Bill Bailey to host birdwatching series

Bill Bailey is set to become the next Bill Oddie, fronting a show about birdwatching for Sky One.

The six-part Bill Bailey's Big Bird Watch, is part of the channel’s autumn and winter lineup, and will feature different celebrity twitchers each week.

Over the series, the comic will explore ‘glorious British landscapes and rare native birds’, according to programme-makers Fever.

Bailey said: ‘It will be great fun - highly competitive, really informative and very, very beautiful. I'm really excited to be involved.

Meanwhile, Sky1 has also bought the rights to new US comedy Modern Family, before it has even aired in the States. The show, about three diverse families and how they raise their children, launches on ABC from the autumn.

Here is a trailer:

Published: 26 Aug 2009