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Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime

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Celebrating Billy Connolly's 75th 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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2017-06-14

Runtime: 59 mins

Director: Liam McArdle

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary, TV Movie

Original title: Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime

Production Companies: BBC

Production Countries: United Kingdom

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