Tag Archives: Bill Bailey

McDonald & Dodds: Wedding Fever. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jason Watkins, Tala Gouveia, Claire Skinner, Victoria Hamilton, Jason Hughes, Bill Bailey, Richard Harrington, Esme Coy, Lucinda Dryzek, Holli Dempsey, Charlie Coombes, Piotr Baumann, Charlie Jones, Bhavik C. Pankhania, Misha Domadia, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Joy Richardson, Akshay Sharan,

To the non-romantic, or even those that care little for social construct surrounding over-priced and over exaggerated declarations of love that come with the almost hysterical belief tied in with the convention of Wedding Season, the abuse of want and need, the sense of installing jealousy in a setting where good will should flow is enough to put some over the edge, to see marriage not as a union, but as a chance to even the score.

McDonald & Dodds: Wedding Fever. Television Drama Review. full post

(451 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Roald And Beatrix: The Tale Of The Curious Mouse. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Dawn French, Harry Tayler, Nina Sosanya, John Hannah, Jessica Hynes, Alison Steadman, Bill Bailey, Nick Mohammed, Rob Brydon, Mollie Holder, Reegan Davies, Rhys Parry Jones, Kevin Bishop, Kimberley Nixon.

It doesn’t matter when it happens, or perhaps even how, but to meet the one person outside of your family to whom your life from that moment is shaped by even the barest, smallest conversation, is a tale to which to inspire others.

Roald And Beatrix: The Tale Of The Curious Mouse. Television Review. full post

(563 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

Midsomer Murders: Drawing Dead. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman, Annette Badland, Bill Bailey, Ruby Bentall, Will Brown, Nicholas Burns, Ben Caplan, Nicholas Farrell, Eloise Joseph, Jemma Redgrave, Elana Saurel, Ellen Thomas, Joshua Williams, Heather Wright.

There was a time when teachers would look upon their pupil’s reading habits and consciously judge them accordingly, no matter how interested in the source material, the children’s ability to report on what they had read and the lessons learned from the text, the snobbery and direct condescension placed at the student’s desk as they admitted to reading comic books whilst their peers and friends got praise for having spent their weekend with their noses pretending to have insight into the world of ‘serious’ literature was short sighted and demeaning.

Midsomer Murders: Drawing Dead. Television Review. full post

(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Bill Bailey, Comedy Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It had been arguably many years since the last time many in Liverpool had seen Bill Bailey live so for that huge swathe of audience it would have been a huge moment of excitement to see his new show after the much adored Tinselworm tour. The Tinselworm tour was a packed out special at many arenas and which had seen Bill play in big cavernous rooms, so it was a real treat for all concerned to see one of their favourite comedians in a smaller more intimate setting.

Bill Bailey, Comedy Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(357 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)