The Monty Python troupe were hit with financial woes before their smash hit motion picture was made, meaning funding it was ...

When John Cleese and his Monty Python comedy cohorts premiered “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975, they had no expectations that anyone would be talking about it 50 years later. “We really ...

A film described as one of the all-time comedy greats has a set of musicians to thank for its existence. Monty Python and the ...

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 recently embarked on a live tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Each event will be part film screening, part live Q&A and, presumably, part creeping ...

Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 sketch from the show. He said the stop, while filming a new travelogue TV ...

The 82-year-old Monty Python star said the incident escalated rapidly, with officers eventually allowing him to go free for an unexpected reason. In an interview with The Telegraph, Palin explained ...

Founding Monty Python member John Cleese will host a special screening at Carolina Theatre in Durham Oct. 1 and take questions from the audience ...

Fifty years ago, six mostly-British humorists fresh from injecting dead parrots and Spam into sketch comedy launched their first attempt at movie-making, jumping into cinema with a budget so low they ...

Sir Michael Palin has recalled the terrifying moment he and his crew were held by armed guards in Venezuela while filming his latest Channel 5 travel series. The 82-year-old Monty Python star said the ...

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to roam the same spaces where Monty Python sketches came to life, now’s your chance—well, sort of. Milkwood Studios in Primrose Hill, a 1980s purpose-built ...

John Cleese is touring the U.S. for the 50th anniversary of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Cleese says the comedy troupe had no idea the film would become a cult classic. Cleese believes the ...