ill-advised by Bill Nighy

I See You By A Tree, In Loose Clothing

2026-10-29

In this episode Bill attempts to give some career advice, explains how he stays warm in the winter and tells us which books are worth reading more than once.

This episode's playlist is called ‘I See You By A Tree, In Loose Clothing’ and includes:

‘Stone Free’ by Jimi Hendrix‘Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness’ by Alabama 3‘Superglue’ by Role Model‘The Back Room’ by Van Morrison‘Send Your Mind’ by Van Morrison‘Another Girl, Another Planet’ by The Only Ones‘The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock and Roll’ by Muddy Waters

Please find a link to the playlist on Spotify - HERE

Please find a link to the playlist on Apple Music - HERE

The book of the episode is 'The Virgin in the Garden' by A. S. Byatt

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No. of episodes

32

Latest episode

2026-10-29

Where can you listen?

A podcast for people who don’t get out much and can’t handle it when they do.

A refuge for the clumsy and the awkward.

Join Bill Nighy to squander some time as he attempts to answer your questions and dilemmas without actually making things worse.

If you have questions about anything – from choosing the right shirt to how to hide at parties, please send us a voice-note via Instagram @illadvisedbybillnighy

or you can email us [email protected]

There will also be a recommended book and a ‘playlist of the week’ and given that Bill is making this up as he goes along, who knows what other features might develop.

He would further like to add that he knows you have busy lives and wants you to feel free to ignore this podcast

 

Stay loose

Produced by Alice Williams & Ciara Gregory with assistant production by Angelique Somers.

Cover image by Charlie Gray.

Artwork by Anna Davie.

If you like to hear more of Bill, you can join him in The Back Room on Patreon (www.patreon.com/illadvisedbybillnighy) for bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, events and merchandise and more - see you there.

If you would like to join it's important to sign up online first to avoid the Apple fees in their app, then download it later.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.