Terry Gilliam

Happy Birthday

There's something wrong with Sara's birthday.

Release Date:2019-09-03

Department:Art

Job:Art Designer

Vote Count:9

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

Release Date:2018-05-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Giant #2 (Voice)

Vote Count:1015

Benvenuto Cellini

The Florentine sculptor and silversmith Benvenuto Cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that went beyond the confines of Italy. Invariably embroiled in conspiracies, intrigues and quarrels, Cellini is commissioned by the Pope to cast a large sculpture of Perseus. He is loved by Teresa, but she is promised to Fieramosca, an academic artist who has not been favoured with a papal commission. Terry Gilliam’s exuberant production draws the protagonists into a delirious and joyful yet claustrophobic and megalomaniac world: a flaring up of contagious madness.

Release Date:2018-04-12

Department:Directing

Job:Stage Director

Vote Count:1

Benvenuto Cellini

With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and personal freedom, Hector Berlioz went straight for the grand gesture with his first completed opera. Returning to it years after initial production debacles, Berlioz stated that he would 'never again find such verve and Cellinian impetuosity, nor such a variety of ideas.' The plot revolves around Cellini's wooing of Teresa, a match frustrated at every opportunity by his rival, the cowardly Fieramosca. Benvenuto Cellini is a pithy work combining romance, excitement, violence, comedy and spectacle; the perfect stage for Terry Gilliam's stylishly colorful and larger than life directing.

Release Date:2015-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Stage Director

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! - With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

Release Date:2014-07-20

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Self, others

Vote Count:73

The Zero Theorem

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Release Date:2013-09-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1216

The Wholly Family

An American family's magical adventure in Naples.

Release Date:2011-02-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:21

The Legend of Hallowdega

The host of an investigative news show joins forces with a techno-geek paranormal expert to dodge close-calls and chase crazy leads to get to the bottom of the mysteries around Talladega Superspeedway.

Release Date:2010-10-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Senior Citizen in Photo (uncredited)

Vote Count:7

Arcade Fire: Madison Square Garden New York, NY 2010-08-05

Live Concert. Directed by Terry Gilliam

Release Date:2010-08-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

A travelling theatre company has more to it than meets the eye.

Release Date:2009-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2724

Life Of Brian Screenplay

An original illustrated 110 minute recording by The Pythons of their early screenplay in progress.

Release Date:2008-01-29

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Character:Man Even Further Forward, Revolutionary, Jailer

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best

The LORDS of LAUGHTER--The SAINTS of SATIRE--The HIGH PRIESTS of LOW COMEDY--have sold out once again. Some say you can't take it with you. Others just refuse to go. Graham Chapman--doctor, tall actor, self-wrestler and really famous dead guy--is the latter. Chapman has a least 8 movie and TV appearances to his credit since he passed away in 1989 making him the most prolific corpse since Elvis. This DVD GRAHAM CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL BEST makes 9. In a comprehensive tribute written by the remaining members of the incomparable Monty Python's Flying Circus this program includes the sketches they believe Chapman would have called his very favorites. Of course they could be wrong.

Release Date:2006-02-22

Character:Various Characters

Vote Count:1

Le court des grands

A program of short films from some of the cinema's greatest diectors. Curated by Emir Kusturica and Stephen Frears. - George Lucas "1.42.08 to Qualify" (1966) - Ridley Scott "A Boy and a Bicycle" (1965) - Robert Zemeckis "The Lift" (1972) - Tony Scott "One of the Missing" (1969) - Emir Kusturica "Guernica" (1978) - Luc Besson "L'avant dernier" (1981) - Lars von Trier "Nocturne" (1980) - Terry Gilliam "Storytime" (1968) - Paul Verhoeven "A Lizzard Too Much" (1960) - Roman Polanski "Le gros et le maigre" (1960) - Jane Campion "Peel" (1982) - Stephen Frears "The Burning" (1967)

Release Date:2005-11-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Tideland

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Release Date:2005-09-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:559

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.

