Connolly looks for interactive burial laughs

Comic Billy Connolly has told how he hopes to raise a laugh from beyond the grave — with an interactive burial plot.

The star, who has been treated for prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease after being diagnosed last year, said he has considered having touch-sensitive pads which will trigger a recording of his voice.

He talks about his plans in a new ITV film Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off to be screened on Wednesday in which he investigates attitudes towards death around the world.