John Cleese just loves to complain about how many decades-old jokes don’t fly with modern audiences. He moaned about having to cut racial slurs from the stage adaptation of Fawlty Towers, refused to d ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle, 82, made a stark admission about funerals as the comic prepares to embark on his UK farewell ...

Even as a child, Eric Idle loved writing. So much so, that he planned to become a journalist. “I think I’d always say journalist because it seemed like a writing thing to do,” he says, “but I had no ...

Elsewhere in the episode, Eric revealed his greatest influences were comedy duo Morcambe and Wise – who he first watched aged 5 – as well as Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s Beyond The Fringe sketches, ...

Monty Python legend John Cleese has opened up on his health battles, admitting that his latest project "might kill" him as he prepares to jet off on tour ...

Monty Python legend John Cleese has opened up on his health battles, admitting that his latest project "might kill" him as he ...

Comedy star Eric Idle says Sir Paul McCartney was initially "a bit weird" about his spoof band The Rutles until he found out the actor had spent his childhood in Merseyside. Idle played ...

Michael Palin has said that Monty Python ’s religious satire film Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today because he believes ...

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Eric Idle has revealed that he runs jokes past his daughter to ensure he doesn’t offend modern audiences. The former Monty Python star says he checks material with 35-year-old Lily to discover what ...

If you have an old Raspberry Pi sitting around, here are some fun ways to make use of it, from building a smart home hub to a ...

Showbiz veteran Bernie Clifton, 89, who performs with puppet Oswald the Ostrich, complains he’s regularly confused with the late Rod Hull of Emu fame. Noting poor Rod’s tragic fate when fixing his ...