Terry Jones

Terry Jones interview

Monty Python are back with a new show. Terry Jones talks Spanish Inquisitions, sex parties and letting the parrot out of the bag.

Terry Jones: Still silly after all these years

While the reformed Pythons are preparing to revisit old material, he continues to add to his prodigious and varied body of work. But is it true the reunion is because he needs to pay off the mortgage? James Hanning meets Terry Jones.

Eddie Izzard made suggestions for Monty Python reunion

Terry Jones explains why he's 'not proud' of Monty Python and talks about his new Christmas show.

Terry Jones secretly wed woman whose 41 years younger

The comedy genius behind Monty Python's Life of Brian Terry Jones revealed he secretly married his Swedish girlfriend a year ago.

Video - John Cleese: More Python dates if tickets sell

Following the announcement of the reunion of the legendary Monty Python team, John Cleese has suggested it may not be a one-off performance.

Talking to Andrew Marr, Cleese added the forthcoming arena show would include memorable Python moments and that further shows might be added, depending on ticket sales. Cleese added the team would be "having fun" while 'paying off Terry Jones' mortgage'.

The 30th anniversary of The Meaning Of Life is another excuse for the five remaining Pythons to get together and reminisce. No need for an interviewer as they bounce observations among themselves, comparing memories of the movie's making before tut-tutting on the wider state of modern comedy production. They're looking elderly but their wits are undimmed; only when John Cleese singles out sketches in The Meaning Of Life in which Terry Jones starred as the film's weakest does a shadow of animosity flicker across proceedings.

How we made Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Michael Palin and Terry Jones recall the hilarity on the set of their 1983 classic - and reveal what Mr Creosote's vomit was made of.

Terry Jones to get honorary degree from St Andrews

Monty Python star Terry Jones will receive an honorary degree from Scotland's oldest university next month.

Ann Widdecombe investigates why Christianity has become a favourite for mockery by comedians. She thinks that the jokes are becoming nastier and aimed at belief itself rather than the institution. She wonders what this says about the place of Christianity in Britain today and asks whether any subject should be beyond critique. Comedians interviewed include Terry Jones and Marcus Brigstocke, plus there's input from baroness Sayeeda Warsi and former archbishop Lord George Carey.