Comedian Bill Bailey has been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list, receiving a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his extensive services to entertainment. Born Mark Robert ...

Musician and comedian Bill Bailey has said he wished his mother could see him make his BBC Proms debut on the event’s last night. The 60-year-old will perform Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at ...

Any standup will tell you: to make it as a comedian, you first need to find your angle. For a young Bill Bailey, then a long-haired, goateed Glastonbury fanatic, it didn’t take much searching. “I was ...