Big Yin jokes career is ‘out the window’

SIR Billy Connolly, pictured, joked that he was happy to receive the prestigious Bafta fellowship “now my career is out the window” in a pre-recorded message at the academy’s TV awards.

The 79-year-old Scottish comedian, also known as The Big Yin, lives in the US and was not able to attend the event in person but recorded an acceptance speech.

He was honoured yesterday for a career spanning more than five decades.

Sir Billy, who has Parkinson’s disease, said: “I am very proud to receive this. Life is good. I haven’t been on the stage for about two years. This is kind of nice. It suits me.

“Symptom spotters among you may notice that my left is different from my right. It is just one of these things. Parkinson’s disease. I suffer badly from the disease. “I couldn’t be happier. “It has made me such a happy man getting these good attendance medals now my career is out the window.”