{"id":503628,"date":"2026-03-30T15:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503628\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:17:19","slug":"surreal-billy-connolly-moment-leaves-award-winning-comedian-stunned-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503628\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Surreal\u2019 Billy Connolly moment leaves award-winning comedian stunned &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPeTdkcXBKX1IzQUFvd2dmQWlaRjlFSng1X3BIaGFxYzdPOUQxOGxleXFwZ3k0ZWsycG9yR1VLM25vNFBoN3ROVk9JazVtQlB3RFBDdnZSMFdaZ0Vvb1RZcmxtdGdManZuU1JKSHFkSl9xWmd5QnJNQ3ZzVV9kanhRRWFXUjVGaXJSTTBDNy0xM2dLYktJV1gxVGwxNGo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Surreal\u2019 Billy Connolly moment leaves award-winning comedian stunned<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5LWnpMbWdiZW1WWFl5LUxjVHV6SkVrRER5akM1dkZSUVMwc09IVHZYV213dFo1X20tc2ZBX3JBWUFZRUwtMjBHX0E1TE5UMWZqNjZoSUlmYTZBaDUx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amanda Dwyer wins Billy Connolly Glasgow comedy award<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxPNnpIalZZV3ZlYlhXdU5iQ2tlb0FsZHRrbDZZX3ZLR3NXaWF2MVQ0c2tPUm9qRVRycUtOdFc4bEZtT2Q1cWlIOTY5WklvNG4xZmFYZ3lLLWFGVmI5ZmpQYWtOamdJa2RYWU1ZSHpjbjhKSE5GaVZaTUk2b3F5Z3lhVGZCemRFTEtzVnphWWY0cFFUeXdzU3FGQkV3ZVpVeThKemFBQjlFWnRnajdEU1hBMFJYdVdCZjl1dGVlRHJxSmM2OEd0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amanda Dwyer wins Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award at International Comedy Festival<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;STV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNUHlNYTBQdkh2WTJSTTVRWkppNHBPNFJrQjktNEZ4UExzUGhpVlhkMG5RcTdwNVZ0RnNQbkJZUkxBQ1VHVWdKcGxtQm1kVl9MemtFVjByZGhHYkowamV5dDBuNW93VnlZTldGazVkb1dhM3FhT2c4aUFFb2k1TnJ0Z0dBLUM2WWt5MTRjSFNwdnViV0U2c2lmUW5abUNpSFRkQXhlekZOd2h1ZEU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amanda Dwyer \u2018over the moon\u2019 to win Billy Connolly Glasgow comedy award<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Scotsman<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxQQU96eWJxQVI1eFpuNVJSYVBQT3ZjSzBKU3c3TjZqTmxVYnBQQXRra2MtV3NSU0ZTZDBSNzBGbEhIazBYZkxldHZYbmFFSThGVHpDS3ZHbV9TYWFqc2lGcHp4Q2xfLTB5UDAydUZtYTFtQmFZWWlvUVhIRVJaTFVoaUdHSS1ZcWZEODJzajdhUVpDTnhNelJTa1NGTDBhRFgtTEpaOHlWMU05Y1U4bDFQdHVUT0tfMDVBQ2VZY3huMkpsMFZ5WUdIRTNZOHpOSmt0VnRXZWNKWUI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award winner announced as Amanda Dwyer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Glasgow Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Surreal\u2019 Billy Connolly moment leaves award-winning comedian stunned&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentAmanda Dwyer wins Billy Connolly Glasgow comedy award&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCAmanda Dwyer wins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-503628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}