Bill Bailey - BBC News Theme (Live at Edinburgh Castle)

This is Bill Bailey's live performance at Edinburgh Castle, as shown on BBC One

[@ulyssenizet]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks this theme is EPIC !!!

[@yasmin030ya]

😂 good to know !

[@anicetune]

They've been using it for 21 years. There's adults out there who remember this same music as babies.

[@Salyut_7]

Thought the same, EPIC!!

[@DJRikuto]

It reminds me of early 2000s/90s Bollywood hits

[@vikranthakur]

It's my ringtone

[@tore28]

BBC News opening music is like the start of a awesome rave party!

[@ThatCoalSoul]

...one in a dystonian future!

[@mattsmith4862]

@@ThatCoalSoul that time has come

[@stephenhendry491]

Unless it's this one

[@Wigedywezzers1]

Pity it leads into propaganda rubbish

[@CinemaDemocratica]

I've been enjoying all the fun riffs on it that have been making it around social media lately, and I'm nowhere near that fun, so I decided to play it completely straight with mine. I sweetened the pips themselves a little but that's all. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inXRooV9mdR0ntE

[@bayrockwhk]

You've gotta love a country where you can dance to the news theme music

[@philhibberd3789]

I met Dave Lowe, who wrote the theme and asked him if he minded Bill taking the piss out of it. His reply ("nope, I get the PRS). Professional musicianship!

[@flippos]

If there ever was an "end credits" to the BBC as a whole (like the end of their era) this should be their final broadcast

[@jacklogan1873]

Chills

[@XKaiminalX]

With any luck, that'll be soon.

[@flippos]

@@XKaiminalX very true

[@sherlockholmes2167]

Why mate :)) ?

[@theyes647]

@@XKaiminalX yeah

[@IByteNL]

Just the energy of this bloke makes me very happy 😊.

[@BloodMoonASMR]

The whole vibe of this, being in the evening and misty with that minor mystery key, is beautiful.

[@jordankriss2440]

LOVE LOVE LOVE BBC News theme sound. Perfect opening to get up early in the morning, and start your day with BBC News! That's been pretty much my adult life.

[@digitalT83]

tough crowd

[@sindhusojan8225]

We got the #BestFans here

[@damsellex9545]

Sadly that's the British folks for ya. Dw I'm British Asian myself but I'd be more enthusiastic about it 😅

[@pugsandcoffeeplease]

The BBC is hardly revered in Scotland.

[@hameed]

British crowds suck

[@ScottishLawnGuy]

You ain't gonna get a Scottish crowd bouncin to a beat celebrating the BBC.

[@albertobray6963]

The one person jumping at 1:40 got me dead 😂

[@JoshuaC923]

He passed the vibe check

[@bh629]

"and now the weather" So wanted him to say that at the end. Don't know why, I always found this bit hilarious. Bill Bailey is awesome.

[@NightcrawlerLuver]

And now! The weather!!

[@bosnahercegovina]

LittleMissRuthy hahahahahahaha

[@michaellejeune7715]

Cue foamparty.

[@reeeec]

I see what you did there

[@teruterubozo]

*THIS IS THE BBC!!!*

[@Wumpus.1201]

YES!!!!!

[@JamesPattersonamg]

Yo since I saw this live when it happened, every time I hear the bbc news intro I always picture a guy going nutty to the tune at a massive rave..just went to show my housemate because the news came on and I remembered the sketch and am so happy I found it..bill bailey the madman I should of known! ..I couldn’t remember who it was but when I saw this...I knew it was what I was looking for. Thank you so much lol

[@michaeljones5681]

Could you see yourself in this clip tho

[@grimTales1]

This! Is the BBC!!!! Legend.

[@someshsalunke2731]

Such a legend this guy. What a masterpiece

[@eIucidate]

Lol @ 1:40 One lady raving solo!

