Billy Connolly has filmed what could be his last major TV appearance after
admitting on screen my Parkinson's is not going to go away and it's going to
get worse my life is slipping away the legendary Scottish funny man is seen in
the second part of his BBC documentary series made in Scotland in reflective
mood on Friday nights as he admits he will die soon but he's not afraid of the
prospect he says there is no denying it I am 75 I have got Parkinson's and I am
at the wrong end of the telescope of life I am at the point where the yes
tears mean more than the yesterday's because it is back there in my childhood
and youth why not go to all those things that made me that live keenest in my
memory now later in the programme as he reflects on his mortality he adds my
life it's slipping away and I can feel it and I should I'm 75 I'm near the end
I'm a dam the site near the end then I am the beginning but it doesn't frighten
me it's an adventure and it is quite interesting to see myself slipping away
as bits slip off and leave me talents leave and attributes leave I don't have
the balance I used to have I don't have the energy I used to have I can't hear
the way I used to hear I can't see as good as I used to I can't remember the
way I used to remember and they all came one at a time and they just slipped away
thank you it is like somebody is in charge of you and they are saying right
I added all these bits when you were youth now it is time to subtract
I can't work my left hand on the banjo it is as if I am being prepared for
something some other adventure which is over the hill I have got all of this
stuff to lose first and then I will be the shadowy side of the hill doing the
next episode and the spirit world connolly nicknamed the big in was a
glasgow welder who went on to become a globally famous comedian after an
appearance on BBC's Parkinson in 1975 which he says changed his life married
to psychologist Pamela Stevenson he was diagnosed with
Parkinson's in 2013 he continued to tour for a few years afterwards with his high
horse a stand-up show playing into 2017 but he says it got tougher and he could
no longer stride around on stage in trademark style he recalls I hadn't
stood anywhere since I got Parkinson's and I discovered that I got kind of
rooted to the spot and became afraid to move instead of going all the way to the
front of the stage and prowling along the front the way I used to do I stood
where I was Connolly who has turned 76 since filming of the BBC show stopped
also admits he has cut back hall work since his Parkinson's got worse and
they've shown at one point asking for filming to be stopped because he has
appears to be feeling the effects of the disease in another scene where he sits
on a rock talking to camera his hand can be visibly seen shaking uncontrollably
he adds the Parkinson's is strange because it is not going to go away all
my life I have got sick and I have got the flu and pneumonia various things and
they all went away this isn't going anywhere it is going to get worse it
takes a certain calm to deal with and I sometimes don't have it I sometimes get
angry with it but that doesn't last long I just collapsed in laughter the good
things are there the love we have for people is still there and with a bit of
luck the love they have for you is still there and I am very lucky in as much as
I made a bit of a mark and you think well I must have done something right
and that keeps you company when you were older is the fact that when you were
creative you created well it accompanies you it is a great companion you can
volunteer to take life seriously but it is gonna get you they are going to win
over you it is harsh but you can either break down and complain about how
miserable your life is or have a go at it and survive I think that is the basis
of it all in lighter moments the programme visits places he enjoyed to
visit as a child he shows off his old racing bike he cycled to shows and he is
met by fans wherever he goes in Scotland with people desperate to get sofas and
to him he says since I got Parkinson's disease I have cut back all my work but
the fame remains and I have never known anything like it it's a very pleasant
feeling people saying how nice it is to see you and how good you are looking
what is wrong with that now I have got a funny idea of what the world is like I
think everybody is laughing and smiling because they are to me Friends of Billy
also appear on the documentary to discuss his Parkinson's fellow comedian
Eddie Izzard says it was rough to hear about it and everyone when they get to a
certain point the wheels start coming off you've got to address that and keep
talking about it because the truth of that can help other people ending one
section of the program on a more positive note Connolly says there is
still time to go yet there are still places to go new friends to make maybe
new songs to write and sing in jokes to tell and despite insisting he can no
longer play the banjo as well as he used to he is shown strumming and working on
a new song in the show's closing credits
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