Michael Palin
- 81 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and presenter
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The inside stories behind Monty Python
Extracts from Adrian Besley's new book Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hidden Secrets.
Adrian Besley, Daily Mail, 18th February 2017Nobody expected the Spanish Inquistion
Breaking news: Michael Palin was not always Mr Nice. During last night's in-conversation event the comedian-turned-traveller revealed that he once wrote horror stories. But apart from that his halo remains unscathed.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 6th February 2017Tracy Ullman on why Monty Python 'p****d her off'
Tracey Ullman said she tore into Michael Palin over Monty Python's all-male line-up when they first met. The actress, 57, said: "Python used to p*** me off when I was young. When I met Michael I said, 'Why did you never have women in the show?' He was so adorable and said, 'I think we were rather frightened of them' - so it was easier for Terry Jones to do it."
Laura Harding, The Mirror, 3rd February 2017The Monty Python's Flying Circus team's first big-screen guffaw is a rerun of some of their famous TV sketches. The anarchic battiness of these early sketches doesn't quite hold up; the later efforts, in which the Pythons harnessed humour into a mock-historical context, were more successful. But it's fun to see Cleese, Palin, Idle and all in the loopy pomp of their youth.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 23rd December 2016David Nobbs Memorial Trust to launch writing competition
The David Nobbs Memorial Trust is to launch its first annual comedy writing competition. Opening on the 1st January, it has a £500 first prize.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2016Michael Palin: I wanted to bring curtain down on Python
The Monty Python and travel man declares his love for fellow Python Terry Jones - and his hero, writer and historian Jan Morri.
Michael Hodges, Radio Times, 8th October 2016Never a dull moment in Charles Crichton's lovely Ealing-esque comedy. A gallery of rogues includes barrister Archie (ohn Cleese) - who falls for gangster's moll Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) - stooge Michael Palin and, most of all, Kevin Kline as Wanda's psychotic boyfriend, Otto: he wants his jewels back, and he'll eat goldfish to get them.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 12th August 2016Michael Palin blasts Melton's Monty Python plaque thief
Monty Python legend Michael Palin has slammed the apparent theft of a Melton plaque honouring his late co-star Graham Chapman as 'stupid and selfish'.
Melton Times, 16th October 2015Toksvig will bring 'naughty sense of humour' to QI
QI creator John Lloyd on Sandi Toksvig, and how Michael Palin was originally going to be host.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 14th October 2015Michael Palin interview
Michael Palin talks teenage romance, satire in the sixties - and what happened the first time he met John Cleese.
Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 7th September 2015