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In this documentary, Michael Palin tells the story behind his success, after being honoured with a special award at the Baftas in 2013. With an outstanding career in television and film, this special delves into the archives to showcase some of Michael's incredible work, featuring an in-depth interview with the man himself.

This is the story of a man's bravery to cover the world at war, and what it takes to get images published for the world to see. This is Jason P. Howe's story of survival and change.

30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making of this classic sitcom.

Fawlty Towers Revisited features the 80-minute, 30th anniversary retrospective TV special on one of the world’s funniest and best-loved comedies, as well as an additional 10 minutes of behind-the-scenes stories and recollections from recent interviews with Fawlty Towers’ cast and crew.

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Narrated by Dawn French, the programme includes interviews with many of the comedians and musicians who took part: John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Michael Palin, Sting, Lenny Henry and many more. The shows and their stars had a huge effect on modern British comedy. There are few comics today whose careers have not been heavily influenced by the anarchic and surreal humour of these events.

Britain's best sitcom: Fawlty Towers.

All the best sketches from the third and fourth series of the ground-breaking comedy. Memorable moments include: 'The Finals of the All-England Summarise Proust Competition'; 'Stand and Deliver! It's That Highwayman Dennis Moore'; 'Thrust: A Quite Controversial Look at the World Around Us'; 'Whicker's Island'; and 'The Fifteenth Ideal Loon Competition'. Originally broadcast from 19 October 1972 to 18 January 1973, and 31 October to 5 December 1974.

Compilation of the best Sketches of the first series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, which ran from 5 October 1969 to 11 January 1970. Memorable moments include: 'The 127th Upperclass Twit of the Year Competition from Hurlingham Park'; 'Bicycle Repair Man'; 'Vicious Gangs of Old Ladies - the Layabouts in Lace'; 'The Man with Three Buttocks'; 'The Lumberjack Song'; 'Vocational Guidance Councillor'; and 'The Joke That Kills People'. Oh, and a sketch about a dead parrot.

All the best sketches from the second series of the ground-breaking comedy. Memorable moments include: 'It's in the Mind'; 'The New Cooker Sketch'; 'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition'; and 'The Ministry for Silly Walks'. Originally Broadcast from 15 September to 22 December 1970

Meatloaf introduces a look back at Python's use of music. Included interviews with the team, André Jacquemin and other conspirators.

The story behind how the comedy sketch group Monty Python formed in 1969, and lead to four very series, and four very funny films that are still has funny today as when they were released.

Leon Geller es un joven judío que descubre que vino al mundo gracias a la inseminación artificial y que su verdadero padre no es un judío ortodoxo comerciante de Londres sino un criador de cerdos de Yorkshire. Leon se traslada a la granja de su padre biológico e intenta moldearse a una nueva forma de vida. Un día, por error consigue crear el primer cruce entre cerdo y oveja del mundo, o sea, el primer cerdo que podrá ser consumido por los judíos. (FILMAFFINITY)

Francis Ashby, un alto professor de Oxford de vacaciones en los Alpes, conoce a Caroline y Elinor, también de vacaciones, provenientes de los Estados Unidos de América. Ashby se da cuenta que disfruta mucho de su compañía, en particular la de Elinor, y ambas mujeres se sienten atraídas a él. De vuelta en Oxford, es sorprendido por ellas cuando le visitan sin previo aviso. Las mujeres no están permitidas en los terrenos de la Universidad y ni hablar de que tengan acceso a las habitaciones.

Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie.

El propietario de un castillo irlandés, agobiado por sus numerosas deudas, decide convertir su castillo en un hotel. El proyecto no cuaja, pero se le ocurre una idea para atraer a los turistas americanos: proclamar falsamente que el castillo está habitado por terribles fantasmas. Los empleados se preparan para actuar como falsos espectros.

Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.

Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft), escritora norteamericana con residencia en Nueva York, es una apasionada de la literatura, especialmente de la británica. El problema es que en su ciudad no hay tiendas dedicadas a la venta de ese tipo de libros. Un día contacta con una librería londinense especializada en libros usados, en el número 84 de Charing Cross. En este establecimiento, su propietario, Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), se ofrece a mandar libros a todas partes del mundo, al gusto del consumidor. Helene, maravillada, empieza a intercambiar cartas y libros con Frank. Con el tiempo, la amistad entre el librero y la escritora se vuelve tan fuerte que es capaz de acortar la distancia que les separa, aunque solo sea entre párrafos, comas y puntos. Durante veinte largos años, a pesar de no haberse visto nunca, los amigos no dejan de escribirse.

67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old disgracefully.

Rick Cahill es un tipo rudo que alguna vez perteneció al ejército y que ahora viaja a la selva de Kenya para encargarse de una organización de cazadores furtivos. Rick parece de piedra, pero en su interior guarda el dolor de haber sido abandonado por su padre cuando pequeño.

La maldicion que pesa sobre los Baskerville ha traído la muerte y la desgracia a la familia durante generaciones. Cuando Sir Charles Baskerville es asesinado, Sherlock Holmes inicia una investigacion con su fiel amigo y compañero Watson. Pronto se da cuenta de que la próxima víctima será Sir Henry, el único miembro vivo de la familia y, por consiguiente, el heredero universal de los Baskerville. (FILMAFFINITY)

Several criminal lawyers reunite every year in the Swiss mountains to entertain themselves with fake trials and murder mysteries. At one year's party, an unwitting American becomes part of the game.

Ceddie, un niño pobre de Brooklyn, se convierte en el heredero del título y la fortuna de un conde inglés. Pero el testamento contiene una cláusula que lo obliga a vivir a Inglaterra con su abuelo, un viejo cascarrabias de carácter frío y amargado

El argumento versa sobre el misterio que se esconde detrás de las palabras de un hombre moribundo. Bobby Jones y Lady Frankie Derwent se las arreglarán para desentrañar la verdad.

Henry Snavely is a cynical hotelier that in this pilot is faced with the threat of hotel inspectors.

John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his illustrious grandfather however, he only succeeds in bungling every job he organizes. Also stars Arthur Lowe as the "bionic" grandson of Dr. Watson, Stratford Johns as the Commissioner of Police, and Connie Booth as Mrs. Hudson.

In May 1977 a second Amnesty benefit was held to build on the success of the first show and with the intent of developing momentum for a regularly-scheduled benefit show.

A waiter hurrying from table to table in a crowded Italian restaurant picks up titbits of conversation from the varied clientele.

Adaptation of the Helene Hanff memoir, presented as part of Play for Today.

El rey Arturo y sus caballeros reciben un encargo divino: partir en búsqueda del Santo Grial, para lo cual deberán luchar contra enemigos muy diversos: malignos caballeros rivales, bestias sanguinarias (que solo son visibles como dibujo animado), groseros caballeros franceses fortificando un castillo en Inglaterra, brujas, adivinos mefistofélicos, Scotland Yard, y hasta un conejo asesino y carnívoro (que muere destruido por una cómica reliquia traída de las Cruzadas: la "Santa Granada de Mano de Antioquia").

Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protege professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.

A bassist shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess, and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same, unbeknownst to the bass player, but when someone steals their clothes, the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case, and along the way they discover they have feelings for each other. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.

A bassist shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess, and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same, unbeknownst to the bass player, but when someone steals their clothes, the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case, and along the way they discover they have feelings for each other. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.

John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones celebrate the Guinness Book of World Records.

Una visión del mundo desde la óptica neurasténica, desenfrenada y enloquecida de los siempre hilarantes Monty Python. Basada en el famoso show televiso ”Flying Circus”, contiene los mejores sketches del programa en formato cinematográfico. Sexo, matrimonio, tecnología, ejectuvisop... todos estos tótems de la sociedad moderna son derribados uno a uno con los brutales ”gags” que nos descargan en ráfagas de sketches.

Fliegender Zirkus consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972 respectively and were shot entirely on film, mostly on location in Bavaria. The first episode was recorded in German and the second was recorded in English and then dubbed into German.

En esta parodia documental para televisión, John Cleese presenta una serie de sketches sobre la "irritación", los distintos tipos y las técnicas apropiadas. Supuso un adelanto de lo que sería la serie Monty Python's Flying Circus. (FILMAFFINITY)