Bill Bailey's Vietnam
Bill Bailey's Vietnam is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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44:36Bill Bailey's Vietnam
In the final episode, comedian Bill Bailey digs deeper to uncover the importance of ancient stories in Vietnamese culture. Setting sail on a traditional Junk boat, he weaves through the breathtakingly beautiful limestone karsts and mythical waters of Ha Long Bay, where legends o...
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45:06Seeking rejuvenation, Bill Bailey arrives in the mountains surrounding Sa Pa. Hunting for herbs with the local Red Dao Hill Tribe, he finds the peace he has been seeking in the form of a tiny wood-barrel-bath. Continuing his journey of enlightenment, Bill savours the delights of mountaintop ice-cream, indigo dying, and the...
46:34Bill Bailey heads north to the nation's capital Hanoi, to uncover the country's complex relationship with life, death, and war. On the shores of the Red Delta, Bill discovers a culture defined by spirituality, femininity and a unique method of honouring those who have passed. In celebrating those he has lost, Bill finds a ...
46:10Bill heads to the mountainous region of Da Lat, a French-built hill station surrounded by pine forests and lovers. Bill tries meditation with monks at the Truc Lam Monastery, picks leaves at the Cau Dat tea plantation, and zooms through the verdant hills on a mountain-top zipline.
44:57On the 50th anniversary of the War, Bill Bailey travels down the Indochina peninsula, seeking to uncover the changes that the city has undergone in the past half-century. Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous hub in Vietnam, Bill finds himself caught between wartime tunnels, endless traffic, and the genres of met...
46:20Landing at Hoi An, an international trading hub pre-dating the East India Trading Company, comedian Bill Bailey finds himself in a basket-shaped boat facing the seas of change that have shaped the country since the end of the Vietnam War. Bill finds a new friend in Chef Duc, an asylum seeker during the war, now an internat...