Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.
Acting
Connolly's timing — he could read a phone book and kill.
Direction
Celeb cutaways catching genuine shock and delight.
Director
Alasdair Macmillan
Billy Connolly
Self
Michael Parkinson
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Clive James
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Janet Brown
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Michael Aspel
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Barbara Dickson
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Ringo Starr
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Bill Wyman
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Roger Daltrey
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Jimmy Page
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Roger Taylor
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Robbie Coltrane
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Eric Clapton
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Peter Davison
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Glynis Barber
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1985 special captures Connolly's pivot from folk singer to Britain's most dangerous comic, just before Hollywood came calling.
The celebrity audience weren't plants — they genuinely bought tickets, with Parkinson later admitting he had no idea what he was walking into.
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