Release Date:2005-09-09

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:30

The Brothers Grimm

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

Release Date:2005-08-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2766

Lost in La Mancha

Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.

Release Date:2002-02-11

Character:Self - Writer & Director

Vote Count:218

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

Release Date:1998-05-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4642

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'

A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "Twelve Monkeys."

Release Date:1996-11-05

Character:Self

Vote Count:27

Twelve Monkeys

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

Release Date:1995-12-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:8457

The Fisher King

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

Release Date:1991-09-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1353

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Steve Martin presents selected sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)". It's the well known sketches, though the parrot sketch is not included. Steve Martin has some funny comments on the Pythons.

Release Date:1989-11-18

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Self / Various Characters

Vote Count:18

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Release Date:1988-12-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Irritating Singer Inside Fish (uncredited)

Vote Count:898

Spies Like Us

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Release Date:1985-12-06

Character:Dr. Imhaus

Vote Count:633

Cloudbusting

Shows William Reich and his young son Peter on top of a hill trying to make his cloudbusting machine work. Reich leaves Peter on the machine and returns to his lab. In flashback, he remembers several times he and Peter enjoyed together as Reich worked on various scientific projects, until he is interrupted by government officials who arrest him and ransack the lab. Peter senses his father's danger and tries to reach him, but is forced to watch helplessly as his father is driven away. Peter finally runs back to the cloudbuster and activates it successfully, to the delight of his father who sees it starting to rain.

Release Date:1985-10-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:6

Brazil

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

Release Date:1985-02-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Smoking Man (uncredited)

Vote Count:3347

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

Release Date:1983-03-31

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Character:Various Roles

Vote Count:1915

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Release Date:1983-03-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Window Cleaner (uncredited)

Vote Count:112

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

Release Date:1982-06-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Various Roles

Vote Count:157

Time Bandits

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

Release Date:1981-07-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1018

Storytime

The first story-time segment is about a cheerful cockroach named Don, who scurries throughout his mansion home, walks beneath the floorboards and does unspeakable things in the darkness of the cupboard, before being splatted by somebody's foot. The second segment is about an ordinary man named Albert Einstein ("the only Albert Einstein not to have discovered the Theory of Relativity") whose hands have a life of their own, staying out late at night, misbehaving and committing adultery with feet. The third segment – hasn't much story to it at all, and instead concerns the inhabitants of the moving pictures on an over-sized Christmas card, who interact with each other in all sorts of bizarre ways.

Release Date:1979-11-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Narrator

Vote Count:28

Life of Brian

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

Release Date:1979-08-17

Department:Art

Job:Production Design

Character:Man Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer / Blood and Thunder Prophet / Frank / Audience Member / Crucifee

Vote Count:4478

Jabberwocky

A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?

Release Date:1977-03-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Man with Rock

Vote Count:283

Miracle of Flight

We're given the history of man seeking flight, however not by the channels of 'do-it-yourself': men jump off of cliffs while trying to flap their arms, be them in armor or other outfits.

Release Date:1975-06-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Voice

Vote Count:23

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

Release Date:1975-03-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla Hand

Vote Count:5882

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report

An documentarian from the BBC visits the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). This documentary shouldn't be viewed as a making of the film, but rather a goof-off session that is simply there to conjure up laughter.

Release Date:1974-12-19

Character:Self

And Now for Something Completely Different

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

Release Date:1971-09-28

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Character:Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs

Vote Count:525

Carnival at the End of Days

God, disgusted with what has become of humanity, decides to eliminate his creatures for good. Paradoxically, Satan is the only one standing in his way.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

This programme tells the story behind the conception, recording and release of this groundbreaking album. By use of interviews, musical demonstration, performance, archive footage and returning to the multi tracks with Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers we discover how Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention created the album with the help of legendary African- American producer Tom Wilson.

Release Date:2021-10-08

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

Plankton Salesmen

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.

