A newly unearthed archive of Monty Python material has been released celebrating 50 years of the comedy troupe. The six-strong group made their first appearance on the BBC on October 5 1969 and went ...

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 ...

Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, and John Cleese changed the face of comedy with Monty Python, which made them all megastars in the 1980s. (Alamy) Monty Python are ...

This week's very sad news of Terry Jones's death, after his long decline into dementia, took me straight back to the JCR at my Cambridge college in the early 1970s. The Junior Combination Room, as it ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle says he no longer enjoys watching TV - saying it is not “terribly interesting”. The comedian was part of a revolutionary kind of sketch comedy on the BBC, a forerunner to ...

John Cleese has reignited his feud with former Monty Python co-star Eric Idle. Tensions have been brewing between the pair for some time, with Idle, 81, previously saying he was ‘happy’ to not have ...

A set of 10 Monty Python-themed stamps will be released on 14th August, paying tribute to the much-loved British comedy troupe. Royal Mail is releasing a series of Monty Python stamps in a matter of ...