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St Albans: Michael Palin's message of support to drama group
Comedian and travel documentarian Michael Palin has advised audiences at an amateur production of his play "to avoid sitting in the front few rows".
BBC, 8th August 2023Michael Palin announces the death of his wife Helen
Helen Palin, who has been married to Monty Python star Michael Palin for 57 years, has died.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd May 2023Michael Palin on his first TV job in Bristol, Monty Python's legacy and the future of comedy
An interview with Palin ahead of his appearance at the Slapstick Festival.
Louisa Streeting, The Bristol Post, 30th January 2023Changes to Slapstick Festival
In a late change to the advertised programme for the 19th annual edition of Slapstick in Bristol, the event now taking place on Saturday 18 February at St George's, Brandon Hill (5.30pm) will be "Comic Strip Stories" - a 40th anniversary look back at The Comic Strip Presents.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th January 2023Michael Palin joined by Rob Brydon and Stephen Merchant for major Slapstick Festival event
Sir Michael Palin will be joined on the Bristol Old Vic stage by Rob Brydon and Stephen Merchant when he takes part in the final two events of the seven happening at the King Street venue on the last of 2023's six-day Slapstick Festival of silent and classic screen comedy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th October 2022Michael Palin reflects on the "step into the unknown" that would become a comedy classic
Ripping Yarns, the masterly anthology series that Palin created with fellow Python Terry Jones, is 45 this week - and now on BritBox. So how did it come about? And which is Palin's favourite episode?
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 20th September 2022Michael Palin quits travel shows after finishing tour of Iraq for Channel 5
Michael Palin has said that it is time to 'hang up his passport' and walk away from filming any more travel shows, after finishing a trip to Iraq for Channel 5.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 17th September 2022Michael Palin: Going around the world in 80 days now would be a much less happy experience
In the 1980s, the Monty Python star retraced the fictional footsteps of Phileas Fogg. How would he fare if he made the journey today?
Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, 15th August 2022Eddie Izzard, Michael Palin and more on 75 years of the Edinburgh Fringe
Stars of stage and screen share their Edinburgh memories.
The Telegraph, 23rd July 2022Michael Palin to tour
Monty Python legend and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin brings tales of two of the most extraordinary journeys he's ever made to the stage this autumn in a new solo tour, From North Korea Into Iraq.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st July 2022