Before he found fame on an international level, British comedy was an end of the pier kind of affair. But through sheer talent and force of personality Connolly ploughed a different, and deeply personal yet universal, approach to comedy - and in doing so he changed the face of British comedy forever. This two-part series Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland is built around intimate interviews with the great man himself and provides a unique insight into the early influences and motivations that made this comedy legend the man he is today. Part one, of two one-hour specials, feature Eddie Izzard, Ross Noble, Micky Flanagan, Lord Grade, Tracey Ullman, A.L. Kennedy, Val McDermid, Sharleen Spiteri and Eddi Reader.
This second and last part of an intimate insight into the uniquely talented comedian Billy Connolly explores the influences and motivations that made him the comic legend that he is today Weaved around personal accounts and interviews from famous faces, Billy’s life is revealed in all its glory - a shaggy dog story approach to his work and one that has turned him from Billy Connolly the welder into Billy Connolly The Big Yin. This final installment of two one hour specials, finds Billy back in the Scotland of his childhood, where he reveals that knitted woolly swimming trunks were not a figment of his imagination.
