‘People say, “You’re having a spat,” and I say, “I haven’t done any spitting!” Eric Idle tells Metro, as he’s set to bring ...

Idle, who describes himself as "a Midlands boy", told BBC Radio WM he was "looking forward" to performing at Birmingham Symphony Hall. Remembering his last UK performance at London 2012, singing ...

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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 ...

Python reveals how he introduced comedy to arenas, the friend he misses the most and the cheery ditty that's proved his biggest hit ...

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

Eric Idle, the former Monty Python legend, has bounced back from his cancer ordeal and is set to take to the stage once more for a farewell tour ...

Oldham-born Professor Brian Cox has teamed up with Monty Python star Eric Idle to promote the British comedy legend’s new ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, but has since beaten the disease and is now preparing for a farewell tour ...