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An Evening in with Billy Connolly

on BBC Two England

The Scottish comedian is awarded the rare privilege of scheduling tonight's programmes, and introduces his choices.
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8.00 Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland
In a newly edited version of his successful television series, Billy Connolly misses out the live performances and presents an idiosyncratic and affectionate tour of his native land. From folk music in Arran, shipyard memories in Glasgow and scouting near Loch Lomond, to a telling demonstration of what went wrong for the home team at Culloden, a reading of McGonagall in a blizzard next to the Tay Bridge and guilty memories of a stolen bottle of whisky from an Edinburgh bar.

9.00 Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television
In an evening of delights and insight distilled from a lifetime's viewing, Billy Connolly presents the people who have changed his life and the events which have influenced him.
With comedy from Max Wall, Chic Murray, Frankie Howerd, Jimmy Tarbuck and Stanley Baxter; music from Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, the Incredible String Band, Andy Stewart, Eric Clapton and Elton John. Plus sporting moments from Glasgow boxer Benny Lynch, the European Cup Final with Celtic playing Inter-Milan, Jimmy Connors's Wimbledon comeback against John McEnroe in 1982 and tough time trials in the Tour de France. Alongside some of the amazing events that television has brought live into our homes - like the first moon landing and the collapse of the Berlin Wall - some of the personalities that made an impression on Billy Connolly include Madhur Jaffrey, David Hockney, the Dalai Lama, Dennis Potter, David Attenborough and Nelson Mandela.

Contributors

Presenter (An Evening in with Billy Connolly/Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland/Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television):
Billy Connolly
Director (Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland):
Willy Smax
Producer (Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland):
Bill Tennant.
Producer (Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland):
Steve Brown
Producer (Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland):
Ray Cooper
Director (Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television):
Steven Grandison
Producer (Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television):
John Archer

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