
Monday 26 September 2022 The nations favourite comedy channel Gold has commissioned two three-part specials of hit show Billy Connolly Does... (6x60), following the success of series one which aired in March 2022.
Billy Connolly Does...The Decades, finds the Big Yin stepping back in time to look at how politics, celebrity, sex, TV and football have changed for all of us in the last 50 years. With more exclusive access to Billy in his Florida home, the three-parters produced by Moonshine Features, part of The Whisper Group, will air in early 2023 and 2024.
Billy Connolly said:
I love this series, who knew that the secret to making TV was hanging out at home, eating biscuits ,drinking tea and blethering on about the past?
Billy Connolly Does...The Decades will focus on the years when Billy was at his brightest and very best. The 70s - when we first met him, the 80s - when we all fell in love with him, and the 90s - when he proved himself to be Scotlands very best export.
Mixing Billys personal recollections, news and pop culture archive, along with more incredible stand-up from the archives, this series provides viewers with a trip down memory lane, but with a joyful and entertaining spin from Billys own anecdotes about his life over the years.
Billy Connolly Does...The Decades is commissioned for UKTV by Iain Coyle, head of comedy entertainment, and ordered by Gerald Casey, channel director for Gold. Richard Watsham is director of commissioning, and Steve North is genre general manager for comedy and entertainment. Executive producers for Moonshine Features are Michelle Crowther and Mike Reilly, who is also the series director.
Iain Coyle said: Im so proud to be associated with this series. Billy, and the good people at Moonshine, consistently deliver warm, fascinating and hilarious insights into the mind and memories of this countrys greatest living comedian.
Gerald Casey added: Its fantastic to have more Billy Connolly on Gold. These new series are set to be just as entertaining and heart-warming as the first and Im excited for viewers to have a thoroughly enjoyable history lesson from the Big Yin.
Moonshine series director, Mike Reilly, said: UKTV have been brilliant in having the confidence to let this series flourish under its simple ambition to show that regardless of time or age, Billy is still the best company to hang out with. He never stops being funny or surprising and there is always a new tale to be told that floors you with its comic brilliance.
Billy Connolly Does...The Decades joins other UKTV Originals on Gold, including Murder They Hope starring Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson which returns for a second series in October.
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For more information, please contact
Kelly Phelps, Senior Publicist
About Gold
Sky 110(HD)/ 810, Virgin 120/124(HD), TalkTalk 310 On demand on Sky, Now TV and TalkTalk
Dedicated to celebrating the best of British comedy, Gold is the nations favourite comedy channel.
Classic British comedy series loved by all the family sit comfortably alongside new UKTV Original scripted comedies crafted by some of the nations finest comedic minds, such as Dads Army: The Lost Episodes, Murder, They Hope, The Cockfields and Sandylands. Meanwhile Golds unscripted series reunite the stars and partnerships of the nations best-loved shows to get to the heart of what makes them so evergreen - from passion projects such as French & Saunders: Funny Women, Billy Connolly Does..., Lenny Henrys Race Through Comedy and Ricky and Ralfs Very Northern Road Trip to the retrospective likes of dinnerladies diaries and The Fast Show: Just A Load of Blooming Catchphrases.
Gold is the perfect tonic to make you laugh whatever the time of day.
Gold.uktv.co.uk / @goldchannel
About UKTV
UKTV has been at the forefront of branded television for over 25 years, entertaining the nation with programmes they love. Its leading brands - Dave, Gold, W, Drama, Alibi, Eden and Yesterday - span comedy, entertainment, natural history, factual and scripted drama, and are delivered to audiences through UKTV Play, Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat and Amazon Fire. The broadcaster is a significant investor in British creativity and is committed to working with new and established writers, directors and programme-makers.
UKTV is part of BBC Studios, the UKs most-awarded production company, a world-class distributor with international branded services, and a commercial subsidiary of the worlds leading public service broadcaster, the BBC.
corporate.uktv.co.uk | press.uktv.co.uk | @uktvpress
About Moonshine Features
Part of The Whisper Group | Sony Pictures Television, Moonshine Features is run by Creative Directors Michelle Crowther and Mike Reilly who have worked with some of the biggest names in comedy, arts and entertainment, including Billy Connolly, Hugh Laurie, Micky Flanagan, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant and Michael Sheen.
Their vast credentials include producing multiple series with Billy Connolly (Made in Scotland (BBC2), Tracks Across America (ITV), Billy Connollys Big Send Off (ITV), Billy Connollys Route 66 (ITV)) and all of Micky Flanagans series for SKY1, including Micky Flanagans Detour De France, Micky Flanagans Thinking Aloud series and Peeping Behind the Curtain.
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