‘It really worried him’ Billy Connolly’s panic good friend Judi Dench ‘fancied him’

Speaking on Judi Dench: Our National Treasure, John said: “Billy tells a story about a scene where they are doing an Eightsome Reel or something.

“He’s in his kilt and she was just beaming at him and he suddenly got very nervous because he thought to himself, ‘I think she fancies me.’

“It really worried him and then he suddenly had a breakthrough and thought, ‘Oh no, I realise now, she’s acting.’

“I think he probably said this after the take and Judi says, ‘I wasn’t acting. I did fancy you.’