Bio of the Big Yin mentions his horrific childhood and offers his stage, screen, recording, and publishing credits. Link to Web sites, articles, and merchandise.

Upon receiving an honorary degree at Glasgow University, the comedian who worked as a shipyard welder spoke on behalf of 1,000 threatened Clydeside ship workers.

Find out how the comedian who "went on a bender with The Who drummer Keith Moon the day before he died" started the day with alcohol and finished it with 30 brandies.

Read about the shocking content covered in the definitive biography written by the Big Yin's wife, psychologist and former performer Pamela Stephenson.

Discover why the big, burly ex-shipyard welder "who says Hollywood success hasn't changed him" gets regular manicures which include the application of fake fingernails.

Read an assessment of the "normal bloke who got lucky" and his three-hour no intermission show, and find out how his act prefigured the alternative scene by a decade.

Learn the words to "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." on this tribute to the Big Yin. Provides pics of Bill through the ages, a hair poll, video reviews and links.

Tim Adams interviews the "Big Yin" on why and how his wife, Pamela Stephenson, a former comedienne who is now a psychologist, talked him into undergoing analysis.

Vanessa Thorpe talks to the sunny Scottish comedian about his dark childhood, when "he lived in fear of his father's approaches and of his aunt's violent attacks."

Learn about the abandonment and verbal, physical, and sexual abuse that characterized his bleak childhood as Pamela Stevenson brings her husband's Glasgow years to life.

Discover how the comedian dealt with the death of his abusive father, beat his addictions, and learned to enjoy life as a happily married family man and Hollywood star.

Find out how the comedian coped with fame by growing apart from his first wife, developing an addiction to drink and drugs, and becoming involved with Pamela Stephenson.