Release Date:2017-10-29

Character:Self (archive footage)

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

Release Date:2015-12-26

Character:Self - Director and Animator

Vote Count:30

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

A look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of world cinema, a wizard of special effects, revealing his sources of inspiration and his revolutionary filming techniques.

Release Date:2015-03-31

Character:Self

Vote Count:7

Absolutely Anything

Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.

Release Date:2015-02-13

Character:Nasty Alien (voice)

Vote Count:1472

Jupiter Ascending

In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…

Release Date:2015-02-04

Character:Seal and Signet Minister

Vote Count:6786

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

With unprecedented access, this program reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing the Flying Circus to the stage cumulating in the legendary One Down, Five To Go.

Release Date:2014-11-13

Character:Self

Vote Count:27

9 Month Stretch

Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, according to paternity testing, the child's father is none other than Bob, a criminal from the prosecution charged with an atrocious attack! Ariane doesn't remember any of what has happened, so she has no idea what to expect...

Release Date:2013-09-07

Character:Charlie Meatson

Vote Count:564

Münchhausen - Die Geschichte einer Lüge

Release Date:2013-01-19

Character:Himself

Anatomy of a Liar

A documentary about A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.

Release Date:2012-10-26

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

For No Good Reason

For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly from interview to animation and in the finest Gonzo tradition questions of witness and authenticity are challenged. Steadman's art is for the first time animated, including illustrations from Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas. Featuring Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Bruce Robinson and with music from Slash, The All American Rejects, Jason Mraz, Crystal Castles, Ed Hardcourt and Beth Orton. A touching and at times funny film about honesty, friendship and the ambition driving an artist. This is a true record of the demise of the 20th Century counterculture and hipster dream with Ralph Steadman the last of the Gonzo visionaries.

Release Date:2012-10-12

Character:Self

Vote Count:23

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Focusing on the man behind the landmark effects on films like Clash Of The Titans, One Million Years B.C., Jason And The Argonauts and many more, this in-depth film features interviews with the great man himself, and with an array of animators and directors influenced by his work including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. The film also features unseen footage of tests and experiments recently uncovered.

Release Date:2012-09-29

Character:Self

Vote Count:37

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story.

Release Date:2012-09-08

Character:Various (voice)

Vote Count:48

The Cricklewood Greats

Peter Capaldi embarks upon a personal journey to discover the shocking history of the stars of north London's famous film studios, Cricklewood Film Studios.

Release Date:2012-02-05

Character:Himself

Vote Count:1

The Monster of Nix

Life is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix... until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.

Release Date:2011-06-01

Character:The Ranger (Voice)

Vote Count:10

Adventures in Plymptoons!

A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics, and fans.

Release Date:2011-05-30

Character:Himself

Vote Count:1

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.

Release Date:2010-10-26

Character:Self

Vote Count:36

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary of the People's Front of Judea who falls in love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is arrested by the Romans and sentenced to be crucified. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".

Release Date:2010-03-25

Character:Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie

Vote Count:31

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

On January 22, 2008, the entertainment world was rocked by news that one of its brightest young stars had unexpectedly died. This film is a commemorative special dedicated to the life and works of this complex and unique talent who died before his time.

Release Date:2009-06-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

The life and career of the renowned voice actor of animation and radio. For generations, Mel Blanc was one of the most famous Hollywood voice actors with his myriad of voices for classic animated characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and scores of others. However, animation was only one of the fields where Blanc shone through in his long career. This film covers the life of this amazingly talented and big hearted actor, comedian and musician as he became one of the performing greats from the golden ages of American animation and radio through to the 1980s.

Release Date:2008-10-21

Character:Himself

Vote Count:12

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

A documentary about the early days of animation.

Release Date:2007-07-30

Character:Himself

The Secret Life of Brian

A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.

Release Date:2007-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:41

The South Bank Show: Spamalot

Eric Idle is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 2006 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). The surviving members of Monty Python discuss the huge success of Spamalot on Broadway and Eric Idle discusses the history of the musical.