[@greigbutler9116]

i saw her too, lol

[@DeanMoxley87]

Next time the BBC 10 O'Clock News comes on, I'm going to be Apocalyptic Raving in my living room ! Big Fish Michael Fish Cardboard box’in

[@JamesPattersonamg]

DM87™️ cardboard box lol

[@sirvileminds]

Big fish, Michael Fish, cardboard box.

[@luhole]

That woman up the back dancing was the only person in this crowd who didn't suck.

[@ST0AT]

He's having so much fun

[@ihsan337]

World number one theme Masterpiece

[@Keytaster]

Honestly, with a proper production and singer this could well be a cool Bond song!

[@havanakim]

YES

[@t45tt4tr]

Or Muse

[@JennaSinclair]

Woke up this morning first thing I thought about was this and needed to watch it! Soo good!!!

[@genewitch]

Bill Bailey is in my top 3 musicians and comedians. I'd enjoy hanging out, for sure. He's way more learned in the audio gadgetry (or knows people that are) than I am. I remember i found Bailey trying to find a trance album i heard in a Fry's electronics store, which was called tinseltown or something. Whatever the search i did, one of the top results was Tinselworm. My favorite bit is Jean Michelle Jarre is a Fraud. That's peak humor. The one i show everyone else is the french siren song. He's always been great on QI, on BBC. Just a great person! top 3: Les Claypool bigdamnband here on youtube Bill Bailey For comedy: Eddie Izzard Bill Bailey George Carlin revive the video! I'm backing it up, this is amazing production quality are you kidding me

[@heatherhutchinson3625]

music is an amazing thing.

[@rajkuikel1720]

Excellent music playing great job

[@christophermartin9143]

Just need to put Bill and the BBC weatherman "lockdown" drummer together on stage now for an even more epic version of the tune......

[@elizabethperry9092]

Awesome! Bill Bailey is AWESOME!!!

[@chorusofoddities]

Bill bailey was the original news theme remixer! None of this teen on tic tok during lockdown nonsense!

[@roblancs]

Sweet memories of when the BBC served all of us.

[@hensen7165]

This song is the most wildest thing for a news theme LMAOOO

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Bad ass piano break!

[@angelaandersons7918]

They should totally have this version at the BBC News with dua Lipa! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@marnanel]

Bill Bailey, king of the world here

[@SomanprabhuJeyabalan]

I get goosebumps...

[@anthony1947]

From the 1947 film While I Live. which Ive been trying to find as its been many years since Ive seen it

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

The theme is called "Pulse of the world" pretty apt

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

should be used as the countdown for the next millennia in 2099

[@paulj6662]

that would be 2,999, or more accurately, 3,000. into the next millenium 3,001

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

My bad next 100 years I meant 🙄

[@MythicSuns]

I believe the word you're looking for is 'Century'

[@grimTales1]

Sad I won't be around to see it :(

[@Wumpus.1201]

I love this!!!!!

[@VJNirav]

that girl @1:51

[@pixiekazza9814]

Tie this in with Tyres from Spaced and that's your night #sorted

[@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr]

Little did some of them knew it was actually the BBC News theme song

[@DeanMoxley87]

Matt Sugui 👀 find myself comment from 4 YEARS ago we knew !!

[@DerekHartley]

I'd say pretty much all of them knew it.

[@anna.m8]

WONDERFUL

[@morph-]

The ceeform in the middle of the stage was making me giggle

[@JimijaymesProductions]

This really needs to become a full production madchester style track maybe with some acid basslines Paris Angels - Perfume (Loved Up) style.

[@drjkl8020]

Something like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZmQm4h5rqZ2opY

[@YAS9112]

I have noticed that many news channels in the Middle East copied the countdown part music of the BBC.

[@daniellebrunel2960]

Lovely!

[@johnburton8843]

Hans Zimmer should do the anthems for every race in the calender. This is the best anthem ever

[@Taka-yf2pv]

No.1 News music

[@RamKumar-yi6wn]

This is British culture !

[@thepeskzd9214]

I love it 😍

[@MichaelB2L]

BB saw into the future!

