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Eric Idle has opened up about a strange turn of events, in which he was diagnosed with the same illness he used in a show to "get rid" of a character quickly. In a new interview, the Monty Python star ...

12:00, Sun, Aug 24, 2025 Updated: 12:03, Sun, Aug 24, 2025 Monty Python star Eric Idlehas revealed that he once asked a doctor to name an illness that could quickly "get rid of a character", only to ...

"When I was born, Hitler was trying to kill me, but luckily he missed." Eric Idle may now be 82, but he's lost none of the quick wit and sharp delivery that established him as one of the greatest ...

Monty Python on TV, The Life of Brian on film, Spamalot on stage and George Harrison as a pirate…Eric Idle has had the most astonishing career, and he will look back on it all with relish as he ...

Monty Python comedy legend Eric Idle has shared childhood memories of taking the 148 bus from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, as he returns to England to perform for the first time in 13 years. He also ...

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