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Made in Scotland
- My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country
- Narrated by: Gordon Kennedy
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
All roads lead back home.
Billy Connolly may be a citizen of the world, but in his heart he's never been far from his homeland. Made in Scotland is Billy's unique and intimate portrait of his native Scotland, a love letter to the places and people that made him.
It's an adventure inspired by a single incident: the moment Billy received his Knighthood and was asked, 'How does it feel to have achieved all this when you came from nothing?' His response was, 'But I did come from something!' So begins an odyssey through the Highlands, the Lowlands and the Barrowlands on a shaggy dog quest to find out what that 'something' was and whether it is still there.
Far from a typical travelogue, Billy’s quest is as much through his memories and experiences as it is through his excursions, with a series of key artefacts prompting reminiscences - a first pressing of a Hank Williams album (the first record he ever owned), Landseer’s Monarch of the Glen, a bottle of air that re-creates the smell of the old Glasgow Docks - each of which inspire moments of reflection, joy, drama and laughter.
Accompanying a major BBC TV series, Made in Scotland is Billy Connolly's insightful, moving and very funny account of the stuff that really matters. Family, love, sex, health, football, fishing, work, art, swearing, banjos, friends, going to the pub. And good tea.
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- jdg
- 23-10-18
It’s great
I really enjoyed this book, at times I was laughing out loud at others it made me think really hard about the struggles that billy is having with his disease and how he sees the future, I hope he lives for a long time and we find a cure for his disease but never a cure for his way of looking at the world. Long live the big yin 🏴
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- Anonymous User
- 29-10-18
Enjoyable book
I thought it would have been Billy reading the book and was originally disappointed to find out he wasn't, after the 1st chapter I soon settled into Gordon Kelly's narration and enjoyed it. The book itself was a nice upbeat look back at Billy's life that made me laugh on numerous occasions.
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- Di
- 15-01-19
Well Audible I have enjoyed this program!
As a Big Yin fan I have watched all the television programs and I did wonder was there a point in listening to the book. What more could there be. It turns out...plenty. I had to accept it was not narrated by Billy but by someone that he endorses. I feel that Gordon Kennedy has done a good job and it’s Billy’s words. Things I have watched on the documentary are expanded and I can picture the scene or the person he is talking about because of the program. I really, really enjoyed the experience. Listening to the stories and reminisces of his life has been a treat. So yes, thank you Audible I really have enjoyed this program!
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- Andy
- 24-10-18
interesting but not great
i have heard most of the stories before but it was still worth it. easy to listen to
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- Mark
- 29-06-22
Billie at his story telling best.
A book I would recommend for lovers of Billie Connely. It's good that his able to tell his story in his unique way. Although a actor played the part. the real Billie Showed through.
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- Michael
- 12-02-22
A true story teller
I first saw Billy on the Parkinson show with my Dad sat laughing at his jokes and watching Parkinson crack up like us a true National treasure long may he continue
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- Richard Smith
- 22-11-21
Great to hear
A great insight to the life of A Scottish institution from the shipyards to his comedy
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- Andrew Watson
- 06-08-20
Hits you hard in the heart!
We all know Billy Connolly the comedian Billy Connolly the singer Billy Connolly the expert on travelling across America!
But that is not really knowing him! Made in Scotland is a very emotive look back over 75 years I wanna Glasgow’s children! When he tells the story of becoming a welder Stevenson which transforms into the Upper Clyde shipbuilders You are struck with a sense of loss of the stories he tells I’m going to be lost forever, this is advisability that everybody needs to know! Open your heart to the story of his life and don’t forget the Kleenex
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- C B
- 18-05-19
NOT READ BY BILLY
Just can't understand why this isn't read by the author. It loses the whole point of it. Gave up - disappointed
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- John wheeler
- 28-10-18
Disappointing.
I have been a fan of Billy Connolly for many years, but found this book disappointing. I found the performance boring and there is very little new material. Had it have been read by Billy it would probably have far better, but obviously that's not possible. It's a shame because I had been looking forward to the release of this book.
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