This is the 50th anniversary of Billy Connolly’s first appearance on the chat show Parkinson, the moment that the comedian became a huge star.

Billy Connolly Glasgow’s most famous funnyman co-wrote and starred in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show in 1972, a parody of the Upper Clyde shipbuilders in which workers try to takeover a ...

Sunset Song and The Girls of Slender Means are in contention for ‘CATS’ honours A stage show paying tribute to the life and legacy of Sir Billy Connolly ... Northern Welly Boot Show in 1972.