Episode 2
This final instalment finds Billy back in the Scotland of his childhood, where he reveals that knitted woolly swimming trunks were not a figment of his imagination.
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.
He has been called the Beatles and Jesus of comedy by his peers and an immature 'manure mouth' by the leader of the Scottish Zion Baptist Church. So say what you like about him, but you can't deny everyone wants to know him. And that is what Made In Scotland is about - it is Billy as you have never seen him before - intimate, deeply personal and very funny.
Weaved around personal accounts and interviews from famous faces, Billy's life is revealed in all its glory - a shaggy dog story approach to his work - and one that has turned him from Billy Connolly the welder into Billy Connolly - The Big Yin.
This final instalment (featuring Eddie Izzard, Ross Noble, Micky Flanagan, AL Kennedy, Tracey Ullman, Val McDermid, Sharleen Spiteri and Eddi Reader) finds Billy back in the Scotland of his childhood, where he reveals that knitted woolly swimming trunks were not a figment of his imagination.
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Music Played
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Jack Nitzsche
Zapata
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David Holmes
The Ballad Of Sarah And Jack
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Santo & Johnny
Sleep Walk
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David Holmes
Hey Maggy
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Guitar Slim
Certainly All
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Little Walter
Juke
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Eddie Cantour
Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
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Al Jolson
Mammy
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Billy Connolly
Campbell's Farewell
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Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus
Bali Ha'i (Album Version)
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Max Richter
Shadow Journal
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Paul Desmond
Take Ten
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Lambert
Hedi On The Bike
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Lambert
In The Woods
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Billy Connolly
I Wish I Was In Glasgow
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Talk Talk
The Rainbow
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Featured In The Motion Picture "Bonnie and Clyde")
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The Divine Comedy
Island Life
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Billy Connolly |
Director | Mike Reilly |
Series Producer | Jacqueline Houston |
Production Company | 7 Wonder Productions |
Broadcasts
- Fri 4 Jan 2019 21:00
- Wed 16 Jan 2019 03:05
- Sun 28 Jul 2019 22:00
- Sat 17 Aug 2019 22:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Sat 11 Jan 2020 00:05大象传媒 Two except Scotland, Wales & Wales HD
- Tue 2 Jun 2020 22:00
- Sat 6 Jun 2020 23:00
- Sat 27 Feb 2021 22:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Thu 9 Dec 2021 22:00
- Thu 30 Dec 2021 21:00
- Mon 3 Jan 2022 01:20
- Sun 24 Jul 2022 22:00
- Wed 30 Nov 2022 21:00
- Thu 1 Dec 2022 02:35
- Thu 22 Jun 2023 22:30
- Sat 16 Dec 2023 21:45
- Mon 18 Dec 2023 23:35
- Boxing Day 2023 02:40
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