Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9619 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-10-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 233 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Billy Connolly's travel programmes have some difficulty deciding if they are records of his stand-up tours or travelogues interrupted by the occasional comedy routine. Fortunately in his World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales the two elements complement one another more often than they distract from each other. This series, which sees Connolly traversing the respective countries on his trademark motorised tricycle, is agreeable if ultimately insubstantial viewing.

That Connolly is an engaging presenter is no surprise: he has, after all, constructed a successful career from an ability to get large numbers of strangers to like him. However, probably due to the here-today-gone-tomorrow logistics of touring, his insights into the places he visits tend to be fleeting and predictable: in Dublin he plays the banjo in a pub, in Belfast he visits the shipyards and the more picturesque Republican and Loyalist neighbourhoods, in London he climbs the tower at Westminster Palace that houses Big Ben, and so on. Nobody who watches this, especially, if they have any first-hand knowledge of the cities, is going to learn anything they didn't already know.

As if in acknowledgement of the lack of narrative weight, there are an awful lot of lingering aerial shots of the locations. But with less money spent on helicopter hire, and more time to get to grips with the locations and, more crucially, the people who live in them, Connolly could do much better than this.

On the DVD:: Billy Connolly's World Tour on disc has a clever and witty interactive menu map of the countries visited that also offers an assortment of random trivia relating to each location. The special features are a link to Connolly's official Web site, and a chance to hear some of the music from the series in isolation. --Andrew Mueller

Special Features
English
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Contains all eight episodes of the BBC series, Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland & Wales.
Bonus feature- audio only, contains seven songs from the series performed by Cara Dillon, Ralph Mc Tell, Tommy Sands and Billy Connolly.

Synopsis
Features all of the eight episodes from the popular television series in which Billy visits such places as Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin, Killarney, Newcastle and London.

Customer Reviews

Billy Connollys World Tour Of England, Ireland And Wales
Excellent stuff! Billy never goes wrong.....he is a brilliant man and comic. My problems is with Amazon. They advertised this title along with Billy Connolly Live - 2002 as a package and a great deal. What they should have told me is, its the same material on both DVDs! Its a shame when i spend so much money at Amazon, that i can not contact anyone there to tell them. After laughing so much, this misinformation has left a bitter taste.

Hours of laughter from the King of comedy himself
This is the boxset filled with all the televised shows from billy connolys world tour. It features clips from various shows on his tour including live at Dublin.
You basically follow Billy around England, Ireland and Wales while he gives you a taste of the history, then you see him performing the following night at a concert.
The dvd also features some of the music used in the tour.
This item is an essential purchase for all Billy fans, and will make your belly ache with laughter!

the great Billy Connoly
This double DVD is superb, combining Billy driving and sometimes riding his motor trike over Britain and Ireland interspersed with extracts from his stage shows.
Also featured is superb music by Ralph McTell and others.
This is BRILLIANT, buy it!