Bill Young
- Actor
Press clippings
Don't panic! National Towel Day 2016 is coming
Still reeling from having missed the opportunity the last couple of years to alert everyone as to the fact that National Towel Day is just around the corner, I thought I'd get a head start this year so everyone (me included) can plan the days activities for #TowelDay2016 on May 25. As most of you probably know, National Towel Day is the annual celebration of the life and works of the late English writer Douglas Adams. You see, it was Adams' classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that alerted Planet Earth to that fact that a towel is one of the most useful items to carry with you around the universe.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 11th May 2016After 30 years, 'Red Nose Day' finally lands in America
The UK institution known as Red Nose Day has landed in America. Who knew the flight from Great Britain to America would take right at three decades. The 25+ year staple of a night of BBC One programming and the UK's #1 television fundraising effort finally makes its way across the pond and will be broadcast tonight on NBC.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 21st May 2015Open All Hours - a must see, must read, comedy classic
I may be in the minority here, but one of my most favorite British situation comedies of all-time is Open All Hours.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd March 2015Monty Python Live (Mostly) gets U.S. broadcast premiere
Forty years ago this month, in a scene reminiscent of the Beatles' first trip to America, four members of the Monty Python comedy troupe landed at Dallas' Love Field and were mobbed by adoring fans.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 7th March 2015'Hoff the Record' at BBC Showcase in Liverpool
The 6-part, semi-improvised comedy series sees David Hasselhoff playing a fictionalized version of himself after five divorces, with a previously unknown German son who breakdances rather poorly and a rather unique entourage.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 26th February 2015Happy 86th, Patricia Routledge!
A profile of comic actress Patricia Routledge.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 17th February 2015How about a Red Dwarf themed Valentine's Day e-card?
You might remember a couple of years ago when we were totally thinking of your well-being and brought you some Downton Abbey-themed Valentines that you could download and fire off via e-mail like you had been planning this for months. Unfortunately, these are no longer available on the Internets, but we have the perfect replacement, thanks to the great minds over at 'the Small Rouge One', Red Dwarf.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 14th February 2015'The Wrong Mans' - Q&A with Mathew Bayton
Tellyspotting recently sat down with series co-creator/writer/star, Mathew Baynton, to talk about what's in store for Sam and Phil in S2 and, basically, all-things comedy.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd December 2014Monty Python, 1969-2014
While it has been 45 years since they first appeared on the BBC with Monty Python's Flying Circus, the group's 40th anniversary of their U.S. television premiere on KERA (PBS/Dallas) is coming up this October.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd July 2014Eddie Izzard recalls Monty Python's first US airing
In Izzard's current tour, he finds facts about the towns he performs in. In Dallas, someone submitted the fact that it was the first town in the USA to show Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 26th June 2014