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Monty Python and the Holy Grail is funny and accurate - and that's why we love it, say historians Classic 1975 comedy comes out on top in a survey of 100 medievalists when asked to name their ...

The dead parrot sketch. The Spanish Inquisition. The Lumberjack Song. Not to mention those silly walks. Does this sound like the pinnacle of comedy greatness to you? Well, apparently Monty Python is ...

Some burst out laughing at the mere mention of a dead parrot. Others find Monty Python’s surreal humour merely, well, silly. But now those who have never quite got the joke have found an ally in the ...

It was as if the Beatles had finally gotten back together, and all anyone wanted to know was whether they could still keep a tune. The five surviving members of Britain’s most celebrated comedy troupe ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It was a rare outburst from a writer, actor and director who seemed to always face the world with a sunny disposition. “The first ...

Mark Forstater, who is suing for an estimated £300,000 share of the profits from the stage musical spin-off Spamalot, has argued he should be treated as the "seventh Python" in financial terms, ...

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