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 ...

Unseen files released by the British Board of Film Classification reveal how it considering banning Monty Python ’s famous Black Knight scene for being too gory. The scene shows the black knight - ...

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 ...

With the passing of Dame June Whitfield and the New Year’s Honours bestowing a knighthood on Michael Palin, I found myself reflecting on the half-life of comedy. I admit Dame June was a comedy master ...

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life is a landmark comedy celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2023. The ambitious project, which attempts to answer the biggest question in the more irreverent of ...