Release Date:2006-10-15

Getting Gilliam

This documentary follows director Terry Gilliam through the process of making his film Tideland.

Release Date:2005-09-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:8

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

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.

Release Date:2004-12-09

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

The behind-the-scenes production documentary of Monty Python's 'Meaning Of Life.' This documentary is featured on the 2-disc Special Edition DVD for Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, released in September 2003.

Release Date:2003-09-02

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Breakfast with Hunter

Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing from cinema verite film and digital video that he shot over many years on the road with Dr. Thompson, Breakfast with Hunter follows several story lines in the trials (literally) and triumphs of this cultural icon who created his own genre of writing - Gonzo journalism.

Release Date:2003-06-21

Character:Self

Vote Count:20

Forever Ealing

This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War II dramas, the well-known 'Ealing comedies' with Alec Guinness, and the BBC's television productions

Release Date:2002-12-05

Character:Self

Vote Count:4

Chris on Chris

A short film on Chris Marker

Release Date:2002-01-01

Character:Self

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

A documentary profile on Quentin Tarantino broadcast by the BBC's "Omnibus" strand in 1994 to coincide with "Pulp Fiction" hitting UK cinemas.

Release Date:1994-10-25

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over over a hundred short stories and 44 novels of mind-bending sci-fi, exploring themes of authority, drugs, theology, mental illness and much more.

Release Date:1994-04-09

Character:Self - Interviewee

Vote Count:2

The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 1991 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). Gilliam speaks of his history with the British comedy group Monty Python and is joined by Michael Palin in discussing his films including Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen and The Fisher King.

Release Date:1991-10-06

Life of Python

This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of its predecessors (At Last the 1948 Show, Do Not Adjust Your Sets etc.) and various interviews with the group's members and other associated artists.

Release Date:1990-03-16

Character:Self / Various Roles

Vote Count:2

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.

Release Date:1979-06-20

Character:Self

Vote Count:9

Cinématon

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 minutes and 25 seconds long, of various celebrities, artists, journalists and friends of the director, each doing whatever they want for the allotted time. Subjects of the film include directors Barbet Schroeder, Nagisa Oshima, Volker Schlöndorff, Ken Loach, Benjamin Cuq, Youssef Chahine, Wim Wenders, Joseph Losey, Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Fuller and Terry Gilliam, chess grandmaster Joël Lautier, and actors Roberto Benigni, Stéphane Audran, Julie Delpy and Lesley Chatterley. Gilliam is featured eating a 100-franc note, while Fuller smokes a cigar. Courant's favourite subject was a 7-month-old baby. The film was screened in its then-entirety in Avignon in November 2009 and was screened in Redondo Beach, CA on April 9, 2010.

Release Date:1978-12-20

Character:N°601

Vote Count:6

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John Cleese, Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain's comedic talent of the era, setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas...

Release Date:1976-12-29

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story

Debra Hill's documentary tells the story of her multifaceted life and of inspiring filmmakers around the world, and her legacy as a creative producer, mentor, film pioneer and activist is an enduring one.

Time Bandits

Eleven-year-old Kevin's passion for history is put to the test when he joins a ragtag group of time-traveling thieves on a high-stakes and hilarious adventure.

Release Date:2024-07-23

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:91

Reel Britannia

Comedian Nick Helm narrates this bold new documentary series exploring the dramatic history of British cinema. Discover how cinema held a mirror up to society from 1960 through to the 00s.

Release Date:2022-06-09

Character:Self

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:2

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evolution of television humor. Celebrating the cultural legacy and influence of the troupe, this special pairs their original material with new and entertaining commentary from celebrities who consider Monty Python hugely significant, both personally and to the history of screen satire. Celebrity humorists discuss, laugh, and reminisce about various Python segments and bring a fresh perspective to the material, connecting Monty Python’s work to today’s most successful television humor. In a time when a few moments of escape and laughter couldn’t be more sought after, this special reminds viewers of Python’s cultural impact, and that PBS introduced them to American viewers.

