Bill Bailey Alcohol Warning

15.01.2010 / Category: News

A new government alcohol awareness campaign will feature comedian Bill Bailey to encourage parents to speak to their children about the dangers of alcohol.

The “Why let drink decide?” campaign targets alcohol related issues such as poor school performance, teen pregnancies and road accidents which can occur as a result of one too many.

Other well known comedians such as Russell Kane, Josie Long and Jo Brand will also back the campaign.

Bill Bailey said : “Comedy is a great way to get information across and if people are laughing and enjoying it, you can slip messages or something more serious in under the radar and I think it has more of an impact. For this campaign, we filmed a scene as if I’m performing in a club. When you watch it you think that you’re in one scenario, then it pulls back to reveal something else. I like the way it plays with your perception.”