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Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey; 13 January 1965) is an English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author. Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and for his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI as well as his extensive stand-up work.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset, and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. At about the age of 15, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.
Actors: Justin Pemberton (director), Justin Pemberton (writer), Steven O'Meagher (producer), Simon Coldrick (editor), Nick Burridge (miscellaneous crew), Polly Fryer (producer), Frank Brown (actor), Kelvin Taylor (actor), Jed Gard'ner (actor), David Rumney (actor), Sam Malone (actor), Ryan Dulieu (actor),
Plot: Docu-drama which recounts one of New Zealand sport's greatest ever moments. Based on the true-life heroics of iconic New Zealand Olympians and runners Peter Snell and Murray Halberg, and their visionary coach Arthur Lydiard whose tactical genius designed their famous victories, THE GOLDEN HOUR is a universal story of three men (each in his way an outsider) who share the same dream of winning an Olympic gold medal; a dream almost no one thinks them capable of achieving, but which comes spectacularly true one glorious afternoon in Rome 50 years ago.
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Drama, Sport,Actors: Alan Shearman (actor), John Apicella (actor), John Apicella (actor), Cody Cowell (actor), Aaron Hendry (actor), Aaron Hendry (actor), John Kaiser (actor), Brenda Brkusic (producer), Daniel Van Thomas (actor), Graham Norris (actor), Jack Baric (writer), Jack Baric (producer), Chicago Jones (actor), Michael Hebert (composer), Jared Cotton (director),
Plot: Bloody Thursday tells the story of longshoremen fighting for their rights in the midst of the great depression. Faced with unsafe labor conditions and unfair treatment, they decide to form a Union for protection. During this period many mainstream newspaper publishers, fearful of unionization efforts at their own businesses, launched attacks against the dockworkers and drove public sympathy against them with accusations of communism. Politicians and police openly used their resources to side with the shipping companies against the striking dockworkers. On July 5, 1934 police killed two longshoremen at a massive dockworker strike in San Francisco, a tragedy known as Bloody Thursday. The tragic events of Bloody Thursday turned public opinion against the shipping companies and lead the citizens of San Francisco to go on a general strike in support of the dockworkers. This lead to the formation of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, now known worldwide as the ILWU. Bloody Thursday includes a range of filmed interviews with union officials and historians who provide fascinating insight to the dockworker's struggles during the depression. These interviews are visually supported through an extensive archive of photographs, film, and old newspapers. Dramatic accounts of the longshoremen, labor activists, and politicians who were participants in the tumultuous events of the historic West Coast strike of 1934 are poignantly brought to life by actors who read their accounts verbatim and bring a new level of emotional impact to the story through their performances.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Michael Jai White (actor), Alan Rudolph (writer), Shawnee Smith (actress), Bruce Willis (actor), Nick Nolte (actor), Barbara Hershey (actress), Owen Wilson (actor), Glenne Headly (actress), Albert Finney (actor), Lukas Haas (actor), Michael Clarke Duncan (actor), Buck Henry (actor), Will Patton (actor), Alan Rudolph (director), Mark Isham (composer),
Plot: A portrait of a fictional town in the mid west that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy car dealer-ship owner that's on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.
Keywords: abominable-snowman, absurdism, adultery, african-american, animated-sequence, apology, army-buddy, artist, arts-festival, authorActors: Michael McElhatton (actor), Barry Cassin (actor), Fran Brennan (actor), James E. Dalton (editor), Alan O'Neill (actor), Malachy McKenna (actor), Pat Butler (writer), John Fraher (actor), Tom Bannon (editor), Justin Aylmer (actor), Frank Hand (producer), Peadar O'Riada (composer), Frank Hand (director), Michael O'Sullivan (actor), Ciaran McMahon (actor),
Genres: History,Actors: Irene Handl (actress), Raf Vallone (actor), Benny Hill (actor), Noel Coward (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), Robert Powell (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor), Rossano Brazzi (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Arnold Diamond (actor), David Kelly (actor), Alastair Hunter (actor), John Le Mesurier (actor), Quincy Jones (composer), Stanley Baker (producer),
Plot: Charlie's got a 'Job' to do. Having just left prison, he finds one of his friends has attempted a high risk job in Italy right under the nose of the Mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far so Charlie takes over the 'Job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal the Gold and escape.
Keywords: 16mm-film, airport, alps, anti-hero, armored-car, armored-car-robbery, armored-truck, assault, auto-theft, automobileActors: James Burke (actor), Frank Fanning (actor), Matty Fain (actor), Herman Bing (actor), Mike Donovan (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Frederick Burton (actor), Jack Byron (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), John Bleifer (actor), George Bancroft (actor), Harry Depp (actor), John Webb Dillon (actor), Etienne Girardot (actor),
Genres: Drama, Film-Noir,Actors: Maxwell Karger (director), Mignon Anderson (actress), Alice Lake (actress), June Mathis (writer), June Mathis (writer), Edward Connelly (actor), Harry Myers (actor), Edward Jobson (actor), John McKinnon (actor), May Tully (writer), Eugene Pouyet (actor), Dana Todd (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Jerold T. Hevener (director), Oliver Hardy (actor), Jerold T. Hevener (actor), Mae Hotely (actress), Siegmund Lubin (producer), E.W. Sargent (writer), George T. Welsh (actor), Royal Byron (actor), Eloise Willard (actress), Nellie Farron (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
I'm driving across the wind just to spy you
I never did like that before
My eyes follow you like the tail can wind
They never followed you before
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
Underneath the water and so far along below
My eyes will always be there
So deep, deep inside the Marianas Trench
My life will always find you there
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
Well, I can answer when you crawl
On your belly in the deep black sand
Real life swung and hurt, pale and useless
You're my kind of man
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
You always say that you're crushed by it all
And everybody blames you
You always say that you are losing your dreams
And yes, I do belive you
Bill Bailey
Won't you come on home, tonight
Bill Bailey
Shut up and come back home, tonight
And get out of the sea, out of the sea, out of the sea
Get up and come back home, tonight
And get out of the sea, out of the sea, out of the sea