The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979•50m•7.4•Released
DocumentaryComedyTV Movie
Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.
Languages
English
Studio
BBC
Cast
Graham Chapman
Self
John Cleese
Self
Carol Cleveland
Self
Terry Gilliam
Self
Eric Idle
Self
Terry Jones
Self
Michael Palin
Self
Spike Milligan
Self
Iain Johnstone
Self (voice)
Production
Company
BBC
Producer
Iain Johnstone
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