Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime

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14/06/2017

BBC One - Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime

Three Scottish artists paint Billy Connolly in celebration of his 75th birthday.

Billy Connolly celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday by sitting for three Scottish artists - John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Rachel Maclean.

Celebrating Billy Connolly's seventy-fifth birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Rachel Maclean - each create a new portrait of the Big Yin. As he sits with each artist, Billy talks about his remarkable life and career, which has taken him from musician and pioneering stand-up to Hollywood star and national treasure.

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