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Billy Connolly Does review: Brawling dockers and icy winds...Billy's fond memories of Scotland, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
For a guy of 81 who retired five years ago, Sir William Connolly is a busy fellow.
As a youngster, he and his mates would crouch on the warm pavement above the underground ovens of Diggens bakery, while they waited for the pubs to close and the night’s entertainment to begin: drunken fights between the dockers. Taxi driver Dom (Steve Edge), a man who has trouble deciding which sock to put on first, at last plucked up the courage to propose to antiques dealer Jean. If this proves to be the last time we see the characters, we left them happy — especially Judith and Jeremy (Sue Holderness and Robin Askwith) who discovered a million quids-worth of vintage brandy hidden in their winebar.
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