Michael Palin
- 81 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and presenter
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Today's comics on Spike Milligan: the godfather of alternative comedy
He was the shellshocked genius who channelled his anarchic brilliance into The Goon Show. Ian Hislop and Nick Newman explain why they've written a play about Spike Milligan - while comedians remember a legend.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th January 2022Michael Palin, Isy Suttie, Milton Jones on what they're grateful for
Writers, broadcasters and comedians share memories, family stories and the little things in life that bring them comfort at this time of year.
Kasia Delgado, i Newspaper, 21st December 2021Michael Palin play The Weekend turns into an opera
Michael Palin's 1994 West End play, The Weekend, is to be adapted into a comic opera with a jazz-inflected score by Highbury Opera Theatre this Autumn.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th September 2021Morecambe and Wise 'bored stiff' by Monty Python
In a newly discovered 1973 interview with a student TV station in Norwich, Eric Morecambe said the ensemble delivered "university comedy... and I'm afraid that a lot of it is very unprofessional". Ernie Wise revealed he did "like Monty Python", but felt their shows often contained "five or six minutes of utter boredom". Monty Python member Sir Michael Palin said he was "a little hurt", but "intrigued" having seen the footage.
Zoe Applegate & Paul Hayes, BBC, 27th August 2021Michael Palin's Memory Palaces review
Many of these tales might be familiar to fans, but it's good to hear them told, most engagingly, from the Python's mouth. So don't expect great insights into the working of Gilliam's eccentric mind, but an array of entertaining anecdotes that unfold with a little more space that they would get on the usual chat-show circuit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th July 2021No Such Thing As A Fish to stream 20-hour long show
QI researchers are to air a mammoth 20-hour version of their hit podcast No Such Thing As A Fish for Comic Relief.
Chortle, 3rd March 2021How Monty Python's dead parrot went live in Coventry
The dead parrot went live 50 years ago on Sunday when Monty Python made the leap from TV to public performance.
BBC, 31st January 2021The night Monty Python held their first ever live show
In 1971 the comedy troupe were looking to take the unique style of humour to the stage, and the Belgrade Theatre provided the perfect stage.
Danny Thompson, Coventry Telegraph, 30th January 2021Michael Palin to publish fourth diary collection
Michael Palin is working on a fourth volume of his best-selling diaries, covering 1999 - 2010, as well as a book about his great-uncle, who fought and died during the First World War.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2021Review: Staged
Back in mid-December when the launch date for the second series of Staged was announced I jokingly tweeted: "So clever of BBC to schedule it to coincide with new lockdown". Little did I know how accurate that tweet would be.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th January 2021