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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.

59 minutes

On TV

Thursday 00:50
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  • Three Connolly portraits by Jack Vettriano, John Byrne and Rachel Maclean are unveiled

  • Few people around the world will receive a 75th birthday present of three portrait murals

Clips

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Music Played

  • Admiral Fallow

    Isn't This World Enough??

  • The Humblebums

    Mary of The Mountains

  • The New Humblebums

    Patrick

  • Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

    Dusty Wreath

  • Lucky Pierre

    Fan Dance

  • The Phantom Band

    Everybody Knows It's True

  • Billy Connolly

    The Waltzing Fool

  • Billy Connolly

    Silk Pyjamas

  • The Humblebums

    Little Blue Lady

  • Jim Noir

    Intro 1

  • The Humblebums

    Harry

  • Billy Connolly

    The Crucifixion

  • Emily Smith

    Winter Song

  • Matt McGinn

    Big Sammy

  • Jim Noir

    The Only Way

  • Bert Jansch

    Instrumentally Irish (Per's Hose Pipe)

  • Admiral Fallow

    Dead Against Smoking

  • The Corries

    Kelvin Grove

  • Teenage Fanclub

    Broken

  • Lau

    Horizontigo

  • Billy Connolly

    Saltcoats At The Fair

  • Jim Noir

    Eanie Meany

Credits

Participant Billy Connolly
Participant John Byrne
Participant Jack Vettriano
Participant Rachel Maclean

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  • (www.allmediascotland.com)