Cast: Michael Palin

Direction David Leaf · John Scheinfeld

Cast Peter Sellers · Fred Applegate · David Frost · Richard Lester

Direction Eva Sereny

Cast Michael Palin · Derrick Branche · Elisabeth Croft · Stephen Matthew Davies

Plot A mistake when buying a dress for his mistress leads Howard to look again at his wife.

Direction Terry Jones · Elaine Shepherd

Cast Eddie Izzard · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle

Plot Host Eddie Izzard links together interviews with former Python members and other famous comedians to tell the story of one the most famous comedy troupes of the 20th century. Includes...

Direction Selina Mehta

Cast Meat Loaf · Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Carol Cleveland

Plot The Monty Python guys, except for Graham Chapman, who died, reminisce about their television show, their movies, and live performances. Some sketches were revisited, including Spam, the Ministry of Silly...

Direction Stephen Frears

Cast Tim Curry · Michael Palin · Stephen Moore · Bill Stewart

Plot One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air...

Direction Daphne Shadwell · Adrian Cooper

Cast Denise Coffey · Eric Idle · David Jason · Terry Jones

Plot Short comedy sketches are performed by an ensemble cast accompanied by The Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band, an eccentric English group featuring Neil Innes was fronted by the late Vivian...

Direction Maurice Murphy

Cast Terry Jones · Michael Palin · Wallas Eaton · Colin Gordon

Plot A forerunner to 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', this sketch show looked at famous events in British history from a quirky perspective. Only one series was made, by the commercial channel...

Direction Tristram Powell

Cast Michael Palin · Trini Alvarado · Connie Booth · Alfred Molina

Plot Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby...

Direction Roger Mills · John-Paul Davidson

Cast Michael Palin

Plot This adventure is one of the great challenges in world travel. Crossing the Sahara from the rock of Gibraltar to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and beyond, Michael Palin’s route takes him...

Direction Robert Young

Cast Robert Lindsay · Michael Palin · Dearbhla Molloy · Alan Igbon

Plot Michael Murray is an ambitious and charismatic politician, Jim Nelson is a much loved headmaster of a local school for disturbed children. When the paths of these two men cross,...

Direction Robbie Fraser

Cast Michael Palin · Yvon Chouinard · Hamish McInnes · Chris Bonington

Plot The legend of Hamish MacInnes began early. At 16 he climbed the Matterhorn. At 17 he built his first motor car – from scratch. He attempted Everest in 1953 with...

Direction John-Paul Davidson · Roger Mills

Cast Michael Palin

Plot With the Iron Curtain coming down in 1991, Michael Palin embarks on 20 countries tour from Balkans to Baltic of Central and Eastern Europe.

Direction Tilman Remme · John Hayes Fisher · Catrine Clay · Michael Wadding

Cast Michael Praed · Sean Barrett · Samuel West · John Tusa

Plot BBC investigative documentary series noted for its new perspectives on historical events.