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 ...

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 ...

While there were four seasons of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, it is often forgotten that John Cleese only actually starred in four of them. The legendary actor said in an interview that he was "an ...

Monty Python fans will be given the chance to read previously unpublished sketches written by the comedy group. Last year, Michael Palin handed over a number of boxes containing unused scripts to the ...

Unseen sketches from Monty Python have been discovered in Michael Palin's archives - more than three decades since their final hit film. The comedy group - containing Palin, Graham Chapman, John ...

A ream of hitherto unpublished Monty Python material has been identified in the archives of Michael Palin, which have recently been deposited at the British Library. The newspaper reports today a ...

Unseen sketches from Monty Python have been discovered in the archives of Michael Palin. The comedy group – containing Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones – ...

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 ...

Material from Michael Palin’s archives was written for Holy Grail but they had too many ideas to get in one movie Unseen sketches from Monty Python have been discovered in the archives of Michael ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 ...

Julian Doyle, the film's editor, reveals several famous clips were considered ‘too silly, too offensive or too dull’ Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues ...

British Library curators have unearthed a 600-year-old version of the punchline seen in the 'Black Knight' sketch in the Holy Grail film. Dominic Penna is The Telegraph's Senior Political ...