The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

The dead parrot routine, The Lumberjack Song and The Ministry of Silly Walks have been voted as the nation's favourite Monty Python sketches. The results come following a poll of 2000 comedy fans ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gglhv-aGCag This is a good sketch that shows Monty Python's ability to link ideas in all sorts of weird ways, as well as their ...

Our image gallery gives you a rare glimpse of some of the many images taken by the BBC originally to publicise the series. Some haven’t been seen since 1969. The images were restored by BBC Archives ...

A glimpse into never-before-seen Monty Python sketches is being revealed this week to mark the comedy group's 50th anniversary. Images from unaired skits are being shared alongside unproduced scripts ...

Rare photographs of Monty Python’s Flying Circus have been released on the day of the show’s 50 th anniversary. The programme, which first aired on October 5 1969, was a surreal sketch series by the ...

Monty Don, 67, spoke of his sadness over the BBC no longer allowing “quality” comedy sketches such as Monty Python, which dominated the airwaves when it was shown in the 1970s, to be aired on their ...

Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on BBC One 55 years ago today (October 5). The iconic sketch comedy, written and starring John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones ...

A COMEDY fan is campaigning for a derelict shop in Bradford that featured in a Monty Python sketch to be formally recognised. The small, nondescript building - which has been an antiques shop and a ...

After being apart for the best part of 30 years, the surviving members of Monty Python have announced that they're to reunite. For fans of the group's TV shows and films, it's an exciting piece of ...

A historic building used by Monty Python as the backdrop to one of their most memorable skits was one of the sites to receive an enhanced protected status in the past year. The Mr Creosote sketch, in ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMHHWfSe4TE There's a particular fascination to the 'ensemble' Python sketches, as one can see how each of them reacts to one another ...