[@justinengland9814]

BBC the true way ...

[@husnainanwaar1992]

Brilliant humans

[@thulanimsimang3282]

You'r watching the BBC News and this is London...

[@alucardfu2]

*And now the weather* *ITS GONE RAIN* *Thanks olley*

[@geoffreyhansen8543]

It must be a great time :)

[@daniellebrunel2960]

The version's not long enough - like it!

[@gazziboy]

0:46 imagine those 3 at a rave

[@zero-wp2hx]

i love you bill 😂

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Very nice.

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

That girl at the end, so funny 😂 👏👏👏👍

[@TheMrdominator1997]

Only one person in the crowd dancing around

[@mikeoxmaul45]

Is it always that foggy there? Cool setting for a performance

[@abbyalphonse499]

In Britain? Yes.

[@wisteela]

Superb

[@anarrahmanzade1918]

Bill Bailey: is playing the piano 600k people: İnteresting

[@SupratimChakravarty]

TISS brought me here

[@widitruth]

Too short

[@MrKaywyn]

Short, but, sweet.

[@benusmaximus3601]

Bit of an anticlimax there Bill!

[@davidbeales7390]

Tune is great! Shame about the quality of the actual BBC news...

[@alanrowley9540]

That looked like a lot of effort for no reward whatsoever.

[@JamesPattersonamg]

Alan Rowley won’t lie the crowd wernt ready for that level of jokes...he turned the seriousness of the imminent global news report build up theme tune into so much more...Mr Rowley, his reward is the likes of me.., how many years later and he has the likes of me that remember this and find it to show people..I hear your “effort for no reward” and kinda agree but that fact I’m here with nothing but gratitude and appreciation for how bloody funny that was...I am his reward ;)

[@ewendavidhendrymcgregor1920]

That's the only place in Scotland people would positively cheery anything to do with the bbc xD.

[@BossySwan]

1:40 Where Love Lives

[@rajaquarium4395]

Nice music

[@ghostcode829]

beep beep Beep Beep BEEP BEEP *BEEP BEEP **_BEEP BEEP_*

[@Trazynn]

I feel the beep is lacking in this version.

[@davidrileynyc5702]

This some Doctor Who stuff

[@97channel]

Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

[@JJ-xr1sd]

I like it🕒

[@daniallegacy]

1:52 basically me when in yellow jeans

[@stevekey244]

t genius!!

[@nightwing369]

Where's the original live at the apollo version?

[@morkofork]

The piano bit sounds like Extreme Ways by Moby.

[@DJRikuto]

It reminds me of early 2000s/90s Bollywood hits

[@grahamlive]

Is that a slightly greying David Cameron head bobbing at 0:47 ? ?

[@rauldiab9830]

The audience was dead, weren't they?

[@ankitshrestha4229]

He can actually play!!!

[@eobardpaul8756]

Once this castle stood majestically defending the motherland now ....

[@josephamalsabu]

❤ from Kerala 🇮🇳

[@ElBee92]

My god, how dead are scottish crowds

[@The_Joker_]

Newsflash - Hum I SAID! Ye big jessi.

[@20shourya]

Cool

[@hbk441]

Why don't the crowd liven up a bit?

[@sonalpatel6119]

ALPHABETICAL TEXT AUDIENCE

[@hoopingwithhamez]

*probably the deadest crowd ever*

[@AndrewG975]

1:39, dropped her pills too early that night

[@ضوضو2030]

مادري ليش تذكرت بدر فاطم أول ماشفته

[@VideoDavid1]

0:36 BBC 100 Countdown

[@Dede-jt2fb]

Who’s here when bill won strictly ... only me then

[@Pandabby007]

What an underwhelming crowd 😂

[@jamesnicholson2503]

Brilliant but prefer the 80s version.

[@Professorjeffsd]

Yes, the BBC theme is epic- just not this- I hesitate to call it a version- of this. There are many good versions of the theme as well as the composer discussing it on KZbin.