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"I'm working on an idea for a TV programme where I follow in the footsteps of great naturalists and explorers like Alfred Russel Wallace" he told The Australian newspaper in October. The keen nature lover is also developing another travelogue where he recreates the journeys of his idol, the nineteenth century evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace, whose life story he previously chronicled in the 2013 BBC mini-series, Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero. So I'd love to bring some of that on to a show." I've managed to go all around the country. "I've been travelling around Britain for years for gigs. There are lots of places here that I'd love to go to for it. However, if Covid restrictions are still in place in 2022, "we will bring it down to a smaller show, touring around Britain instead. We are thinking of calling it Earth Odyssey." And at each destination I would put on a show using local performers and musicians to highlight the cultural aspects there. ![]() "I've been offered the chance to do a show that would go to every continent" he told the Daily Star on Saturday. Mark Thomas previously played the Royal Opera House's 400-seat Linbury Studio Theatre in 2011 with his show Bravo Figaro.īailey is also set to present a BBC travel programme next year showcasing global culture, travel guidelines permitting. You just walk through the venue and you are reminded of it at every turn the kind of people that have played there." ![]() "It has an extraordinary pedigree and legacy. "And I've taken a stage where Handel premiered some of his works! It's an extraordinary place with an amazing history" he added. The ROH "is one of the iconic venues of the world. ![]() With a nod to his profile-raising turn as champion of the BBC's flagship light entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing, as well as him playing Nessun Dorma on cow bells, the show features "lots of instruments, lots of music, stories and tales of travel" Bailey told North Hertfordshire and Stevenage local newspaper The Comet. The musical comedian became the first British comic to play the main stage at the prestigious Royal Opera House in London in its 156 year history last month, and filmed the two-hour performance of his Summer Larks show for posterity. Bill Bailey has recorded his latest stand-up show as a BBC special.
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