Bill Bailey S Bird Watching Bonanza Episode 1 Review

But, to be honest, the quality of the jokes which were bandied about for the rest of the afternoon weren’t dissimilar to the program I settled down to that evening: nearly there, making the effort, not offensive, but ultimately not quite worth it. This is not what I got. Instead, we were put through what I can only describe as a kind of mutant hybrid of Springwatch, Survivor and The Krypton Factor, with teams of nonebrities competing against each other for…well, for some reason. Not so much Z-list as row-FF-list, Bill was joined by Alex Zane, Jeff Green, Kara Tointon and Joe Swash. To be put this into some kind of perspective, I only recognised Joe Swash, and that was because I’d seen him over Christmas in some other programme involving allegedly famous people nobody knows. I can’t even remember what the show was, and can only recall wondering who he was on that. They’d have been better getting people off the street for all they brought to the party. The content itself was baffling, involving ‘rounds’ in which the contestants had to count birds, take photographs of birds, build something to watch birds from, and answer questions about birds. If this doesn’t sound that exciting, it’s because it wasn’t. Hauling myself back I realised that I was experiencing something rarely, if ever, associated with a Bill Bailey product: disappointment. And possibly boredom. And maybe, just maybe, resentment, because this promised much and delivered pretty much nothing (unless you are an avid fan of ITV’s current output, in which case it was comparatively brilliant). Has nobody got utterly, teeth-achingly sick of seeing people who are not remotely celebrated taking part in dubiously weak ‘conflict’ situations marketed as mind-blowing entertainment? Or is it just me? Because if we have to cross the line somewhere, I think that reducing one of Britain’s funniest comedians into producing something this dull should be that moment. Bill Bailey’s Bird Watching Bonanza airs Thursdays on Sky One at 9pm.

title: “Bill Bailey S Bird Watching Bonanza Episode 1 Review” ShowToc: true date: “2025-07-25” author: “Kimberlee Freeman”

But, to be honest, the quality of the jokes which were bandied about for the rest of the afternoon weren’t dissimilar to the program I settled down to that evening: nearly there, making the effort, not offensive, but ultimately not quite worth it. This is not what I got. Instead, we were put through what I can only describe as a kind of mutant hybrid of Springwatch, Survivor and The Krypton Factor, with teams of nonebrities competing against each other for…well, for some reason. Not so much Z-list as row-FF-list, Bill was joined by Alex Zane, Jeff Green, Kara Tointon and Joe Swash. To be put this into some kind of perspective, I only recognised Joe Swash, and that was because I’d seen him over Christmas in some other programme involving allegedly famous people nobody knows. I can’t even remember what the show was, and can only recall wondering who he was on that. They’d have been better getting people off the street for all they brought to the party. The content itself was baffling, involving ‘rounds’ in which the contestants had to count birds, take photographs of birds, build something to watch birds from, and answer questions about birds. If this doesn’t sound that exciting, it’s because it wasn’t. Hauling myself back I realised that I was experiencing something rarely, if ever, associated with a Bill Bailey product: disappointment. And possibly boredom. And maybe, just maybe, resentment, because this promised much and delivered pretty much nothing (unless you are an avid fan of ITV’s current output, in which case it was comparatively brilliant). Has nobody got utterly, teeth-achingly sick of seeing people who are not remotely celebrated taking part in dubiously weak ‘conflict’ situations marketed as mind-blowing entertainment? Or is it just me? Because if we have to cross the line somewhere, I think that reducing one of Britain’s funniest comedians into producing something this dull should be that moment. Bill Bailey’s Bird Watching Bonanza airs Thursdays on Sky One at 9pm.