Billy Connolly has been one of Britain’s most well loved comedians since his first appearance on Michael Parkinson’s Saturday night BBC1 chat show where his joke about a man burying his wife bottom side up so he had somewhere to park his bike, brought him instant commercial success.
He became a good friend of Michael Parkinson and made a further fourteen appearances.
In the same year he signed a record deal with Polydor Records, and as well as releasing live comedy albums, enjoyed hit singles including parodies of Tammy Wynette’s song D.I.V.O.R.C.E. and In The Brownies to the tune of the Village People’s In the Navy.
His popularity continued throughout the 1980’s with live stand up performances at The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball (1981), Live Aid at Wembley (1985) and Comic Relief (1986). In 1987 he completed his first world tour, including six nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which was documented in the Billy and Albert video.
In 1989 he married the Not The Nine O’ Clock News comedian and psychologist Pamela Stephenson and in the 1990’s branched out into acting and has since appeared in such diverse films as Indecent Proposal (1993), Mrs. Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA, The Last Samurai (2003), Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008).
This year Billy Connolly returns to the stage to perform stand-up with eight nights at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.
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