Interviews · 23 January 2017
Bill Bailey Leaving Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Bill Bailey interviewed by Kevin Durham, 23 January 2017. 2m 36s on tape.
In this Bill Bailey interview clip, Bill Bailey explains why he left Never Mind The Buzzcocks. This is a clip of our online show Celebs Doing Stuff That They Like, the online interview show where we interview celebrities while doing something that they enjoy. If you liked this Bill Bailey Interview then please leave me a comment in the comment box below. If you didn't like this Bill Bailey interview then please also leave me some feedback.
What's on the tape
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0:02 Oh yeah I was a bit guided when he left actually and I found the quote the reason why you left and according to this quote that I found. It said that you had a lack of desire to continue humming Britney Spears toxic to little knowns figures little known figures in the indie scene is that I mean. I was being quite a sort of facetious about it but yeah I guess you know I'm I've done a hundred shows yeah and a hundred. Is quite enough of anything you know and and it seemed like a good number to you know say okay I've done it and and I basically. It came about because I was about to do a tour with the orchestra I'd written the show the remarkable drive the orchestra that was happening. And it's very difficult to work around orchestras you know what is a booked up the whole time you know and when you get a bit of time.
0:52 With them a little window of opportunity you have to take it yes you might not come around for a while and so I thought well I have to work. So much on this I worked like six months on this show so I have to take that opportunity and also then I was doing a West End show after. That and so the two of those things meant that and then what I see what happened it was a very it's a very sort of kind. Of very prosaic reason in the end of the BBC decided to move the schedule of Buzzcocks forward by several months Buzzcocks was traditionally always recorded. In the autumn and then it went on through till January and they brought the whole thing forward about two months so something I couldn't do half of these shows. You know they said old can you do this show Oh an hour I'll be in Brisbane yeah that's gonna be tricky and you know or can you do these shows well no I'm doing.
1:42 The orchestra show and then I thought actually no what what I really want to do I you know I've been I've been doing this for six. Seven years I think it became very hit and miss after you left if I wanted well I didn't I didn't watch it after you left it was a show that I mean when when I joined. And I was I've been doing it for a few years I had the best fun you know I've known mark Lamar for a long time and Phil as well you know we'd known each other a long time and we had great fun and there was a great there was a. Real sort of energy and a crackle about the show and yeah I had some of the best experiences I've had on television doing that show and and I thought you know an in mark.
2:17 Left and then I'd been doing it then for a while and then I just I thought you know what I've I've had enough of this yeah. So I've done a hundred shows that's plenty it's late.
