Parkinson with Billy Connolly and David Attenborough

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Parkinson: Billy Connolly and David Attenborough

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Sir David Attenborough

Parkinson: Billy Connolly and Sir David Attenborough

23/01/1998

BBC One - Parkinson, Billy Connolly and Sir David Attenborough

From 1998. Michael Parkinson's guests are Billy Connolly and Sir David Attenborough.

First transmitted in 1998. Parkinson's guests are Billy Connolly, who talks about acting, comedy and life, and Sir David Attenborough, with anecdotes from the world of animals.

First transmitted in 1998, Michael Parkinson's guests are Billy Connolly, who talks about his flourishing acting career and how he used an apple to try to help him sleep better, and Sir David Attenborough, who tells anecdotes about the sex life of the penduline tit and explains how a carrion crow uses traffic lights and the wheel of a lorry to crack walnuts.

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