Well, it was lovely, sitting directly opposite you. I'm Lawrence by the way.
No new films with Bill Nighy in the cinema this year does not mean that we don’t get a fair deal of Billiciousness anyway.
BBC4 will broadcast a brand new romantic comedy radio play, it is called I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse and if you want to hear it, you have [...]
Bill Nighy is currently lobbying with Oxfam at the G8, to make sure that the G8 doesn’t forget their promises about making poverty history.
Bill did an interview for the Andrew Marr show (Bill’s interview is about 30 minutes in the program).
You can see the interview here.
See also:
Oxfam
More about Bill Nighy and Oxfam
Bill has just finished [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bill Nighy as John Oates in Minder
A very young Bill Nighy played journalist John Oates in the episode called “Looking for Micky” of BBC series Minder. Bill’s episode aired in 1982, as a part of the 3rd series of Minder.
About Minder
Comedy adventure in which dodgy businessman Arthur Daly (George Cole) gets his minder Terry (Dennis [...]
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 [...]
Bill Nighy as Cameron Foster - State Of Play (2003)
It’s rather remarkable that it has taken this long to bring it out, the upcoming Hollywood film version might have something to with it, but State of Play is now available on DVD in the US. Either way, this excellent BBC production with Bafta award [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
And for all those people wondering if Bill Nighy is in fact Still Crazy ?
Yes, he is. Very much so.
Tomorrow BBC7 will again broadcast an episode of Yes, Minister, and Bill Nighy is guest starring in it.
So : radio’s on on Monday the 30th of October, from 14.30-15.00, repeated Tuesday the 31th of October at [...]
Good old BBC7 is repeating episodes from Yes Minister, and Bill Nighy is guest-starring in the upcoming episode : Open Government.
So : radio’s on on Monday the 23th of October, from 14.30-15.00, repeated Tuesday the 24th of October at 6.30am, all on BBC7.
For all non-UK residents : BBC7’s online Listen again service saves your day.
BBC4 has broadcasted the program CP Cafavy : Reaching Ithaka.
In this evocative portrait, Bill Nighy reads some of Greek Poet Cavafy’s best known works, including his most famous poem, Ithaka.
(From bbc4)
You can hear the program on Listen Again here.. The program will be repeated on the radio on the 26th of August, 23.30-0.00 on BBC [...]
Bill Nighy is visiting Steve Wright in the Big Show today on BBC radio 2. The program will be broadcasted from 2pm-5pm on the radio.
Don’t worry if you missed it, or if you live outside the UK, you have a chance to listen again via internetradio until next Wednesday.
Don’t miss it !
Bill Nighy is also narrating the new BBC 2 Docudrama The Armstrongs.
Meet the Armstrongs, the husband and wife business team that make the Borgias look like the Flumps.
Hilarious fly-on-the-wall series about a double-glazing firm run by husband and wife team John and Ann Armstrong, whose stream of priceless quotes make this essential viewing for the [...]
Bill Nighy will read one of the 5 episodes of “Fascination” on BBC 7, as a part of BBC 7 Best Sellers.
You can hear Bill Nighy read on Wednesday the 15th of February - 11:45-12:00
Fascination
Lunch: From a bundle of restaurant receipts and comments we piece together the diners’ eventful days.
Episode 3 of 5. [Rptd at [...]