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Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

  • 82 years old
  • Scottish
  • Actor and stand-up comedian

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Billy Connolly at 75 - comedians pay tribute

Billy Connolly at 75: Eddie Izzard, Armando Iannucci and more salute 'Beatles of comedy'.

Ben Williams, The Guardian, 24th November 2017

Billy Connolly receives knighthood at Buckingham Palace

Comedian and actor Billy Connolly is to receive his knighthood, just a few weeks ahead of his 75th birthday

BBC, 31st October 2017

Preview - Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime

Originally broadcast on BBC Scotland, this programme looking into the life of one of Britain's greatest stand-up's reaches a national audience.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 5th August 2017

BBC admits error over Billy Connolly's banana noots

The quiz show University Challenge incorrectly attributed Billy Connolly's banana boots to artist John Byrne rather than their true creator Edmund Smith.

BBC, 18th July 2017

The stars who made it big at the Edinburgh Fringe

'I saw them long before they became famous' is a common Fringe-goer's boast. But, as Fiona Shepherd discovers, there's a good reason for that.

Fiona Shepherd, The Scotsman, 8th July 2017

F-word took Connolly's comedy to a transcendent plane

Sir, I agree wholeheartedly with John Schuyler's observation (Letters, June 28) that comedians today seem to think that swearing automatically makes their patter funnier.

Brian Bollen, The Financial Times, 29th June 2017

Sir Billy Connolly receives honorary degree

Sir Billy Connolly has received yet another honorary degree despite joking the closest he got to university "was to deliver coal". The Big Yin became an honorary doctor of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, just days after he was given a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

The Daily Express, 22nd June 2017

Big Yin offered an alternative to tartan stereotypes

The unveiling of three murals on Glasgow ­tenement walls which pay tribute to Billy Connolly on his 75th birthday, make it clear that The Big Yin is more than simply a Scottish comedian.

Sophie Law, The Scotsman, 20th June 2017

Billy Connolly's tour of Glasgow

From the bar where he signed his first contract to his old houses and homes, we dig up some unknown facts about The Big Yin's Glasgow.

Glasgow Live, 18th June 2017

June Whitfield tops Queen's Birthday Honours

June Whitfield, David Walliams, Billy Connolly and Julie Walters are amongst those receiving honours in the Queen's Birthday List.

British Comedy Guide, 16th June 2017

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