Release Date:2021-06-05

Character:Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become diehard fans of Paul Calderon? Here’s a story about Quentin Tarantino. The director who needs no introduction.

Release Date:2021-01-02

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:1

Bye Bye Morons

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.

Release Date:2020-10-21

Character:Advertising hunter

Vote Count:878

Fellini of the Spirits

2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols of the insuperable cinematic heyday of mid-20th century. Fellini had always been a mysterious director, not only in his cryptic symbolism but also in his idiosyncratic, excessive mixture of psychoanalysis, Catholicism and faith in the mysterious. In this documentary, his relationship with the paranormal, luck and fate, alongside the coexistence of organized discourse and transcendence to the imaginary, is examined via friends, collaborators and distinguished fans (Friedkin, Gilliam, Chazelle). A great testimony to why rationalists and ideologists have a hard time with his work, ‘Fellini and the Spirits’ is an appropriate yet unexpected tribute.

Release Date:2020-08-31

Character:Self

Vote Count:15

He Dreams of Giants

15 years after "Lost in la Mancha", Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe come back to follow Terry Gilliam's new (successful) attempt at filming "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote".

Release Date:2019-11-16

Character:Himself

Vote Count:8

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

From ‘something completely different’ to icons of comedy and national treasures, this is a collection of rarely-seen Monty Python moments from the BBC archives, following the group’s encounters with ‘Auntie’ over the past 50 years.

Release Date:2019-09-07

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:1

An Accidental Studio

Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.

Release Date:2019-07-12

Character:Self

Vote Count:9

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.

Release Date:2018-05-18

Character:Self

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

Release Date:2017-10-18

Character:Self

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

Tom Waits is one of the most original musicians of the last five decades. Renowned for his gravelly voice and dazzling mix of musical styles, he's also one of modern music's most enigmatic and influential artists. Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews, this film is a bewitching after-hours trip through the surreal, moonlit world of Waits' music - a portrait of a pioneering musician and his unique, alternative American songbook.

Release Date:2017-02-19

Character:Self

Vote Count:6

Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the surreal art movement, comedian Jim Moir (a.k.a. Vic Reeves) presents this documentary exploring the history of Dadism and the lasting influence it has had on himself and others.

Release Date:2016-09-21

Character:Himself

Vote Count:1

Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story

The story of one of cinema's true professionals, "little person" Mike Edmonds, from his early life in Essex to the Star Wars franchise, Time Bandits, The R.S.C. and beyond.

Release Date:2016-05-30

Character:Himself

Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturbing Black & White Drawings

With millions of tiny strokes of her humble pencil, Laurie Lipton’s haunted images seek answers to some of the most uncomfortable themes in our culture. But what compels her to live a life of isolation drawing is neither black nor white.

Release Date:2016-03-12

Character:Himself

Vote Count:2

Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon

Sam Roddick explores the enduring appeal of Botticelli's masterpiece The Birth of Venus, one of the most celebrated paintings in western art. A joyous celebration of female sexuality, its journey to worldwide fame was far from straightforward and it lay in obscurity for centuries. Artist and entrepreneur Sam explains why Botticelli's nude was so revolutionary, and explores its impact on contemporary culture with artists such as Terry Gilliam, who memorably reinvented Venus for his Monty Python's Flying Circus animations.

Release Date:2016-02-15

Character:Himself

Das Prinzip Dada

Release Date:2016-02-06

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

I REC U

19 years old Neve sees women out of focus - but he can see them properly when they are recorded on magnetic tape or film. This is why he wears a special pair of camera-glasses which, recording every single moment of his life, allow him to see everything correctly. His life actually becoming one of the movies he has been watching since he was a child. Until the day he meets the one and only woman he can see at naked eye.

Release Date:2015-09-24

Character:Dr. Therieux

Vote Count:21

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.

