Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as The Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", and "The Spanish Inquisition". Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. After Python, he began a new career as a travel writer and travel documentarian. His journeys have taken him across the world, including the North and South Poles, the Sahara desert, the Himalayas and, most recently, Eastern Europe. In 2000 Palin was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to television.
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Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
The Magic Faraway Tree
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
The Academy of Armando
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
My National Gallery, London
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Jeepers Creepers- SISir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
An Accidental Studio
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
The Death of Stalin
Generation '66
Attenborough at 90
Absolutely Anything
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days
The Meaning of Monty Python
The Wipers Times
Frost on Sketch Shows
Michael Palin in Wyeth's World
Anatomy of a Liar
Produced by George Martin
The Secret Policeman's Ball
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Arthur Christmas
Making Qi- THThe Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Around the World in 20 Years
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
The Seventh Python
What Is Brazil?
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation- LILife Of Brian Screenplay
Monty Python Conquers America
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Hitler: The Comedy Years
What the Pythons Did Next...
The Secret Life of Brian
50 Films to See Before You Die
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
The Roots of Monty Python
John Peel's Record Box
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
Concert for George
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Monty Python: Pythonland- Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation- Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
- The Monty Python Story
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Palin on Redpath
Fierce Creatures
The Willows in Winter
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act- THThe First Night of Meridian
- MEMeridian: The First Ten Minutes
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
American Friends
The Witches
Viz: The Documentary
Life of Python
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
The Movie Life of George
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
A Fish Called Wanda
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Comedians Do It On Stage
Brazil
A Private Function
The Dress
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Missionary
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Time Bandits
The Box
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Roger of the Raj
Golden Gordon
Whinfrey's Last Case
Life of Brian
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
The Curse of the Claw
Across the Andes by Frog
Murder at Moorstones Manor
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
The Broken Bottle
Jabberwocky
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Three Men in a Boat
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Henry Cleans Up
Is This a Record?
Monty Python In The Netherlands
The Philosophers' Football Match
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
Monty Python: Who's There?
Ending It All
How to Irritate People
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
