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Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland

Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 2018 - 2019
  • 2 episodes (1 series)

Documentary profiling the life of Billy Connolly.

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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.

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Broadcast details

Date
Friday 28th December 2018
Time
9pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 21st July 2019 10:00pm BBC Scotland
Saturday 17th August 2019 9:00pm BBC2
Friday 10th January 2020 11:05pm BBC2
Tuesday 26th May 2020 10:00pm BBC Scotland
Saturday 30th May 2020 10:30pm BBC Scotland
Saturday 27th February 2021 9:00pm BBC2
Wednesday 8th December 2021 10:00pm BBC Scotland
Wednesday 29th December 2021 9:00pm BBC4
Monday 3rd January 2022 12:20am BBC4
Sunday 17th July 2022 10:00pm BBC Scotland
Wednesday 23rd November 2022 9:00pm BBC4
Thursday 24th November 2022 2:20am BBC4
Thursday 15th June 2023 10:30pm BBC Scotland
Friday 15th December 2023 9:00pm BBC Scotland
Monday 18th December 2023 10:35pm BBC4
Monday 25th December 2023 2:15am BBC4

Cast & crew

Cast
Billy Connolly Host / Presenter
Guest cast
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
Production team
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 2018

Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland, review

As much a celebration of Glasgow as of Billy.

Isabel Mohan, The Telegraph, 28th December 2018

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