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Michael Palin

Birth Name:Michael Edward Palin

Birth Place:Broomhill, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Profession Actor, Writer, Soundtrack, Producer, Music department

based in part on characters created by

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Time Bandits

Writer

4 Credits
Michael Palin in North Korea
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python's Personal Best
The Box

written by

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Brazil with Michael Palin
Around the World in 20 Years
Himalaya With Michael Palin
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Comic Roots
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Missionary
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Time Bandits
Life of Brian
The Two Ronnies
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

writer

16 Credits
Michael Palin's New Europe
Sahara With Michael Palin
Full Circle With Michael Palin
Great Railway Journeys
Pole to Pole
Around the World in 80 Days
Number 27
Screen Two
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe
Twice a Fortnight
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
The Amazing Race Australia
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut
King of the Hill
I'm Alan Partridge
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

idea for "The Fierce Animal Policy"

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Fierce Creatures

screenplay

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American Friends

sketches

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Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

play "Secrets"

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Consuming Passions

book

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Jackanory

by

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Ripping Yarns

screen foreplay & conception

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And Now for Something Completely Different

Actor

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Staged
The Simpsons
Worzel Gummidge
Vanity Fair
The Death of Stalin
Clangers
Absolutely Anything
Remember Me
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
The Wipers Times
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Arthur Christmas
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
The Human Face
Home and Away
Fierce Creatures
Willows in Winter
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
GBH
American Friends
The Witches
A Fish Called Wanda
Jackanory
Brazil
A Private Function
The Dress
The News Is the News
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Missionary
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Time Bandits
The Box
Saturday Night Live
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Ripping Yarns
Life of Brian
All You Need Is Cash
Tomorrow's World
Jabberwocky
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe
Three Men in a Boat
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
And Now for Something Completely Different
Twice a Fortnight

producer

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The Missionary

lyrics

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Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Concert for George
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Life of Brian

performer

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Timeshift
Himalaya With Michael Palin
Full Circle With Michael Palin
Saturday Night Live
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
And Now for Something Completely Different

Self

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This Morning
Newsnight
Lorraine
The One Show
Imagine...
David Frost Vs
Michael Palin in Nigeria
The Jonathan Ross Show
Loose Women
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
The Graham Norton Show
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
An Accidental Studio
Michael Palin in North Korea
Festival Tales: Edinburgh at 70
Artsnight
Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies
Attenborough at 90
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
The Hour
The Sarah Millican Television Programme
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Brazil with Michael Palin
Graham Chapman - Anatomy of a Liar
Perspectives
Empire
Arena
My Life
Talking Books
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Timewatch
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Monty Python Conquers America
Around the World in 20 Years
Timeshift
The Seventh Python
Legends
Michael Palin's New Europe
Parkinson
A Year at Kew
The South Bank Show
GMTV
The Culture Show
Monty Python's Personal Best
Mark Lawson Talks to...
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Himalaya With Michael Palin
The Late Late Show
Good Morning Australia
The Panel
Concert for George
The Fat
Later...With Jools Holland
Sahara With Michael Palin
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen
Full Circle With Michael Palin
The Daily Show
TFI Friday
Saturday Night Live
Great Railway Journeys
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
Late Night with David Letterman
Pole to Pole
Omnibus
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Around the World in 80 Days
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball
Wogan
Phil Donahue
Nightlife
What Is Brazil?
The Secret Policeman's Private Parts
Comic Roots
Get Set for Summer
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Top of the Pops
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
The Midnight Special
Aquarius

idea

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Fierce Creatures

presenter

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And Now for Something Completely Different

composer

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Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus