The Monty Python team first appeared on TV together in a BBC series, Monty Python's Flying Circus, in 1969. Five of the six members – Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael ...

John Cleese is working on a stage version of 'Monty Python's Life of Brian'. The 81-year-old star revealed he is bringing the 1979 comedy film to theatres and confirmed that it will not be a musical ...

John Cleese has reignited tensions with former Monty Python colleague Eric Idle by accusing him of lying about the nature of their feud. Idle, 81, has claimed that Cleese, 84, fired the troupe's ...

Eric Idle’s Monty Python former co-star John Cleese has hit back at his recent comments over mismanagement, claiming that they ‘always loathed and despised each other’. The legendary comedy troupe, ...

Actor John Cleese will feature in a new documentary film that will show a “different side” to the comedian as he embarks on his European tour. The 85-year old, best known for Monty Python and Fawlty ...

COMEDY legend John Cleese has laid into Scotland again - this time about the weather. The Monty Python star came under fire in 2016 for "casual racism" after ranting on Twitter about "half-educated ...

JOHN Cleese has hit back at former co-star Eric Idle amid the Monty Python money row. Idle, 80, this week accused Cleese of being a bully and partly blamed him for their finances being a “disaster”.

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