MY ANIMALS, AND OTHER ANIMALS

In his first memoir beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life and the animals he s met along the way Bill Bailey has always had dogs including a Patterdale terrier called Rocky who would travel with him in the van to his first shows and occasionally join him on stage Fast forward a few decades and Bill has shared his home with a variety of birds dogs frogs chameleons and an armadillo called Tommy We even had a giant chicken a huge Malay cockerel called Kid Creole After a few stand offs he took against me He had to go in the end I was being stalked in my own back garden That chicken apart animals have always been at the heart of an extraordinary life as one of the nation s favourite comedians actors musicians and thanks to Strictly dancers from terriers to the orangutans of Sumatra and the parrots that share his breakfast every morning in west London Full of the leftfield humour wit and wisdom that has made Bill Bailey such a beloved performer around the world My Animals and Other Animals is the story of Bill s life but more than that it s the story of how all of our lives are enriched by the animals who accompany us on that journey