The Latest Breaking News from Michael Palin

Stream Monty Python and the Holy Grail 24-hour marathon on Saturday, June 21

Comedy classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail is running non-stop on Shout! TV to celebrate the movie’s 50th anniversary.

WhatToWatch · Jun 20, 2025

Why travellers are eyeing nation plagued by ‘extreme violence’

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The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025

Venezuela high on travellers’ wish-lists despite Foreign Office warnings of ‘armed robbery, mugging, carjacking and burglary’

Exclusive: Tours to the South American country are selling out, as Sir Michael Palin returns from filming

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025

“I’d never considered myself a lyric writer, but me and Terry put it together in about 15 minutes. Then, we went to the pub!”: Michael Palin on his most famous musical moment and the “genius” of Neil lnnes

“Neil’s got a songwriting credit on an Oasis track? I can only assume I was on one of my big trips at the time but it just shows you how good his music was,” he says

MusicRadar · Dec 4, 2024

Eric Idle shares real reason behind public feud with Monty Python co-star John Cleese

‘I haven’t seen him in 10 years,’ Idle said of ‘Fawlty Towers’ actor

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2024

Alan Bennett at 90: ‘What will people think? I don’t care any more’

In his 10th decade The History Boys writer is as prolific as ever with a war film in the works and a new sex-fuelled novella set in a home for the elderly. He talks about mourning Maggie Smith, turning down a knighthood and what he makes of Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

Maggie Smith was the grandest of grandes dames – and a true cinematic superstar

Before she reached a new level of TV celebrity in the 21st century, Smith had a remarkable big-screen career, channelling her stage presence into the camera whether as Jean Brodie or her tragic, absurd ‘aunt’ persona

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Maggie Smith's best films ranked, according to Rotten Tomatoes

The Academy Award-winning actress died in hospital on Friday

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2024

Sir Michael Palin shares real reason he quit BBC

Palin was left ‘absolutely, desperately frustrated’ with the corporation

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024

Sir Michael Palin says he regrets leaving late wife alone while filming travel documentaries

Palin announced in May 2023 that his wife, Helen Gibbins, had died of kidney failure

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024