Actor, writer We were on a publicity tour in Amsterdam for Monty Python and the Holy Grail when Eric Idle came up with the title Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory. We all laughed: "We could never do that!" ...

The age classification of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian has been downgraded to 12A by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The religious satire, which tells the story of a man who is ...

'A satire on biblical films, mass hysteria, and sandals, The Life of Brian introduces us to the eponymous Brian, a Jew in Roman-occupied Judea. Our unfortunate hero is mistaken for a prophet and ...

Michael Palin has said that Monty Python’s religious satire film Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today because he believes comedy is being watered down. Palin, 82, who co-founded the comedy troupe ...

THE two central performances in Holy Flying Circus, writer Tony Roche's surreal comedy-drama fantasia about the furore that greeted release of Monty Python's Life of Brian in 1979, were superb. Holy ...

Forty years ago, in the summer of 1979, Christians across the world turned out to protest at screenings of Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The indomitable Mary Whitehouse, then at the height of her ...

When we say everything, we mean EVERYTHING. We're talking every episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, every film - including Life Of Brian, which was banned in Ireland for eight years, the German ...

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