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Michael Palin: Pole to Pole (1992)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance
Starring: Michael Palin

Michael's journey along the 30-degree east line of longitude encompasses 17 countries and both hemispheres - from Greenland in the north to Kenya, Sou... Read more

Michael Palin: Sahara (2002)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills, John Paul Davidson
Starring: Michael Palin

Michael Palin continues his series of epic journeys, this time crossing the Sahara - an environment as alien and hostile as any on earth. But, instead... Read more

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (1989)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance
Starring: Michael Palin

In 1989 Michael Palin recreated the famous voyage made in 1873 by Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's epic tale "Around the World in 80 Days". This BBC docu... Read more

Michael Palin: Full Circle (1997)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills
Starring: Michael Palin

Michael Palin and his intrepid BBC crew set off on their most ambitious journey yet. 55,000 miles around the Pacific Rim, taking in 18 countries, sta... Read more

Michael Palin: New Europe (2007)

8.4/10
Starring: Michael Palin

Ex-Python and travel journalist Michael Palin takes a fascinating tour through 20 countries once off-limits behind the Iron Curtain. Through seven ep... Read more

Michael Palin: Himalaya (2004)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills, John Paul Davidson
Starring: Michael Palin

Michael Palin's sixth televised international journey takes him to the Himalaya (Sanskrit for "The Abode of Snow"), a mighty and majestic region of As... Read more

Brazil with Michael Palin (2012)

7.3/10
Starring: Michael Palin

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world - both in terms of population and geography. Over 192 million people call this land their home. Takin... Read more

Palin on Art (2008)

Starring: Michael Palin

Michael Palin's latest adventure, this time into the world of art. Three fascinating specials investigate intriguing artists and their paintings: Pali... Read more

Michael Palin: Around the World in 20 Years (2009)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills
Starring: Michael Palin

Michael Palin owns what must be the most-used passport in Britain. Now it has been taken out of the drawer once again for 'Around the World in 20 Year... Read more

David Attenborough: Life on Air (2010)

8.7/10
Starring: David Attenborough, Michael Palin

Michael Palin presents this BBC documentary on the life and work of David Attenborough - scientist, host and media personality. Attenborough joined th... Read more

A Private Function (1985)

6.6/10
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott

In 1947, people in England are having a thin time. In a little-known Yorkshire town, plans are afoot to fatten a contraband pig which is then stolen.... Read more

American Friends (1991)

6.6/10
Director: Tristram Powell
Starring: Michael Palin, Trini Alvarado, Connie Booth

A gentle, beautifully filmed tale of a middle-aged bachelor's (Michael Palin) torment after meeting two 'American Friends' in the Swiss Alps: An attra... Read more

The Missionary (1982)

6.2/10
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Trevor Howard

Returning from Africa, a young man of the cloth is recruited to run a home for fallen women ('Women who've tripped?') and quickly finds himself the re... Read more

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

7.6/10
Director: Charles Crichton
Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin

John Cleese wrote and stars in this hilarious crime caper film set in England. He plays a barrister called Archibald Leach who is seduced by a schemin... Read more

Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009)

8.1/10
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the first broadcast of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' by BBC TV in 1969, 'Almost The Truth: The Lawyer's Cut' tell... Read more

Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010)

7.2/10
Director: Aubrey Powell
Starring: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Neil Innes, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Carol Clevelan...

In 1979, "Monty Python's Life of Brian" turned the Biblical epic on its head. Now, the makers of "Spamalot" (the hit stage musical based on "Monty Pyt... Read more

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)

5.9/10
Director: Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

Graham Chapman, probably best remembered as 'the dead one from Monty Python', writes and stars in the story, 'A Liar's Autobiography'. He was born, he... Read more

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Eric Idle's Personal Best (2005)

8.9/10
Starring: Eric Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

Monty Python's Eric Idle muses over the funniest moments of the hilarious ensemble sketch comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" in this entertain... Read more

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)

8.3/10
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jone...

A Python treasure that has been lost since it was first released in 1972 on German television. Now available on video with the most hilariously wacky... Read more

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 4 (1971)

8.9/10
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gillia...

The hysterical guffawing continues with Python's final season, skits to cherish include 'Buying an Ant', 'The Batsmen of the Kalahari' and 'The Golden... Read more

How To Irritate People (1968)

6.9/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Connie Booth, Tim Brooke-Taylor

John Cleese with the help of Python's Michael Palin and Graham Chapman gives you all the know-how you need to irritate for business or pleasure. Read more

The Wipers Times (2013)

7.1/10
Director: Andy De Emmony
Starring: Ben Chaplin, Michael Palin, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Steve Oram, Patrick Fitzsymons

In dark times, they chose to make light. Based on the remarkable true story of a satirical newspaper published on the front lines of World War One,... Read more

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Vol. 2 (1970)

Starring: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gillia...

