Bill Bailey is a comedian / musician / actor from the Bath, UK. He first started touring in 1984 with other comedians such as Mark Lamarr and Toby Longworth. His live shows are a mixture of stand-up and original comic songs. He has four albums (two studio, two live) and four live DVDs.
He plays Manny Bianco in the sitcom "Black Books" and was a permanent fixture of "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" on the BBC for 11 series' until October 2008. He had a supporting role in Spaced as Bilbo Bagshot the comic book store owner as well as appearing in the 2011 Christmas special of Doctor Who. Bill has done 6 live tours so far: Cosmic Jam, Bewilderness, Part Troll, Tinselworm, Dandelion Mind and Qualmpeddler.
Tinselworm was recorded onto CDs at each individual show and sold to the audience at the end of the show, it is believed that this is the first time it has been done on a Comedy Tour.