Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland
- TV documentary
- BBC Two
- 2018 - 2019
- 2 episodes (1 series)
Documentary profiling the life of Billy Connolly.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
In British comedy there is a line in the sand - and that line is Billy Connolly. Before he found fame on an international level, British comedy was an end of the pier kind of affair. But through sheer talent and force of personality Connolly ploughed a different, and deeply personal yet universal, approach to comedy - and in doing so he changed the face of British comedy forever.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 28th December 2018
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Billy Connolly | Host / Presenter |
| Alison Kennedy (as A L Kennedy) | Self |
| Micky Flanagan | Self |
| Michael Grade (as Lord Grade) | Self |
| Eddie Izzard | Self |
| Val McDermid | Self |
| Sharleen Spiteri | Self |
| Eddi Reader | Self |
| Tracey Ullman | Self |
| Marina Maclean | Self |
| John Byrne | Self |
| Mike Reilly | Series Director |
| Jacqueline Houston | Series Producer |
| Mark Bell | Executive Producer |
| David Harron | Executive Producer |
| Mike Reilly | Executive Producer |
| Oliver Rainbird (as Ollie Rainbird) | Editor |
| Alex Broad | Editor |
| Jaimie Gramston | Director of Photography |
Video
Billy Connolly's love letter to Scotland
"There's always been a string in my heart that I'm glad pulls me back to where I'm from."
Featuring: Billy Connolly.
Press
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland review
Connolly recounts his thrilling escape from the shipyards in a vivid portrait of 1960s Glasgow.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 28th December 2018Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland, review
As much a celebration of Glasgow as of Billy.
Isabel Mohan, The Telegraph, 28th December 2018