Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7041 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-10-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 180 minutes

Synopsis
Contains all six TV episodes of his 40-date concert tour and personal journey through his native Scotland.

Customer Reviews

Billy at his best
Billy shows us Scotland as a Scot with his usual quick wit and marvellous appreciation of beauty, culture and history. As a lover of Scotland this DVD has made me hungry to return. Billy's fitting sountrack is a mix of folk, balad, instrumental (banjo and celtic harp?) and his voice - so delightful that I am searching for any music CD he has produced. A happy combination of travel, history, philosophy and his usual hilarious performances while on the Scottish road.

Scotland part 2
This was even better than the first three episodes, an absolute delight. I defy anyone to watch this and not laugh. Billy Connolly just has an ability to make his observations so funny but at the same time somehow familiar.

Who needs Prozac? Get the NHS to prescribe this!

Why 2 discs?
I'm with the other reviewer - this is the best of his world tours. He's taking us around his childhood, rather than just giving us general historical information about the places he's touring. The other tours feel slightly laboured and as though he's fulfilling a duty. Here he's clearly having a great time, and is inspired and excited to be telling us about Scotland.

But why 2 discs? When this was released on VHS it was all 6 episodes on the one tape, plus one of the tour performances, making a single 4 hour tape and one of the best value available. Here, there is no concert (why?), and for some reason the 6 episodes are spread over 2 discs - 3 episodes each. The episodes aren't high resolution so there's no reason for this.

5 stars for the episodes, but 3 stars for the poor effort in putting this on DVD.