Billy Connolly Does...
- TV factual
- Gold
- 2022 - 2024
- 13 episodes (3 series)
Series in which Billy Connolly looks back over his life and stand-up routines.
Press clippings
Billy Connolly's new TV show: Director talks about the 'Big Yin'
When it comes to Billy Connolly, it is fair to say that Mike Reilly knows the inner workings of the Glasgow-born comedy legend better than most. As a director and documentary maker, Reilly has spent a fair bit of time in the company of "the Big Yin" over the years.
Susan Swarbrick, The Herald, 4th February 2024Billy Connolly: My childhood was hell - I was preyed upon by nightmare family
Billy Connolly has admitted he has never got over being abused as a child in a new TV documentary and revealed: "My life at home was hell."
The Scottish comedian, 80, opens up in the first episode of the second series of Gold's Billy Connolly Does....
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 21st March 2023Big Boys, Derry Girls, Man Vs Bee and Motherland up for BPG Awards
Big Boys, Derry Girls, Man Vs Bee and Motherland are amongst the nominees for the 49th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd February 2023Billy Connolly Does... returning for second and third series on Gold
Billy Connolly Does... is returning for a second and third series on Gold with a focus on the decades between the 1970s and 1990s.
British Comedy Guide, 26th September 2022Billy Connolly Does... review
Billy Connolly explained the rules as he fondly recounted his years of 'bad behaviour' in the first of a series of anecdotes, plus clips from his live shows, Billy Connolly Does... (Gold).
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 25th February 2022Billy Connolly Does... review
Criminally entertaining yarns from the Big Yin.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 24th February 2022Billy Connolly: Night I hit a photographer and The Herald caught me
The picture comes from the archives of The Herald and shows Connolly grabbing photographer Stuart Bell outside The Drury Lane Theatre in London on September 1981. "I've battered a few of them [photographers]," says Connolly. "I was in the middle of a divorce and my children and wife were in Scotland and I was with Pam in London. It was impossible to stay sane being chased by the paparazzi so I lashed out."
The Herald, 23rd February 2022Billy Connolly: Sean Connery got lost on the way to my house
Sir Billy Connolly would not want to be cast as a miserable victim of Parkinson's disease. Now a new show will remind us of the many hilarious moments the Big Yin has given us and why he remains one of the world's funniest comedians.
Felicity Cross, The Sun, 17th February 2022Billy Connolly to reflect on stand-up in new Gold series
TV channel Gold is making Billy Connolly Does..., a five-part series which will provide "an unrivalled glimpse into his life" as the comedian looks back on 50 years of stand-up.
British Comedy Guide, 30th June 2021