Cika wannan jumla: Ko da yake bai lashe gasar ba
Perrier Comedy Awards a 1996, gabatarwa ya isa ya sa aka lura da shi, kuma a 1998 BBC ta ba shi nasa shirin talabijin, "Shin Bill Bailey ne?". Farkon talabijin na Bailey ya kasance a wasan kwaikwayo na yara "Motormouth" a ƙarshen 1980s <unk> wasa piano don kare mai karanta tunani. Bailey ya tuna da kwarewar da ya samu a shirin BBC "Room 101" tare da Paul Merton a shekara ta 2000. A cikin 1991, yana bayyana a cikin shirye-shiryen tsaye kamar "Abin da ke faruwa", "Packing Them In", "The Stand Up Show" da "The Comedy Store". Ya kuma bayyana a matsayin kyaftin a wasanni biyu na kwamiti, wani matukin jirgi na ITV mai suna "Pop Dogs", da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na kimiyya na Channel 4 "Space Cadets". "Shin Bill Bailey ne?" shi ne karo na farko da ya rubuta kuma ya gabatar da nasa wasan kwaikwayon.