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Ofcom investigate Monty Python over lack of swearing
Ofcom is investigating Monty Python's final show after complaints over a lack of swearing.
Katy Finbow, Digital Spy, 18th August 2014Robin Williams appreciation
Monty Python's Terry Jones tells how the comedy perfectionist Robin Williams finally nailed the part of a talking dog in Jones's new film.
Terry Jones, The Observer, 17th August 2014Monty Python team rake in over 2 million each
The Monty Python team reportedly earned more than £2million each from their recent stage reunion Terry Gilliam has withdrawn his damning assessment of their comeback.
The Daily Express, 26th July 2014Monty Python, 1969-2014
While it has been 45 years since they first appeared on the BBC with Monty Python's Flying Circus, the group's 40th anniversary of their U.S. television premiere on KERA (PBS/Dallas) is coming up this October.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd July 2014Monty Python Live wins record ratings for Gold
Monty Python's final live show scored record ratings for Gold on Sunday (July 20), according to overnight data. The show at London's O2 Arena brought in an average audience of 597,000 viewers (2.9%) from 7.30pm.
Digital Spy, 21st July 2014Monty Python Live (mostly) - flogging the dead parrot?
Monty Python Live (Mostly) was always going to be a mild disappointment, because everyone's favourite memories of the troupe are from 30-40 years ago, but as a celebration of the Python name it worked very well. It felt good to see them all together, one final time, having fun, giving the fans what they came to see. It could have been a lot better with more thought and fresh material, and had the slight whiff of a cash-grab because it felt a bit lazy at times... but, during the inevitable "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" climactic sing-along, after which the Pythons linked hands and bowed to the 15,000-strong audience (plus the millions of others watching around the world), I was suddenly moved.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 21st July 2014Monty Python live (mostly), review
Watching the livestream of Monty Python's last ever performance on GOLD, it was impossible not to experience a tingle of sadness.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 20th July 2014Less laugh-out-loud funny was an archive recording of Eric Idle - Radio Five, the comedian, actor and writer's hour-long music and comedy show first broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1974 (18 years before the real Radio 5 Live came along).
Alongside his eclectic choices of music, Idle threw in a number of sketches, for which he provided all the voices. However, unlike the Monty Python skits getting another outing in the team's arena gigs this month, this material hadn't survived the test of time.
Lisa Martland, The Stage, 15th July 2014Review: Monty Python At The O2 Arena
Some of the more jaded critics may have been lukewarm about the evening's entertainment, but the O2 Arena audience certainly enjoyed it - and Elvis would have loved it.
London Theatre Direct, 10th July 2014Monty Python's dead parrot sketch is nation's favourite
The Ministry of Silly Walks and the Fish-Slapping Dance also make it into the nation's top ten Monty Python sketches.
The Telegraph, 10th July 2014