Release Date:2015-08-18

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

This series is presented by self-confessed Python nut Hugh Bonneville, each show with a group of five famous comedians remembering their favourite Python moments. Each guest chooses a sketch (or two) and it's played with their comments..

Release Date:2014-11-03

Character:Self (archive footage)

Episode Count:5

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

Alan Yentob meets the five surviving members of Monty Python - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle - as they prepare to reunite on stage.

Release Date:2014-06-29

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

Release Date:2014-02-17

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:320

The Kumars

Having suffered hard during the economic downturn, The Kumars are now living in a flat in Hounslow behind the shop that Ashwin now runs. Sanjeev is divorced from his wife of nearly two years and Ashwin has manged to get a sponsorship deal that has allowed him to resurrect the family's talk show, which takes place in the living room of their flat.

Release Date:2014-01-15

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

The Meaning of Monty Python

A discussion between John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones about their film The Meaning of Life

Release Date:2013-10-08

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

The making of The Beatles' controversial 1967 film, featuring previously unseen archive footage.

Release Date:2012-10-06

Character:Self

Evening Urgant

Evening show Ivan Urgant. Movies, sports, new gadgets, art. What is happening in the country and in the world? Actual characters discussing the day's events and new music.

Release Date:2012-04-16

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:17

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love, Tommy and The Devils. Friends and admirers - including Glenda Jackson, Terry Gilliam, Twiggy, Melvyn Bragg, Robert Powell and Roger Daltrey - recall a pioneering documentary-maker, talented photographer and fearless film director.

Release Date:2012-01-14

Character:Self - Director

Vote Count:1

Dante Ferretti: Production Designer

The Documentary Dante Ferretti – Production Designer retraces the life and the career of Dante Ferretti, the famous Italian Artist and Production Designer.

Release Date:2010-09-10

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

Sodankylä Forever

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.

Release Date:2010-08-05

Character:Self

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall

Half-hour behind the scenes of Eric Idle's Not The Messiah oratorio. Featuring Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes, Carol Cleveland and the cast of the show.

Release Date:2010-06-08

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release

This is a theatrical / movie adaptation of the TV Miniseries. Its chapters do not align with the episodes directly, so it necessarily must be held separate from the TV Miniseries.

Release Date:2010-01-01

Character:Self

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

A 2009 television documentary series in six parts that covers 40 years of the surreal comedy group Monty Python, from Flying Circus to present day projects such as the musical Spamalot. The series highlights their childhood, schooling and university life, and pre-Python work. The series featured new interviews with surviving members John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, alongside archive interview footage of Graham Chapman and interviews with several associates of the Pythons, including Carol Cleveland, Neil Innes and Chapman's partner David Sherlock, along with commentary from modern comedians.

Release Date:2009-10-18

Character:Self

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:33

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines. This entertaining documentary includes interviews with members of the troupe, as well as home movies, photos and rare recordings from Monty Python's early years.

Release Date:2008-07-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

What Is Brazil?

What is this film called Brazil? Find out in this witty documentary.

Release Date:2008-04-16

Character:Self

Vote Count:16

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film. Gilliam never shies away from the truth, even when it comes to himself, and so this documentary is self-effacing and refreshingly frank. The documentary details not only the battles Gilliam had with Columbia in getting the film finished and released, but also the imagination and innovation that went into the production.

Release Date:2008-04-08

Character:Self - Director & Writer

Vote Count:2

Monty Python Conquers America

This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, focusing especially on their conquest of the American comedy scene,

Release Date:2008-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

Movie Connections

Documentary series looking at the stories behind the production of popular English films, showing how they tie in with the production of other movies through the actors or actresses.

Release Date:2007-09-10

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

The Making of 'Tideland'

Behind the scenes of Tideland (2005)

Release Date:2007-02-27

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

The Graham Norton Show

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

Release Date:2007-02-22

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:259

What the Pythons Did Next...

A look at the careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in the years after Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).

