Billy Connolly to discuss cancer and Parkinsons battle in new ITV show Billy Connolly will talk openly about his battle with Parkinsons disease and prostate cancer in a new ITV series. The comedian and actor will discuss the subject of mortality and death within different cultures and communities in the two-part series Billy Connollys Big Send Off. Connolly will also discover the business behind death, and will share how he would like to be remembered and his own funeral plans. His journey will take him to a funeral convention in Texas and a pet cemetery in San Francisco, as well as a drive-through funeral parlour in Los Angeles. Connolly will also visit his favourite graveyard in his hometown of Glasgow, and shares stories of funerals that he has attended, including that of his friend Keith Moon. Eric Idle will also appear in a discussion about humour that can be found in death, and will duet with Connolly in a new version of Always Look On the Bright Side of Life. ITVs factual controller Jo Clinton-Davis said: Billy Connollys a big fan of life. Hes effervescent, energised and inspired by it, but hes also genuinely fascinated by the way we as humans treat death - a subject that is quite literally the ultimate universal experience, yet so often avoided. Connolly confirmed last year that he had undergone surgery for prostate cancer, and was also being treated for early symptoms of Parkinsons. He recently revealed that an Australian fan helped diagnose him after spotting him walking strangely in a hotel lobby. Billy Connollys Big Send Off is due be broadcast on ITV in May.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:13:35 +0000
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