Bill Dare

Bill Dare
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Occupation	actor, director, writer and producer
Known for	Dead Ringers The Now Show
Parents	Peter Jones and Jeri Jones

Bill Dare is an English producer and devisor of radio and television comedy programmes.

The son of the actor and broadcaster Peter Jones, he is a graduate of the University of Manchester who subsequently became an actor, director and writer. Bill Dare is the producer or devisor of various (mainly comedy) programmes mainly for BBC Radio and Television, including The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Dead Ringers, The Now Show, The Late Edition, I've Never Seen Star Wars and The Secret World. He was also the producer of ITV's Spitting Image (1990–93).

He wrote and appeared in his own Radio 4 sketch show, Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue which ran for five series. More recently he has emerged as a more serious writer. Dare's first novel, Natural Selection is published in the UK and US, and his first stage play, Touch, was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007. He has one daughter, Rebecca, and lives in Crouch End, London.

External links

• Bill Dare on IMDB
• Bill Dare on the BBC Comedy Guide