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Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

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Billy Connolly returns to Glasgow’s famous Kings Theatre, where his journey into comedy first began, to talk life, death and laughter, in a no holds barred encounter with BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz.

It is a conversation that looks back on the Big Yin’s past and ahead to the future, covering all elements of his unusually packed existence - how he got started, his approach to comedy, his Scottish roots, and how Parkinson's disease is the latest thing he is having to laugh at. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Will Gompertz
Interviewed Guest:
Billy Connolly
Camera Operator:
Aidan Black
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki

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