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 ...

Eric Idle has reflected on being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, revealing he “laughed” when he discovered the news. After ...

The Monty Python star said he "laughed" upon hearing the news, after previously being told it was a "quick way" to kill off ...

Idle is to Monty Python what George Harrison was to The Beatles – the talented quiet achiever, fighting for creative space and helping to embolden their respective troupes.

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

Idle, who describes himself as "a Midlands boy", told BBC Radio WM he was "looking forward" to performing at Birmingham ...

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, ...

Eric Idle reckons Monty Python will never reform for one simple reason - he believes their comedy magic is as dead as that parrot ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle has said that he has continued to work at the age of 80 for financial reasons. The comedian and actor, known as Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot in ...

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 ...