Bill Nighy

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3,810 appearances 13 recordings 3 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 5d ago

Bill Nighy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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ill-advised by Bill Nighy · I Don't Get Out Much · 23 Apr 2026 podcast

William Nighy.

So they called me William Nighy on the thing.

I'm kidding, of course, but actually the BBC announcer took about 30 years not to pronounce my name as Nighy, Nighy, Nylene or Nigby, which is fair enough.

And then you would get people coming up to me saying, this is this bloke on the radio and he's called William Nighy.

And you go, yeah, well, that's me, you know.

Anyway, so it didn't work out.

So I went back to being called Bill.

I think something's happened to Bill over the years.

I think it's become...

Okay.

I think Bill was sort of not really that great for a while.

And I think they mutate.

I think names and other things, obviously, in the language, they mutate over time and they become mistaken for something that's okay.

And I think now Bill is sort of even, you know, I don't know.

I don't get out much, but I think it's probably almost cool.

But you're not a Bill, you're a William.

So we'll stick with that.

Thank you, Willie.

I have been called Willie by people close to me, and it is a term of endearment, and I really like it.

And also, when I talk to myself, yeah, okay, yeah, I admit it, I talk to myself on a regular basis.

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