Release Date:2007-01-01

Character:Self (archive footage)

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

Release Date:2006-08-14

Character:Self - Guest

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:25

Locked Out

Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...

Release Date:2006-04-05

Character:Le faux bébé

Vote Count:156

Monty Python's Personal Best

A series of six outrageous one-hour specials showcasing the groundbreaking comedians.

Release Date:2006-02-22

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Character:Self / Various Characters

Episode Count:[ 6 ]

Vote Count:3

The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life

Behind the scenes of The Brothers Grimm

Release Date:2005-12-20

Character:Self

Vote Count:8

The Visual Magic of the Brothers Grimm

Behind the scenes of the special effects of The Brothers Grimm

Release Date:2005-12-20

Character:Himself

Vote Count:3

The Roots of Monty Python

A look back at the origins of the ground breaking BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Release Date:2005-11-26

Character:Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1

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.

Release Date:2004-01-01

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:1

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

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

Release Date:2004-01-01

Character:Self (archive footage)

Vote Count:1

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3

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.

Release Date:2004-01-01

Character:Self (archive footage)

Hunter Goes to Hollywood

Hunter Thompson visits the set of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Release Date:2003-02-18

Character:Himself

Vote Count:3

HypaSpace

HypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments. The television show covers movies, television, books, comics and community events. The show has HypaSpace daily shows and HypaSpace weekly shows which sums up the week of news. The series was casual and irreverent. HypaSpace was produced by Simon Evans and Michelle Dudas. There were 260 episodes per year, excluding the first year, which started in May, and the sixth year, as the daily shows were pulled around mid-December with only the weekend edition airing. The daily segments stopped being produced in mid-December 2007, which meant that in its last year, the show had only 26 episodes. There were approximately 1480 episodes of the show. In May 2005, Kim Poirier took over hosting the show, joining original host Jonathan Llyr, now a reporter for the program. Poirier left the show in July 2007. Segments of HypaSpace aired interstitially between Space programs. Llyr hosted the show whenever Poirier was on a break or was ill. He also hosted the HypaSpace podcast, which started on October 7, 2006. Mark Askwith then took over as the host of the podcast.

Release Date:2002-05-13

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

The Life of Python

Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Monty Python presents exclusive new material and so-called classic bits. Disc : 1 Contains 1:It's The Monty Python Story 2:Pythonland 3:The Last Python Mayday Special 4:From Spam to Sperm:Monty Pythons Greatest Hits An Animated South Park Tribute Disc:2 1 The Last German Episode Fliegender Zirkus #2: Schnapps with Everything

Release Date:2000-10-31

Character:Self

Trigger Happy TV

Trigger Happy TV is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series. The original British edition of the show, produced by Absolutely Productions, starred Dom Joly and ran for two series on the British television channel Channel 4 from 2000 to 2003. Although Channel 4 is owned and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, he made a name for himself as the sole star of the show, which he produced and directed with cameraman Sam Cadman.

Release Date:2000-01-14

Character:Self

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:25

The Monty Python Story

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.

Release Date:1999-10-08

Character:Self

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm

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

Release Date:1999-10-08

Character:Self

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches

The Sketches produced by the surviving Pythons for the BBC's celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the first showing of Monty Python on 5 October 1969.

Release Date:1999-10-08

Character:Self

Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Behind the scenes of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Release Date:1998-11-17

Character:Self

Vote Count:7

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

In March 1998 in Aspen, Colorado, the surviving members of the Monty Python team – John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – shared a stage together for the first time in 18 years. Even more remarkably, Graham Chapman was there too....in an urn! The occasion for this reunion was the US Comedy Arts Festival Tribute to Monty Python, hosted by Robert Klein in front of a live audience.

Release Date:1998-03-21

Character:Self

Vote Count:12

Ruby

Release Date:1997-05-12

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Classic Albums

A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.

