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Bill Nighy will be one of the voice actors in the upcoming CG animation feature Astro Boy.
Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of […]
Radio: Bill Nighy reads Animal Farm - BBC7
BBC7 is repeating Bill reading Animal Farm from Monday.
Animal Farm
Bill Nighy reads from George Orwell’s satirical fable of a revolution which went wrong.
Monday 9th of June - Friday 13th of June at 1pm on BBC7
And on listen again, up until 7 days after the day of broadcasting.
Enjoy!
Radio: Bill Nighy in Killing Maestros
BBC7 is repeating one of Bill’s radioplays on Thursday:
Killing Maestros
Wagner’s Tristan Und Isolde is the ‘Scottish Play’ of the opera world - jinxed with mysterious deaths. Conductor Sergei Bodanov (Bill Nighy) is convinced he will be the next to suffer. A starry cast of Bill Nighy, Henry Goodman, Lorelei King and Sylvestra La Touzel […]
Radio: Bill Nighy in Cigarettes And Chocolate
BBC Radio is going to pay tribute to Anthony Minghella, the extraordinary writer/director who unfortuntely passed away recently at a too young an age.
BBC will broadcast some of Anthony Minghella’s radioplays and there are a lot of goodies to be expected not only for Nighy fans.
Saturday 3 May at 2.30pm
Radio 4 broadcasts Anthony Minghella’s original […]
Bill Nighy - Strangers on a train (audio - 1994)
Here is a nice little Bill goody for your ears to indulge:
M Radio has a very nice older radio play with Bill Nighy for you to download:
Strangers On A Train By Patricia Highsmith
Adapted from the classic 1950 novel and the 1951 Hitchcock film.
With Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy
Directed by Andy Jordan
Originally […]
Charles Paris - Sicken and so Die on BBC radio 4
BBC Radio4 will resend Charles Paris - Sicken and So Die with the lovely Bill Nighy as actor and amateur sleuth Charles Paris.
First episode will be send on Monday 3 March 2008 23:00-23:30 (Radio 4 FM)
The other 3 episodes will be send on the 3 following Mondays, same time. And with a little luck you […]
Enquiry radioplay with Bill Nighy on BBC7
Something to listen to in these quiet Nighy times
BBC7 sends Enquiry (1989) a radioplay with Bill Nighy
Saturday the 2nd of February from 12:00-13:30, and on Listen Again up until a week after.
Bill Nighy’s next Silksounding book is going to be …
It has taken a bid (…) longer than expected (which has to do with a very busy Bill and clearing rights for the book and so on) but it has been decided. After a clear win in the poll, Bill will dust off his vampire suit and find his fangs and read Bram Stoker’s Dracula […]
Reminder: Bill Nighy in Charles Paris from today
As the Times puts it:
“Typical – you wait ages for a Bill Nighy, and then . . . as well as reading from Eric Clapton’s autobiography, the great thesp returns as Simon Brett’s Charles Paris, the failed actor, much more successful amateur detective and Olympic-standard drunken womaniser. He is brilliant at it, so much a […]
Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris: Murder Unprompted
BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a brand new Charles Paris Mystery with Bill Nighy as Charles Paris.
Here is the info from BBC about Murder Unprompted:
As ever, seedy, middle-aged actor Charles is his own worst enemy: a lush who can resist anything except temptation – especially in the form of women and alcohol. His intentions may […]
Bill Nighy reads Eric Clapton on your radio
BBC Radio2 will broadcast bits of Bill Nighy reading Eric Clapton: The Autobiography. The first part of Bill reading the book will be send on:
Friday the 5th of October at 9.15 pm-9.30 pm (GMT). It is part 1 of 6, so there is more to come on the 5 following Fridays.
Tune in and Rock out.
(Hat […]
Bill Nighy reads Eric Clapton:the Autobiography
According to booktrade.info Bill Nighy will read Eric Clapton: the Autobiography for Random House books.
What better choice than to have Bill Nighy read the autobiography of a rock star.
The audiobook will be available from the 9th of October..
Rock ‘n Roll in your ear.
More about Bill’s next Silksounding book poll
Voting is going well in the Vote for Bill Nighy’s next silksounding book! poll, 120 people have casted their vote on their favourite book for Bill to read.
As Bill hasn’t decided on a book nor started reading yet - the poll will remain open for a little while longer.
A short official update from Silksoundbooks:
Both Wuthering […]
Bill Nighy radio plays: Killing Maestros and Spy Nozy
BBC7 is repeating 2 radio plays starring Bill Nighy. You can catch them on the day of broadcast, or up to 7 days after they have been send on Listen Again.
Killing Maestros (45 minutes)
Known as the ‘Scottish Play’ of the opera world, Wagner’s Tristan Und Isolde appears to be jinxed. Conductor Sergei Bodanov […]
Vote for Bill Nighy’s next silksounding book!
Bill Nighy and Edgar Allan Poe
The suggested book titles for Bill to read have been collected, and here is the result list. Now it is time to cast your vote on the book you want Bill Nighy to read next for Silksoundbooks. The people at Silksoundbooks will then go and do their very best to […]
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- Bill Nighy in Japan to support Oxfam leading up to G8
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- Bill Nighy to star in Wild Target
- Radio: Bill Nighy in Killing Maestros
- Radio: Bill Nighy in Cigarettes And Chocolate
- Bill Nighy - Strangers on a train (audio - 1994)
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