This compilation is taken from the second series of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', originally transmitted from 15 September to 22 December 1970. Feat... Read more

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Vol. 3 (1972)

Starring: Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Clees...

This compilation is taken from the third and fourth series, originally transmitted from 19 October 1972 to 18 January 1973 and 31 October to 5 Decembe... Read more

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jone...

The Monty Python team embark on the holy grail of human understanding with a series of sketches aimed at discovering the meaning of life itself. Inclu... Read more

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 2 (1970)

8.9/10
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gillia...

More mind-boggling nonsense from England's favourite comedy sons, with classic skits including 'The Ministry of Silly Walks', 'Spam', 'The Spanish Inq... Read more

The Secret Policeman's Ball Presents - Anniversary Comedy Edition (1979)

Starring: Michael Palin, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, Barry Humphries, The Goo...

Celebrating 30 years since the first charity comedy concert, this collection features an array of side-splitting moments in comedy history with Britai... Read more

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 1 (1969)

8.9/10
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Pali...

In the beginning television was dull. Excruciatingly dull. Downtrodden viewers suffered from apathy and bitterness. God took pity on them, smote the w... Read more

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life ( Blu-ray ) (1983)

Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...

The Monty Python team embark on the holy grail of human understanding with a series of sketches aimed at discovering the meaning of life itself. Inclu... Read more

Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (Blu-ray) (2009)

8.1/10
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the first broadcast of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' by BBC TV in 1969, 'Almost The Truth: The Lawyer's Cut' tell... Read more

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)

8.3/10
Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idl...

King Arthur meets Monty Python in this irreverent, insane, funny film with Graham Chapman as King Arthur convening his knights to seek the Holy Grail.... Read more

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

7.9/10
Director: Terry Hughes
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...

More biting humour from the Monty Python boys taken from a 1982 concert that featured the usual spectrum of God, death and life in heaven. The film al... Read more

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Vol. 1 (1969)

Starring: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Pali...

This compilation is taken from the first series of "Monty Python's Flying Circus", originally transmitted from 5 October 1969 to 11 January 1970. Feat... Read more

The Life of Python: Volume I (1999)

Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Pali...

A veritable potpourri of Python. "It's... The Monty Python Story" - This outrageous BBC production celebrates 30 years of Python with new Monty Python... Read more

The Life of Python: Volume II (1972)

Director: Ian MacNaughton
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Pali...

Finally! Here is the famous "lost" German episode "Schnapps with Everything", the second 'Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus' episode filmed for a Germa... Read more

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition) (1974)

8.3/10
Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapma...

King Arthur meets Monty Python in this irreverent, insanely funny film with Graham Chapman as King Arthur convening his knights to seek the Holy Grail... Read more

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Michael Palin's Personal Best (2005)

8.9/10
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...

Michael Palin's personal selection of the best sketches from the entire run of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', including a never-seen-before retrospec... Read more

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 3 (1970)

8.9/10
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jone...

Python's 3rd season included epically hilarious sketches such as - 'The Slapping Dance', 'Pornographic Bookshop', 'Ideal Loon Exhibition', 'Argument... Read more

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idl...

Highly original madness from the Monty Python gang, 'Life of Brian' follows the woes of poor Brian born the same night as Jesus, repeatedly mistaken b... Read more

Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)

8.1/10
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Pali...

The saints of satire, the lords of laughter and the high-priests of low comedy have sold out once again! Yes, Python alumni John Cleese, Terry Gilliam... Read more

Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)

7.4/10
Director: Daphne Shadwell
Starring: Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, David Jason, Denise Coffey, Terry Gilliam

Along with 'At Last the 1948 Show' this hilarious innovative series would give birth to several future Pythons. Aimed more at a young audience it bec... Read more

Monty Python's Life of Brian ( Blu-ray ) (1979)

Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idl...

Highly original madness from the Monty Python gang, 'Life of Brian' follows the woes of poor Brian born the same night as Jesus, repeatedly mistaken b... Read more

Jabberwocky (1977)

6.2/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Deborah Fallender, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H Corbett, John Le Mesurier, W...

The Dark Ages as they should have been. A hyper-comic fairytale from the mind of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam, and starring Python-pal Michael Palin. Read more

Time Bandits (1980)

7/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: David Warner, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall...

An adventure-fantasy comedy directed by Monty Python's Terry Gilliam featuring John Cleese, Sean Connery and Shelley Duvall, about six dwarfs who esco... Read more

The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)

6.9/10
Director: Roger Graef
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Billy Connolly, Peter Cook, Clive James, Terry Jone...

A full-length, unexpurgated film of the annual Amnesty International comedy fundraiser that captures some of England's finest comedic minds performing... Read more

Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)

7.7/10
Director: Eric Idle
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...

