Billy Connolly
- 82 years old
- Scottish
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award shortlist 2025
Craig Hill, Kim Blythe, Marjolein Robertson, Paul Black, Rosco McClelland, Scott Agnew and Viv Gee are nominated for the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award 2025.
British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2025Fact check: Did Anas Sarwar call Billy Connolly vulgar and offensive?
"Outdated", "vulgar" and "offensive" are the words that a viral fake tweet depicts Labour leader Anas Sarwar calling Billy Connolly. There is no evidence that Sarwar ever gave such a quote, but it has been shared widely on social media site Twitter/X.
The Jouker, The National (Scotland), 24th February 2025Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award 2025 nominations open
The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has opened applications for its prestigious Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award. Acts, venues and staff in 2025's festival are encouraged to make nominations by 13th January.
British Comedy Guide, 18th November 2024In My Own Words: Billy Connolly review
There have been so many retrospectives with Billy Connolly, most using the same old clips. So kudos to the team behind In My Own Words: Billy Connolly (BBC1, Monday) for venturing further than *that* joke on Parkinson and An Audience With. The effort paid off in Connolly's responses and generated a few revelations besides.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 7th September 2024Billy Connolly shares admission about death after 'confronting' subject due to health struggles
Scottish comedian reveals what he thought after receiving bad news from his doctor.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 30th August 2024Billy Connolly to release a book of artwork
More than 200 of Billy Connolly's artworks are to be published in a new book this autumn.
Chortle, 17th July 2024Billy Connolly - Big Banana Feet review
The comic caught on the cusp of his fame as he tours Ireland in 1975.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 21st May 2024Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet review
Inspired by Pennebaker's Dylan doc Don't Look Back, this restored Billy Connolly documentary, from the BFI, is equal parts charming, insightful and smart.
Dan Bullock, Critical Popcorn, 14th May 2024Dawn of the Big Yin: rediscovered film shows Billy Connolly on the road to comedy glory
The 1975 tour documentary Big Banana Feet captures a comic growing into his extraordinary talents - and adjusting to unprecedented fame.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th May 2024Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet review
Restored 1976 doc of Connolly's tour of Ireland shows that, despite his bombastic stage presence, he is impeccably polite. But his naughtier material hasn't aged well.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 7th May 2024