Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Billy Connolly celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday by sitting for three Scottish artists - John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Rachel Maclean.
Celebrating Billy Connolly's seventy-fifth birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Rachel Maclean - each create a new portrait of the Big Yin. As he sits with each artist, Billy talks about his remarkable life and career, which has taken him from musician and pioneering stand-up to Hollywood star and national treasure.
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Three Connolly portraits by Jack Vettriano, John Byrne and Rachel Maclean are unveiled
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Few people around the world will receive a 75th birthday present of three portrait murals
Clips
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Billy meets Jack Vettriano
Duration: 01:13
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Billy Connolly sees the murals for the first time
Duration: 00:49
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Admiral Fallow
Isn't This World Enough??
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00:02The Humblebums
Mary of The Mountains
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00:04The New Humblebums
Patrick
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00:05Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Dusty Wreath
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00:15Lucky Pierre
Fan Dance
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00:18The Phantom Band
Everybody Knows It's True
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00:20Billy Connolly
The Waltzing Fool
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00:23Billy Connolly
Silk Pyjamas
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00:25The Humblebums
Little Blue Lady
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00:27Jim Noir
Intro 1
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00:28The Humblebums
Harry
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00:34Billy Connolly
The Crucifixion
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00:36Emily Smith
Winter Song
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00:36Matt McGinn
Big Sammy
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00:38Jim Noir
The Only Way
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00:39Bert Jansch
Instrumentally Irish (Per's Hose Pipe)
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00:46Admiral Fallow
Dead Against Smoking
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00:47The Corries
Kelvin Grove
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00:50Teenage Fanclub
Broken
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00:53Lau
Horizontigo
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00:54Billy Connolly
Saltcoats At The Fair
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00:56Jim Noir
Eanie Meany
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Participant | Billy Connolly |
| Participant | John Byrne |
| Participant | Jack Vettriano |
| Participant | Rachel Maclean |
Broadcasts
Wed 14 Jun 2017 21:00成人论坛 One Scotland HD & Scotland only
Sat 5 Aug 2017 21:00成人论坛 Two except Wales- Sat 5 Aug 2017 22:30成人论坛 Two Wales
- Tue 22 Aug 2017 00:15
- Wed 1 Nov 2017 22:40
- Sun 19 Jan 2020 22:30
- Mon 20 Jan 2020 02:30
Sat 30 May 2020 21:45- Thu 6 Aug 2020 23:30
- Sun 9 Aug 2020 02:45
- Wed 29 Dec 2021 22:00
- Sun 31 Jul 2022 22:00
- Mon 29 Jan 2024 21:00
- Wed 31 Jan 2024 00:50
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