Movies: Billy Connolly

In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting partnership was ignited; the band they formed, Microdisney, was one of the best bands of the 1980s that you...

The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary. And, of course, w...

A BAFTA tribute celebrating the career of Billy Connolly....

Amnesty decided not to present a benefit show in 1978 in order to consider how to make better use of the performing talent so favourably disposed to assist it in raising funds. Peter Luff left Amnesty in 1978 and the organisation's new fund-raising o...

An affectionate tribute to the Glasgow-born Cutler who has been Britain's best kept secret with his mix of poetry, music, painting and comedy....

Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them....

HBO stand up comedy presents Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Connolly....

It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs....

A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News....

Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create a record of a group of people over the age of 65 who have all made their mark on the world....

Unemployed Ayrshire teenager Sammy Nelson is a dreamer, using his vivid imagination to conjure up a gallery of heroes. But far from simply providing an escape from grim reality, his dreams become weapons to confront it. With appearances by Deacon Bl...

When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story of him and Handmade Films....

Filmed during Billy's record breaking twenty two night run at London's famous Hammersmith Apollo....

The very best of Billy Connolly's stand up comedy, from 30 years of performances around the world!...

Jimmy Tarbuck parades his comic wares in front of a celebrity audience, including Cilla Black, Bruce Forsyth, Billy Connolly, Michael Parkinson, Harry Secombe and Henry Cooper....

In an evening of delights and insight distilled from a lifetime's viewing, Billy Connolly presents the people who have changed his life and the events that have influenced him. With comedy from Max Wall, Chic Murray, Frankie Howerd, Jimmy Tarbuck, a...

Billy Connolly's sensational show "Was It Something I Said?" was filmed in Adelaide on the Australian leg of his sell out 2006 World Tour. This recording captures comedy legend Billy at his brilliant, inspirational, hilariously funny best....

One of the greatest poets of his generation, Norman MacCaig (1910-96) was also an expert fly-fisher. His favourite loch, the Loch of the Green Corrie, lies high up in the mountains of Assynt in the far north-west of Scotland. Fiddle maestro Aly Bain,...

Bunny has told his wife he is working as a postman, but in fact is wandering the hills all day, wondering why he doesn't want to work. He meets Jody, an older man who has told his wife he's working in a factory, but is in fact doing the same thing. T...

Stand-up legend, Billy Connolly returns in his ‘High Horse Tour’. Even at the age of 72, the legendary Scot has a wild and manic energy—and is still as sharp as ever....