Bill Bailey: With Great Pleasure at Christmas

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In a special Christmas treat, Bill Bailey and his band perform his favourite songs and readings to delight the audience at the BBC Radio Theatre and the listeners at home. Starring Sir Trevor McDonald and Alison Steadman as his readers, along with Christopher Bailey, Bill's father. Singers Florence Hvorostovsky and Nina Hvorostovsky. Violin: Matt Holborn Double Bass: Drew McConnell Drums: Owen Hopkin Nina Hvorostovsky sings 2000 Miles by The Pretenders. Christopher Bailey reads The Indian To His Love by WB Yeats. Instrumental version of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. Readings from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, My Animals, and Other Animals: A Memoir of Sorts by Bill Bailey, A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas and Ulysses by Tennyson. Nina Hvorostovsky sings Sacred Things, a song specially composed for the occasion by Bill. Florence Hvorostovsky sings Shenandoah. Produced in Bristol by Beth O'Dea Photo credit: Gillian M Robertson