My Animals and Other Animals

<P><B>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.</B><br><br>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.''<br><br>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 <I>Strictly</I>) dancers: from terriers to the orangutans of Sumatra and the parrots that share his breakfast every morning in west London.<br><br>Full of the leftfield humour, wit and wisdom that has made Bill Bailey such a beloved performer around the world, <I>My Animals and Other Animals</I> 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.</P>