Live performance by British surreal comedy group Monty Python recorded at the O2 Arena in London as part of their reunion tour. Involving all five sur... Read more

Time Bandits (Blu-ray) (1980)

7/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: David Warner, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall...

An adventure-fantasy comedy directed by Monty Python's Terry Gilliam featuring John Cleese, Sean Connery and Shelley Duvall, about six dwarfs who esco... Read more

The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill (2002)

6.9/10
Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Starring: Kathy Burke, Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard, Spike Milligan, Michael Palin, Eric Sy...

Aired just six month's after the last goon passed away, this funny and touching tirbute reveals Spike to be the ultimate tortured genius, treading a t... Read more

Fierce Creatures (1997)

6.4/10
Director: Fred Schepisi, Robert Young
Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett, Carey...

The stars of "A Fish Called Wanda" return to deal with an international conglomerates directive for a zoo in the rural heart of England to turn a 20%... Read more

Brazil (1985)

8/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hos...

Terry Gilliam's acclaimed, surrealistic nightmare vision of a 'perfect' future where technology reigns supreme. Spectacular set design, this wildly vi... Read more

Brazil (Special Edition) (1985)

8/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michae...

Pitting the imagination of a common man against the oppressive stormtroopers of the Ministry of Information, this bitter parable for the Information A... Read more

The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989)

6.8/10
Director: Mike Holgate
Starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Ben Elton, Hugh Laurie, Je...

"The Secret Policeman's Ball" unique comedy show returns with unforgettable sketches from John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Lenny Henry and Ben E... Read more

The Comeback: The Complete Series (2005)

8/10
Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Laura Silverman, Damian Young, Malin Akerman, Robert Michael Morris...

Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) used to be at the top of everybody's list, now with her hit sit-com behind her, roles are thin on the ground, and she's... Read more

Secret Policeman's Ball: Kings of UK Comedy (2005)

6.9/10
Starring: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, The Goodies, Barry Humph...

Enjoy some of the most hilarious moments in comedy history as Britain's finest funnymen - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, The... Read more

The Complete Ripping Yarns (1977)

Director: Alan J W Bell, Jim Franklin, Terry Hughes
Starring: John Cleese, Iain Cuthbertson, Denholm Elliott, Terry Jones, Roy Kinnear, Charle...

During a brief break-up of the Python gang in the mid to late 70s, BBC producer Terry Hughes approached Michael Palin and asked him to come up with a... Read more

Vanity Fair (2018)

7.1/10
Starring: Martin Clunes, Michael Palin, Robert Pugh, Anthony Head, Frances de la Tour, Sim...

Gwyneth Hughes' adaptation of Thackeray's literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp as she attempts... Read more

OSS 117 - Cairo: Nest of Spies (2006)

7.1/10
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Jean-Francois Halin...

Introducing Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, French special agent OSS 117. After the mysterious death of his colleague Jack Jefferson while on assignment... Read more

The Wind in the Willows (1996)

7.8/10
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Antony Sher, Nicol Williamson, John Cleese...

Terry Jones, Steve Coogan and Eric Idle star in this live action retelling of Kenneth Grahame's classic childrens' novel. While Mr Toad is out enjoyin... Read more

Absolutely Anything (2015)

6/10
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle, Robert Bathurst, Joann...

A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment. Read more

The Girl King (2015)

5.9/10
Director: Mika Kaurismaki
Starring: Hippolyte Girardot, Patrick Bauchau, Michael Nyqvist, Martina Gedeck, Peter Lohm...

The Girl King paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are agai... Read more

The Death of Stalin (2018)

7.2/10
Director: Armando Iannucci
Starring: Dermot Crowley, Jason Isaacs, Jeffrey Tambor, Karl Johnson, Michael Palin, Steve...

When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Am... Read more

The Secret Policeman's Private Parts (1983)

7.2/10
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Dame Edna Everage, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Clees...

SEE John Cleese as "The Pope", SEE Michael Palin as" The Transvestite Lumberjack" SEE Graham Chapman as " The Bent Copper", SEE Trerry Jones as "The H... Read more

Red Riding Hood & The Wind in the Willows (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Terry Jones, Randal Kleiser
Starring: Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Antony Sher, Nicol Williamson, John Cleese...

Red Riding Hood: Grandma is babysitting her two grandkids. The girl wants to go out, but grandma asks them to hear a story first. The kids accept if t... Read more

Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf Too (1985)

Director: Rod Daniel, Christopher Leitch
Starring: Michael J Fox, James Hampton, Scott Paulin, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Jay Tar...

A decidedly hairy double feature. A high schooler gets no respect from his peers, teachers or coaches until he turns into a werewolf and becomes the t... Read more