Billy Connolly
- 82 years old
- Scottish
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Billy Connolly: 'Lots of people are dead but don't know it yet. They have just given up'
He recently turned 80 and is living with Parkinson's but Billy Connolly has vowed to continue growing old disgracefully.
Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 20th March 2023Comic Relief's outlandish origin story - inside Nether Wallop festival
Was this impromptu event - a farmer's field in Hampshire that hosted comedy talents including Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Billy Connolly and Rik Mayall - where the first seed of Comic Relief was planted?
Alan Burles, The Guardian, 17th March 2023Is Nick Hornby right - can beautiful women never be funny?
Victoria Coren Mitchell has been watching Sky's Funny Woman and a comedy masterclass on BBC Maestro.
Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Telegraph, 4th March 2023Judging panel announced for first Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award
Glasgow's Lord Provost Jacqueline McLaren, The Herald & Times Editor-in-Chief Catherine Salmond and Elaine C Smith are among the 11 judges who will shortlist nominations and make recommendations to Sir Billy Connolly, who will then have the final say on the first ever winner of the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th February 2023I'm an aspiring stand-up - Billy Connolly gave me a comedy masterclass, I was blown away
Aspiring stand-up Simon Houston was blown away after getting a series of top comedy tips from the Big Yin himself.
Simon Houston, The Scottish Sun, 29th December 2022How Billy Connolly gave Scottish comics their voice
Few Scots have had as significant an influence in any field as Connolly, and 50 years since the start of his solo comedy career he's considered one of stand-up's greatest ever practitioners.
Adam Miller, The Herald, 24th November 2022National Theatre of Scotland announces Billy Connolly play Dear Billy
Dear Billy, a play made up of stories about Billy Connolly's life, will tour Scotland next year.
British Comedy Guide, 24th November 2022From the shipyard to the Sarry Heid - Billy Connolly's Glasgow
Billy Connolly and the city where he was born and raised have been tightly interwoven throughout his eight decades.
Gregor Kyle, The Herald, 20th November 2022Drink, drugs and comedy don't mix, warns Billy Connolly
Big Yin tells BBC masterclass he was never drunk or stoned on stage - just off it.
Stuart MacDonald, The Times, 19th November 2022Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award created
Glasgow Comedy Festival has announced a new prize, the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award.
British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2022