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Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland - Season 1
Billy Connolly is a Scottish stand-up comedian and actor. His career has many successful works. In this documentary series, we follow a chain of interviews with different people talking about Billy and how he has managed to achieve his current fame.
7 November 1967, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
24 November 1942, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
October 22, 1965 in Dundee, Scotland, UK
August 28, 1959 in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
30 December 1959, Slough, Berkshire, England, UK
4 June 1955, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
7 February 1962, Aden, Yemen
6 January 1940, Paisley, Scotland, UK
6 June 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
March 07, 2019
The best moments came when Connolly met his old mucker John Byrne for a wander round the National Portrait Gallery.
March 07, 2019
In his documentary dotage, he's brilliant at being himself on TV and knowing how much limelight to hog. He knows he's a big deal, but he wants to share things that interest and delight him - and they are usually other people.
January 07, 2019
But overall Made in Scotland is a winning hour in the company of The Big Yin - and one which might just spark valuable conversations about how to approach the end of one's life with a similar sense of adventure.
March 07, 2019
There's a more contemplative, poignant air to this part, which reveals Billy to be a voracious reader, a keen artist and a deep thinker with a strong political awareness.
August 08, 2019
Part of me loved Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland... part of me felt it was a hastily contrived series for a legendary comedian while still capable of fronting it.
January 07, 2019
It's funny how someone who was once regarded as so progressive and outrageous is now a national treasure with a knighthood.