Release Date:1997-04-14

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:8

The Battle of Brazil: A Video History

The struggle of releasing "Brazil" in the United States of America is examined in this Criterion documentary.

Release Date:1996-10-02

Character:Self

Vote Count:6

The Frank Skinner Show

The Frank Skinner Show was a television chat show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner, which lasted nine series on British television between 1995 and 2005. As well as celebrity interviews, the shows included an initial stand-up routine, various sketches throughout the episode and usually concluded with a comedic song featuring Frank and the guest stars. The Frank Skinner Show became notorious over the years for the unconventional nature of the interviews, including some shocking revelations from the guests. The programme ended in 2005 after nine series. It was screened on BBC One from its first episode on 10 September 1995 until 3 June 1999. In 2000, the show moved to ITV. The programme was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in 2001.

Release Date:1995-09-10

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

The Last Machine

A documentary series about the early period of cinema up to the year 1913.

Release Date:1995-01-07

Episode Count:5

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.

Release Date:1989-10-11

Character:Himself

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:25

The Movie Life of George

When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story of him and Handmade Films.

Release Date:1989-02-10

Character:Self

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

The comedy event of the year took place in April 1986 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. All those taking part gave their services free in order to support the famine relief camp in Umbala in the west of Sudan. Tonight Omnibus, in collaboration with Charity Projects, presents the best comic talents in Britain today. Among those appearing: Rowan Atkinson, Frank Bruno, Kate Bush, Graham Chapman, Billy Connolly, Ronnie Corbett, Paul Eddington, Ben Elton, French and Saunders, Stephen Fry, Bob Geldof, Terry Gilliam, Lenny Henry, Howard Jones, Terry Jones, Hugh Laurie, Hank Marvin, Rik Mayall, Michael Palin, Cliff Richard, Pamela Stephenson, Spitting Image, Midge Ure, The Young Ones.

Release Date:1986-04-25

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Cinématon n°601 : Terry Gilliam

Release Date:1985-01-01

Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

Release Date:1982-02-01

Character:Self

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:50

Monty Python's Flying Circus

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

Release Date:1969-10-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Various

Episode Count:44

Vote Count:624

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Monty Python Live at Aspen was a reunion show featuring the five surviving members of Monty Python: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Graham Chapman was also allegedly in attendance as his "ashes" were brought out in an urn. The Pythons looked back at their work and received an American Film Industry award. It also featured some memorable moments when Gilliam 'accidentally' kicked over the urn, which Eric Idle said was their biggest audience laugh ever. It was hosted by Robert Klein and featured a cameo by Eddie Izzard. The show was released on DVD by A&E Home Entertainment as part of the Monty Python Live compilation.

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:1

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

Release Date:1978-01-14

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:7

The Secret Policeman's Ball

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians but later included leading musicians and actors. The Secret Policeman's Ball shows are credited by many prominent entertainers with having galvanised them to become involved with Amnesty and other social and political causes in succeeding years.

Release Date:1976-04-01

Character:Self

Episode Count:15

Vote Count:1

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Release Date:1975-01-12

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Monty Python In The Netherlands

Monty Python sketch created for Dutch television in 1973.

Release Date:1973-01-18

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

German made-for-TV musical extravaganza starring Monty Python.

Release Date:1971-05-01

Character:Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh

We Have Ways of Making You Laugh is a comedic television series produced by Humphrey Barclay and directed by Bill Turner for London Weekend Television.

Release Date:1968-08-02

Character:Live Cartoonist

Episode Count:12

Do Not Adjust Your Set

Innovative and influential, and originally envisaged as children’s show, Do Not Adjust Your Set was a madcap early-evening comedy sketch show that quickly acquired a cult following with Swinging Sixties adults, who rushed home from work to see it. Written by and starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, with great performances and additional material by David Jason and Denise Coffey, it also provided an early showcase for the hilarious animations of Terry Gilliam, and the brilliantly bizarre musical antics of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.

Release Date:1967-12-26

Episode Count:29

Vote Count:8