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Terry Jones

Terry Jones

  • Welsh
  • Actor, writer and director

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Young viewers are about to discover a terrible truth: Python often weren't funny

Comedy fans have welcomed the return of the series after 34 years. But those unfamiliar with the Flying Circus may be in for a shock.

Ed Power, The Telegraph, 12th March 2022

Remembering Terry Jones

Remembering the greatness of Terry Jones, who passed away all too soon on 21 January 2020.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 25th January 2022

How 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 2021

The 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 2021

Best of 2020: Comedy

Outdoor venues and podcasts to the rescue.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2020

Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life Blu-ray review

At the final reckoning, Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life is a curate's egg.

Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 24th September 2020

Favourite film aged 12: Monty Python & the Holy Grail

Monty Python's chivalric sketch show served up epic amounts of daftness - and any adult reservations about it prove mere flesh wounds.

Alfie Packham, The Guardian, 23rd June 2020

Monty Python's Flying Circus, series 3 Blu-Ray review

Continuing my reviews of Network Distributing's remastered high-definition versions of Monty Python's Flying Circus (read the first and second parts here), Series 3 finds the show at its height of popularity on television, albeit with a few signs of fatigue or repetition and less classic sketches in its arsenal.

Dan Owen, Frame Rated, 7th April 2020

How Monty Python and the Holy Grail changed comedy

There has never been a movie with quite the combination of silliness and influence as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and there may never be again.

Tyler Sage, Ultimate Classic Rock, 3rd April 2020

Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows

From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.

Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020

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