Billy Connolly had 'serious falls' after balance issues, says wife

Sir Billy Connolly has had a "couple of serious falls" after his balance deteriorated due to Parkinson's, his wife has said. Pamela Stephenson said her husband's balance issue was the "most significant" symptom of the disease since his diagnosis 10 years ago.

Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine

Sir Billy's wife Pamela Stephenson confirmed he had received his first dose of the vaccine in Florida on Thursday.

Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure review

Yes, at 78, he won't be on stage and more, and yes, there were a few emotional minutes at the end where that loss was noted - with Connolly especially touched when the tributes were shown to him.

Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure review

A superficial but well-made tribute to the comedy god.

Not the Nine O'Clock News at 40

The BBC sketch show not only kick-started 'alternative comedy' and some of the most influential careers in British comedy, writes Gerard Gilbert, but also the second great age of TV satire.

Billy Connolly may have had Parkinson's for 10 years

Pamela Stephenson, 64, said she had noticed her husband Billy Connolly's hand shaking for many years but assumed that he had spent too long playing the banjo.

Billy Connolly interview

You get to wear some lovely sparkly costumes, says Billy Connolly, and then all you have to do is swan around while ­everyone looks at you. He might have been describing his wife Pamela Stephenson's ten-week stint on Strictly Come ­Dancing, but he was talking about himself. The Big Yin is starring as King ­Theodore of Lilliput in the blockbusting 3D movie Gulliver's Travels.

Mel Smith calls ex co-star Pamela Stephenson charmless

Mel Smith doesn't think highly of Pamela Stephenson. They were colleagues in one of the most ground-breaking television comedy shows ever and subsequently found fortune in different professions. But they weren't friends then - and they certainly aren't chums now.

BBC2 continues its pattern of making a new documentary as an excuse for airing repeats, although why they're only running one classic episode of Not The Nine O'Clock News is a puzzle. Surely a show of its calibre deserves more?

But at least the tribute show actually has the original cast in it and not just a series of C-list talking heads that werent actually alive when the show was made. Stars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson talk about the series that helped turn them into household names, as does producer John Lloyd.

Youd think the guy in charge would have kept his team in check but not John. Mel, Griff and I were the naughty boys, he recalls. Wed always go to the pub at lunch and Rowan would work on his scripts. Poor Rowan, the nerdy student who did his work while his mates got hammered. But at least it paved the way for him to turn into TVs ultimate dork, Mr Bean.