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''World Tour of Scotland'' is a six-part television series — the first of Billy Connolly's "world tours" — originally broadcast by the BBC in late 1994. It involves his touring around his homeland of Scotland for 54 nights during early 1994, beginning in Greenock and visiting cities and towns and performing live on stage to audiences. However, this, like all his other tours, involve more than just shows: he visits numerous places of historic and scenic value, as well as some places that resonate with his own upbringing. The series is dedicated "with much love and thanks to the people of Scotland". It has since been released on VHS and DVD. On the latter format, the six episodes are split across two discs. ==Opening and closing titles== The opening titles feature an aerial view of the Range Rover (driven by Connolly throughout the series)〔Another Range Rover (number plate L863 ORV, as opposed to the one Connolly drove (L154 THP)), was used for pick-ups. The hair and eyebrows of the look-alike (from behind, at least) driver are more bushy than Connolly's, and he is wearing a big ring on his right hand and bracelet on his right wrist. Connolly, however, wears neither.〕 making its way through various locations and weathers. The camera is mounted atop four metal legs, several feet in length. The closing titles feature an excerpt of Connolly's performing his cover of Van Morrison's "Irish Heartbeat", live at Edinburgh's Usher Hall, over landscape views of the areas visited in the respective episodes. The series is often repeated on the UKTV channels Dave and Blighty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Tour of Scotland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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