitcom

Bill Bailey is writing a sitcom set in a safari park.

Bill Bailey: 'Comedy is mercurial'

Bill Bailey's ability to blend music with comedy has made him one of Britain's most eclectic stand-ups. He explains where it all went right.

After rattling through half an alphabet's worth of "quite interesting" trivia, and finding endlessly inventive ways of calling Alan Davies an idiot, Stephen Fry finally steps down from his role of QI's avuncular headmaster tonight. But first there's a final light-hearted lecture to get through, on the subject of misconceptions. The panel of Chris Addison, Sue Perkins and Sara Cox isn't quite a classic by QI standards - where's Bill Bailey?! - but one final opportunity for some Fry-and-Davies back-and-forth should make up for that.

Review - Bill Bailey, Limboland

I thought Bill Bailey had had a blip, personally, his previous few shows being more like BB by numbers, so I wasn't sure what to expect from Limboland. But by all accounts it is vintage Bill Bailey.

Bill Bailey tour bus thief Francis Whittaker jailed

Whittaker was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to burglary and two charges of vehicle theft.

Opinion: comedy gigs of the year 2015

Featuring Katherine Ryan, Bryony Kimmings, Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse, Rob Delaney, Sam Simmons, Simon Amstell, Dara O Briain, Daniel Kitson, Bill Bailey and Joseph Morpurgo.

Comedy gigs of the year 2015

Featuring Rob Delaney, Tommy Tiernan, Frankie Boyle, Daniel Kitson, Sam Simmons, Bill Bailey, Stewart Lee, Weird Al Yankovic, Richard Gadd and Spencer Jones.

Bill Bailey to headline Wychwood Festival 2016

Bill Bailey will headline the Sunday at next year's family-friendly Wychwood Festival.