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TV Presenter Ben Fogle, Theatre Director Jeremy Herrin and broadcaster Aasmah Mir

TV Presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle, plus Gary McNair on his love letter to the Big Yin for National Theatre of Scotland, in Billy Connolly鈥檚 80th year.

Writer, actor and theatre maker Gary McNair has collected together people鈥檚 stories of Billy Connolly and what he means to them to make this love letter to the Big Yin for National Theatre of Scotland, in Billy Connolly鈥檚 80th year.

Director Jeremy Herrin on the upcoming National Theatre Live screening of The Best of Enemies, starring David Harewood and Zachary Quinto, and telling the story of bitter political rivals feuding in 1968 America, coming to cinemas across the country.

Aasmah Mir, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, discusses her memoir A Pebble in the Throat: Growing Up Between Two Continents, about her childhood in Glasgow in the 1970s and 80s.

TV Presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle on his tour, Wild, where he shares stories of hope, positivity and possibility, all learned from a career which has taken him to some of the most extreme locations in the world

Penicuik-based artist Sandra Vick on going from Economics Lecturer to landscape artist.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

    • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
    • Domino.
  • Billy Connolly

    I Wish I Was In Glasgow

    • Musical Tour Of Scotland.
  • Billy Joel

    The River Of Dreams

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume III.
    • Columbia.
  • Amy Macdonald

    Mr. Rock & Roll

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Ariana Grande

    One Last Time

    • My Everything.
    • Republic Records.
  • Mark Knopfler

    The Way It Always Starts

    • Local Hero.
    • Warner Records.
    • 5.
  • Queen

    Killer Queen

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.
  • Primal Scream

    Country Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.
  • Harry Styles

    Satellite

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.
  • Carole King

    I Feel The Earth Move

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Perfect

    • Divide.
    • Atlantic.
    • 5.
  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.
  • The Monkees

    I'm A Believer

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.
    • 7.
  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 May 2023 13:30