Monty Python

'Monty Python' casual games in the works

Featuring contributions from the Pythons themselves, the first game in the series will be released via Facebook as well as appearing elsewhere on the web.

Monty Python's Eric Idle on his musical 'Spamalot'

Forty years after Eric Idle first delighted and confounded the nation as one of the Monty Python team, the celebrated writer of 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' is still game.

Video: Monty Python team caught on early home video

In the early days of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the team had no idea how big the show would become, so Terry Jones wanted to capture the moment on film.

He tells Kirsty Wark he was keen to find out just what the camera could do, an early indication of his eventual role directing the Monty Python films.

This and many other home videos will be featured in the Great British Home Movie Roadshow which begins on Friday 6 August at 2100 BST on BBC Two.

It's not surprising that Monty Python faced the axe

The comedy series was not alone in being at the whim of frightened TV executives, says David Quantick.

How Monty Python was formed

Terry Jones recounts the absurdist playwrights who shaped unique Monty Python humour.

BBC nearly killed off Monty Python, says Terry Jones

Monty Python was nearly killed off by BBC executives who feared it would never make money, according to Terry Jones.

Monty Python's John Cleese in wheelchair

John Cleese's silly walks are on hold after a busted knee left him needing a wheelchair.

Gateways To Geekery: Monty Python

Monty Python's Flying Circus ran four series, for a total of 45 episodes. None of these are outright horrid, but the quality varies, especially in the latter half, when the writing loses steam and some sketches of questionable humor get stretched longer than necessary. The movies range from passable to excellent.

Terry Jones' favourite Monty Python sketches

40 years of Monty Python.

Monty Python and the cardboard cut-out

Their waistlines have expanded along with the alimony payments, but 40 years after their television debut, the surviving members of the Monty Python crew were reunited on stage.