This 90 minute recording is excerpts of 45 minutes each from Billy Connolly's live appearances in London and Glasgow in 1997. Topics include; The Irish, Limousine Service, fat people, "toffs", mad cow disease, Ageing and shouting.
Acting
Connolly's physical comedy—limbs everywhere, face a rubber mask of contempt.
Writing
Two crowds, two energy levels, same surgical strike precision.
Director
Billy Sneddon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures peak 'Cool Britannia' era when working-class Scottish voices suddenly dominated UK culture. Connolly was already a national institution, but 1997 was his imperial phase.
The Glasgow/London split isn't just geography—Connolly consciously plays class dynamics against each room, and you can hear which audience he respects more. Spoiler: it's not the southerners.
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