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 ...

One of the most celebrated comedy movies of the ’80s is arriving soon on Netflix. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life came out ...

The dead parrot sketch, which first aired 45 years ago and featured John Cleese and Michael Palin, has been voted the nation’s favourite Monty Python sketch of all time. The survey of 2,000 British ...

THE surviving members of Monty Python John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Michael Palin - have agreed to reform after months of secret talks. The legendary comedy group, who formed ...

Monty Python's ''dead parrot'' sketch has been named the nation's most-loved routine by the comedy troupe. The team, currently performing a number of sell-out reunion shows in London, were thought to ...

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 ...

TV sketch show BBC Two / BBC One 1969 - 1974 45 episodes (4 series) Surrealist, observational and curiously subversive, Monty Python's Flying Circus is a sketch show not quite like any other. Mixing ...

Today sees the re-issue of the 1989 Monty Python album Monty Python Sings as a special edition called Monty Python Sings (Again). Coinciding with the launch of a jumbo box-set of all nine UK albums – ...

AN EXCHANGE that inspired a classic Monty Python sketch scene has been rated the best example of quirky British understatement through the ages, according to a new report today. A researcher has ...

Comedy legend Michael Palin detailed a frightening moment when he was held at gunpoint while filming his latest travel show in Venezuela. But he may have been saved by one of his most absurd moments: ...

A grieving daughter has likened her mother's interment to a Monty Python sketch after crematorium staff bungled the ceremony. Peggy Whitworth's final wish was to be buried next to her beloved husband ...