Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

18+2018•1h 0m•8.4/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.4/10(5)

Two-part series with intimate interviews with Billy Connolly, providing unique insight into the early influences and motivations that made this comedy legend the man he is today.

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Production

7 Wonder Productions

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 28, 2018

Last Aired

January 4, 2019

Networks

BBC Two

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 2018-12-28

Part one of a uniquely 'Billy' approach to biography - part shaggy dog tale, part self-portrait, with a lot of jokes, personal archive and a few famous faces thrown in between.

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2019-01-04

This final instalment finds Billy back in the Scotland of his childhood, where he reveals that knitted woolly swimming trunks were not a figment of his imagination.

Cast

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Self

John Byrne

John Byrne

Self

Micky Flanagan

Micky Flanagan

Self

Michael Grade

Michael Grade

Self

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard

Self

A L Kennedy

A L Kennedy

Self

Marina Maclean

Self

Moira Maclean

Self

Val McDermid

Val McDermid

Self

Ross Noble

Ross Noble

Self

Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader

Self

Sharleen Spiteri

Sharleen Spiteri

Self

Martin Stephenson

Self

Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman

Self

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