Radical Palin

UK Border Control Integration Centre.

Officer is interviewing Michael Palin.

Officer : Mr Palin we have detained you today because we are highly concerned about the nature of your recent visit abroad.

Palin: I was filming a documentary for the BBC.

Officer : What was the title of this "documentary"

Palin: Michael Palin's The Holy Land - by unicycle.

Officer : Hmmm. Did you meet anyone on this visit?

Palin: Lots of people, it's a travel documentary.

Officer: Anyone from the ( consultants paperwork) Judean People's Front?

Palin laughs.

Officer: Funny is it sir?

Palin: No, The Judean People's Front. It's from a comedy film I made.

Officer: Hmmm. What about the Popular Front?

Palin: Listen officer, these are all things from a Monty Python film.

Officer: Mr Palin, I'll come clean. We highly suspect that you are a religious radical. And as such a danger to UK security. So you deny you know a (consultants paperwork) Terry Jones.

Palin: Of course not. Me and Terry are still great friends.

Officer: Hmmm. Did you know Mr Jones was today banned from the UK?

Palin : Terry? My God why? Wind in Willows wasn't that bad, was it?

Officer: We don't want his sort in this country.

Palin: His sort? Welshmen?

Officer: People who incite religious hatred.

Palin: Oh!! You've him confused with that American fellow, it's a common name.

Officer: Rubbish! I have video proof of religious fanaticailism. What's more Mr Palin - you also feature in the video.

Palin: I strongly doubt it. I'm a well respected actor and documentary maker. I've just been round the sea of Nazareth on a unicycle.

Officer: Let's see shall we? ( presses play on remote)

Palin and Jones immediately appear on screen dressed as cardinals.

Video : Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Palin looks deflated.

Palin: It's a fair cop.

Ends

I liked that. Nicely constructed and a clever ending though the last line could probably go. Maybe just have Palin dropping his shoulders in a sign of accepting defeat and then holding out his arms for handcuffs.

i thought it was good, nice fast pace with a believable constructive conversation, always heading in a direction and not wondering off topic.

good read.

I liked it.

Thank you all.

I confess I'm not that happy with the ending.

made me do this

I thought maybe you could end it with a refernce to 'You've not the Messiah, you're a naughty boy' but that doesn't go with the Spanish Inquisition, so is probablly a naff suggestion.