British Comedy Guide
Michael Palin
Michael Palin

Michael Palin

  • 81 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and presenter

Press clippings Page 10

Diversity quotas kill comedy

Michael Palin was dead right to criticise the BBC's PC box-ticking.

Patrick West, Spiked, 31st August 2018

Derry Girls wins Edinburgh TV Festival comedy award

Derry Girls has won the Edinburgh Television Festival Award for comedy. Rachel Parris is named Best Breakthrough Talent.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2018

Bring back the silly genius of Monty Python

The discovery of unused Monty Python material from Michael Palin's archive last week shed light on a forgotten world

Ben Lawrence, The Telegraph, 5th August 2018

The BBC wouldn't dare make a comedy like Python today

Comedy isn't just a form of entertainment. It's also a form of social history.

Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 4th August 2018

Unseen Monty Python material published

Scripts and ideas for unmade Monty Python sketches are to go on display at the British Library as they process a recently acquired archive from Michael Palin. Some material has been published today.

British Comedy Guide, 1st August 2018

Michael Palin films travel series in North Korea

Monty Python star Michael Palin has filmed a new documentary series in North Korea, for Channel 5.

British Comedy Guide, 21st May 2018

Michael Palin pays tribute to Spike Milligan

Ahead of his BBC Radio 4 documentary on the comedian, the Monty Python star recalls the troubled genius of his hero - and what his surreal comedy meant to him.

Michael Palin, Radio Times, 16th April 2018

Monty Python's 10 funniest sketches

As a Monty Python treasure-trove arrives on Netflix - including Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and Monty Python's Flying Circus - it's the perfect moment to look back at 10 of the very best sketches from the masters of surreal comedy.

The Telegraph, 16th April 2018

Download: The Death of Stalin review

Armando Iannucci assembles a dream team for a nightmarish orgy of power-grabbing and back-stabbing.

Raphael Abraham, The Financial Times, 16th February 2018

Michael Palin: 10 Monty Python reunion shows enough

Michael Palin has bad news for Monty Python fans - there is no prospect of any kind of reunion.

The Irish News, 7th January 2018

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