Monty Python's Personal Best
- TV documentary
- Sky Arts
- 2015
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Documentary series focusing on each of the Monty Python stars in turn, with new footage and original clips. Filmed in 2006 for American TV. Features John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - Graham Chapman
Further details
The five surviving Pythons pay tribute to Graham Chapman. Each discuss their memories of him and present some of their favourite sketches starring Chapman, including Colin 'Bomber' Harris's solo wrestling match and the spoof chat show Quite Controversial Look at the World Around Us.
Graham Chapman was the quiet, pipesmoking Python and Terry Gilliam even jokes that he may just have been a figment of his imagination. He attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, before studying medicine at St Bartholomew's Medical College and was John Cleese's original writing partner from their time in the Cambridge Footlights. Fondly remembered here, this is a fitting tribute to the man who proclaimed "I'm not the Messiah".
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 22nd January 2015
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| John Cleese | Self (Archive Material) |
| Terry Gilliam | Self (Archive Material) |
| Eric Idle | Self (Archive Material) |
| Terry Jones | Self (Archive Material) |
| Michael Palin | Self (Archive Material) |
| Graham Chapman | Self (Archive Material) |
| Michael Palin | Self |
| John Cleese | Self |
| Terry Jones | Self |
| Terry Gilliam | Self |
| Eric Idle | Self |
| John Goldstone | Producer |
| George Zwierzynski Jr | Editor |