Billy Connolly. ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton - episode 96: Billy Connolly (20/02/2006) Welcome to a very special February edition of ENOUGH ROPE. Billy Connolly has a simple life philosophy - never trust a man who left alone in a room with a tea cosy doesn’t try it on. It’s even better in Scottish. Please welcome the self confessed welder who got away with it, Billy Connolly. ANDREW DENTON: Welcome to ENOUGH ROPE.
BILLY CONNOLLY: Thanks for having me on. ANDREW DENTON: A delight. Applause BILLY CONNOLLY: And what we going to do about them? ANDREW DENTON: Do you want them moved? BILLY CONNOLLY: Yeah. Laughter ANDREW DENTON: I'm going to start at the bottom. BILLY CONNOLLY: Oh yeah ... ANDREW DENTON: Good and evil. BILLY CONNOLLY: They're good and evil. ANDREW DENTON: Does one predominate? BILLY CONNOLLY: No, there's no sort of, I forget about them once I've got them on until people remind me. BILLY CONNOLLY: The next thing you know you'll be playing golf and your life's pretty much over you know?
BILLY CONNOLLY: You'll be rushing out to buy a blazer or something. ANDREW DENTON: Good! A laugh a minute? Life with Billy Connolly. Billy Connolly: The interview | Books | The Observer. It's hard to think of Billy Connolly silent. Harder still - alarming, even - to think of him silent in a flotation tank: alone with all those stories and all that hair. But some years ago he booked himself a session for the hell of it, or because he lived in California, or because his wife told him to, and after half an hour in the mineral bath, naked in the blackness, listening to piped whale noises and his beating heart, he had a sense there was someone else floating there next to him. It took him a moment to realise, he says, wild-eyed, that the someone was just a voice in his head. And then that it was a voice he'd heard often before.
The voice was responding to the little plans he was making, the daydreams he was drifting into and it was saying, ' No, you'll never do that. I heard Connolly tell this story on stage in Dublin a couple of weeks ago. The pair met when Connolly was still a spectacular drinker, an unreconstructed spinner of wild tales, a wearer of banana-shaped wellies. Billy Connolly. Just Another Saturday. The film won the Prix Italia for Best Drama.[1] Synopsis[edit] John looks forward with nervous excitement to the annual Orange order march in Glasgow, in which he will lead his local Orange Lodge band as mace-swinger.
However, as the day progresses he begins to become disillusioned with the day and his colleagues, as he witnesses their growing drunkenness and unwarranted violence against Catholic homes on the march's route. Events of the day lead him to question his involvement with the band, which also threatens his own safety. References[edit] External links[edit] "Play for Today" Just Another Saturday (TV episode 1975. The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) The Secret Policeman's Ball was the third of the benefit shows staged by the British Section of Amnesty International to raise funds for its research and campaign work in the human rights field. In later years, other Amnesty benefit shows also bore the Secret Policeman's title.
They are informally referred to as The Secret Policeman's Balls. The Secret Policeman's Ball took place over four consecutive nights in London in June 1979. It was a successor to the 1976 show A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick) (the film of which was titled Pleasure At Her Majesty's) and the 1977 show The Mermaid Frolics. Billy Connolly Bites Yer Bum! The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. The Secret Policeman's Other Ball was the fourth of the benefit shows staged by the British Section of Amnesty International to raise funds for its research and campaign work in the human rights field.
It was the second of many shows to bear the celebrated "Secret Policeman's" title that became the iconic series known informally as The Secret Policeman's Balls. Track listing of the music album[edit] Side 1 Side 2 Track listing of the VHS[edit] Track listing of the comedy album[edit] Cast[edit] The cast of performers in the stage production was: References[edit] External links[edit] The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982. Mrs. Brown. The film was produced by the BBC and Ecosse Films with the intention of being shown on BBC One and on WGBH's Masterpiece Theatre.
However, it was acquired by Miramax and released to unexpected success, going on to earn more than $13,000,000 worldwide. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Dench was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, but lost to Helen Hunt for her role in As Good as It Gets. Plot[edit] As a result of Victoria's virtual recluse, especially at Balmoral Castle in Scotland (something initially encouraged by Brown), her popularity begins failing and republican sentiment begins growing. Brown is reluctant to do so, rightly fearing that Victoria will take this as a personal betrayal.
The Queen's eventual acquiescence and her decision to return to public life eventually leads to a revitalisation of her popularity and a resurgence in public support of the monarchy. Dr. Cast[edit] Awards and nominations[edit] Others. Mrs Brown (1997. Brave (2012 film) Rival clans arrive with their firstborn sons to compete in the Highland Games for Merida's hand in marriage. Merida, twisting the rules, announces she is eligible to compete for her own hand as the first-born of Clan Dunbroch and defeats each of her suitors in an archery contest, shaming the other clans. After getting into an argument with Elinor, Merida leaves. In the forest, Merida follows the wisps to the hut of an elderly witch posing as a wood carver. Merida bargains with the witch, who agrees to give Merida an enchanted cake to change her mother's mind. Merida returns to the castle and gives Elinor the cake, which magically transforms her into a black bear. At the castle, the clans are on the verge of war, but Merida interrupts their fighting, stating that the children should be allowed to get married in their own time to whomever they choose.
At the second sunrise, Merida realizes the true meaning of the witch's riddle, and reconciles with her mother. Brave (2012.