Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam: The other Pythons intimidate me

Terry Gilliam has revealed how he still feels intimidated by the quick verbal wit of his Monty Python colleagues.

Extract from Terry Gilliam's new book Gilliamesque

How did a US-raised 'barbarian at the gates' and one-time National Guardsman blend so well with a bunch of slick Oxbridge types to create the Monty Python team? Terry Gilliam looks back.

Variety accidentally runs Terry Gilliam obituary

American website and magazine Variety has accidentally run a story that Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame had died. Gilliam, 74, is alive and well.

Terry Gilliam hints at Life of Brian musical

Terry Gilliam has spoken about a potential musical version of Monty Python's Life of Brian.

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, TV review

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy 2: Tales from Painted Hawaii is fun for all the family with a multicoloured set that Nickelodeon would deem too garish. Visually, it's a meticulously fashioned delight - as you'd expect from the man with that haircut. Credit for this should also go to Fielding's long-time collaborator, Nigel Coan. As a sketch-show animator, he's proving himself a worthy successor to the Python's Terry Gilliam.

Monty Python team rake in over 2 million each

The Monty Python team reportedly earned more than £2million each from their recent stage reunion Terry Gilliam has withdrawn his damning assessment of their comeback.

Review: Monty Python's live reunion is side-splitting

Whether you think of this as "a pre-posthumous memorial service" - as Terry Gilliam called it - or a well-deserved boost to their pension funds, The Night Of The Living Pythons is comedy history in the making.

Monty Python, O2 Arena - comedy review

'John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam delivered material written nearly half a century ago - and it still works'

Imagine… Monty Python - And Now For Something Rather Similar opened with a series of interviews given by the comedy team in 1999. Each, in turn, gave a professional, personal, artistic or logistical reason why they would never perform as a group again.

Fast-forward 14 years, and the Pythons have announced a reunion. It was going to be a one-off performance in London's O2 Arena, but when this sold out in 45 seconds they quickly expanded it into a very lucrative tour.

Imagine… and Alan Yentob tracked the Pythons down to various parts of the globe, where they were all engaged upon individual projects, to discuss the forthcoming tour. Most expressed mild enthusiasm, John Cleese declared curmudgeonly ambivalence, while Terry Gilliam announced that he wouldn't be able to attend any rehearsals as he had a film to launch in Paris.

Only Eric Idle appeared genuinely committed to the undertaking. Moreover, he wasn't content to stage a greatest hits sketch show but took it upon himself to produce an authentic stage spectacular, complete with an all-singing, all-dancing chorus.

The other Pythons seemed happy to let him do all the hard work, put in the hours, shoulder the stress and accept the responsibility. Which, in my experience, is pretty much the template for all creative 'teams'.

Eric Idle interview

The LA-based Python is masterminding the troupe's reunion shows, and here he explains why, unlike Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, he always looks on the bright side of life.