Bill Bailey on his journeys with nature: 'Animals enrich your life in a way you can't imagine'

From a jaguar in Brazil to Madagascan cockroaches, Bill Bailey’s memoir shares the story of his life through the animals he’s met along the way. He reflects on a fascinating journey with Suzanne Harrington

Bill Bailey during filming for the Graham Norton Show at BBC Studioworks 6 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London.

Bill Bailey says his scariest animal moment was when a jaguar pounced on him in the Amazonas region of Brazil. 

Her name was Lulu and she was an army base mascot, but she was still a jaguar — not small and slinky like a cheetah, but tiger-sized.