Monty Python at 50 - Softcover

, Radio Times

 
9780992936464: Monty Python at 50

Synopsis

Featuring brand-new interviews with the cast, never-before-published photographs and episode-by-episode highlights, this celebratory collector's item includes: The origins of the television series (1969–74), from uncertain genesis to worldwide popularity. Interviews with all the Pythons from the 1970s plus brand-new chats with John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam. Exclusive pictures of a Python script meeting that have never been published before. Highlights, anecdotes and unseen behind-the-scenes images from all 45 half-hours of the TV series plus the special episodes. Pictures from sketches that were written, rehearsed… and dropped! Memories of the Radio Times photographers who captured the Pythons at work, at planning meetings and rehearsals, as well as play. A look at the Monty Python films and the solo projects: from Rutland Weekend Television and Ripping Yarns to Fawlty Towers. New Terry Gilliam artwork designed especially for Radio Times.

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