"Python fans will love it. Everyone else will be bored stiff, of course." One of the things Cleese seemed particularly pleased with are the QR codes included that, if you scan them with your ...

The entire comedy world, online and elsewhere, is enjoying a long, nostalgic love-in during the 40th anniversary of the formation and premiere of the Monty Python comedy troupe. In a perfect ...

Whenever somebody talks about sketch comedy, inevitably the name Monty Python is going to come into the conversation.

Now comes Python Bytes, a collection of 22 sketches from the first season (or "series," to use Brit-speak) of the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" TV show.

The British troupe’s influence on comedians is well documented. But what about their impact on scientists and philosophers? BBC Culture finds out.