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Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland - Season 1
Presented by BBC, this two-part documentary series recounts details from Billy Connolly's life, the legend Scottish comedian. Also, the series presents interviews with people who know Billy very well as they talk about him and how he has turned to be such a successful actor.
30 December 1959, Slough, Berkshire, England, UK
6 January 1940, Paisley, Scotland, UK
6 June 1976, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
7 February 1962, Aden, Yemen
October 22, 1965 in Dundee, Scotland, UK
24 November 1942, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
7 November 1967, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
4 June 1955, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK
August 28, 1959 in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
