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Billy Connolly unveils new artworks

Comedian Billy Connolly has spoken about being inspired by touring with Elton John in the 1970s as he releases new artwork.

Billy Connolly • 22 Aug

Comedian Billy Connolly posing for a picture

Billy Connolly warns fans of scammers posing as him

Veteran comedian Billy Connolly has warned fans about scammers impersonating him online.

Television • 18 Aug

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Monday

On the Beat follows Gardaí in today's Ireland, Annabel Scholey and Colin Morgan star in Dead and Buried, The Tower returns for a third season, while Panorama asks Can We Live Without Our Phones?

Television • 03 Sep 24

Big Banana Feet will be released in Irish cinemas on Friday 10 May and on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 20 May

Billy Connolly's 1975 Irish tour coming to cinemas

A "long-lost" film of Billy Connolly's 1975 Irish tour is coming to cinemas in May.

Movies • 12 Apr 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Thursday

There's more canine coupling on The Dog House, self-explanatory documentary Gymnastics: A Culture of Abuse? And the last-ever episodes of Julia, Sort Of and After the Flood . . .

Television • 22 Feb 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Monday

There's a new season of Putin vs the West, Crimecall is back, there's a documentary looking at what's claimed to be The Greatest Night in Pop, while Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the final of Only Connect . . .

Television • 29 Jan 24

Billy Connolly on Parkinson's: Every day is stranger

Billy Connolly has said the progression of his Parkinson's disease has made every passing day "stranger and more different".

Billy Connolly • 11 Nov 23

Billy Connolly: "I'm clumsy and I lose my balance. I'm out of balance a lot and I fall. I'm fed up with it."

Billy Connolly: Life changed radically with Parkinson's

Billy Connolly has said his life has changed "radically" since he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, as he revealed his wife now dresses him in the morning and he once forgot the name of one of his dogs.

Entertainment • 12 Oct 23

Billy Connolly and Pamela Stephenson, pictured at 10 Downing Street in October 2017

Billy Connolly had 'a couple of serious falls'

Billy Connolly's wife Pamela Stephenson has said that the comic had "a couple of serious falls" after they noticed his balance was deteriorating.

Television • 30 Sep 23

Michael Parkinson: His greatest chat show guests

British broadcasting legend Michael Parkinson's chat show career reaches back more than 50 years and spanned interviews with some of the biggest stars in the world.

Television • 17 Aug 23

Billy Connolly unveils four new drawings for sale

One of Scotland's most-loved comedians has swapped laughs for fine art and is to sell four new pieces.

Billy Connolly • 10 Aug 23

Billy Connolly: "I went from strength to strength on television and here we are today getting this award."

Billy Connolly jokes his career is 'out the window'

Billy Connolly joked that he was happy to receive the prestigious Bafta fellowship "now my career is out the window" in a pre-recorded message at the academy's TV awards.

BAFTA TV Awards 2022 • 08 May 22

Billy Connolly awarded prestigious Bafta Fellowship

Billy Connolly has said he does not let his Parkinson's disease dictate who he is as he spoke about being named the recipient of this year's Bafta Fellowship.

Television • 03 May 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Speechless looks at nonverbal autistic writer and poet Fiacre Ryan, there's new drama The Holiday, The Dropout lands on Disney+ and Leighton Meester stars in The Weekend Away . . .

Television • 03 Mar 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Thursday

Billy Connolly hosts a new show looking back on his life and career, Where's Your Pride? looks back at Irish rugby success in the 1980s, while a farmer and a former marine link up on First Dates Ireland . . .

Television • 24 Feb 22

Connolly on how he deals with shaking from Parkinson's

Billy Connolly says he has learned to "hypnotise" his hand into becoming still when it shakes due to his Parkinson's disease.

Television • 07 Dec 21

Billy Connolly: "In the middle of the recording, he was laughing so much he fell behind the controls"

Bill Connolly and Phil Coulter 'fell' into friendship

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly reveals Phil Coulter was "laughing so much" at one of his jokes that he "fell" and they have been firm friends ever since.

Television • 23 Oct 21

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Friday

Billy Connolly's one of the guests on The Late Late Show, Graham Norton's got Jessie Buckley, there's a new documentary about musical maverick Frank Zappa, and Invasion lands on Apple TV+

Television • 22 Oct 21

The Late Late Show, Friday nights at 9.35pm on RTÉ One

Tonight's Late Late Show line-up revealed

Billy Connolly, Robert Sheehan and Anna Geary are among the guests for this Friday night's Late Late Show.

Television • 22 Oct 21

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Friday

The Late Late Show pays tribute to Paddy Moloney, Billy Connolly is a guest on The Graham Norton Show, there's a Stand Up To Cancer night on Channel 4, and The Velvet Underground movie lands on Apple TV+ . . .

Television • 15 Oct 21

Billy Connolly:"I have lost the ability to write, and it breaks my heart as I used to love writing letters to people."

Billy Connolly: 'I've lost the ability to write'

Billy Connolly has said losing the ability to write "breaks my heart" because he loved writing letters.

Television • 15 Oct 21

Connolly says challenges of Parkinson's getting worse

Billy Connolly has said the medical challenges he faces while filming for television are "getting worse".

Television • 24 Aug 21

Billy Connolly to look back on life in new TV series

Legendary Scottish comic Billy Connolly is to look back at his five decades of stand-up in a new series for UK satellite channel Gold.

Billy Connolly • 30 Jun 21

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Saturday February 27

Tonight's top telly tips include Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Tommy Tiernan Show, Bill Withers, Billy Connolly and some cracking movies . . .

Television • 27 Feb 21

Billy Connolly autobiography to be published in October

Veteran Scottish comedian Billy Connolly is to publish an autobiography called Windswept And Interesting.

Books • 25 Feb 21