Considered by fans as the “nice” member of England’s legendary comedy group Monty Python, Michael Palin was... (Learn more)
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Michael Palin’s Milestones
| "Month Python's Flying Circus" aired on the BBC | |
| Initial teaming with Terry Jones and Eric Idle, as writers and performers on the TV series "Do Not Adjust Your Set" | |
| Met future Python Terry Jones at Oxford and they began writing comedy together | |
| Performed in productions at Oxford of "The Birthday Party" and "Hang Your Head Down and Die" | |
| Reprised BBC series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" for BBC | |
| Wrote for BBC-TV's "The Frost Report" with Terry Jones and John Cleese | |
| Wrote two BBC specials starring Marty Feldman | |
| 1964 | West End theatrical debut, in "Hang Down Your Head and Die" |
| 1965 | Co-hosted the TV show "Now" |
| 1966 | Wrote and acted in short film "The Late Show" (for the BBC) |
| 1968 | Co-starred in "John Cleese on How to Irritate People" (made for British TV; released theatrically in USA) |
| 1969 | Became a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus and traveled with troupe to Broadway and the London stage |
| 1969 | With Terry Jones, wrote and performed in the six part sereis "The Complete and Utter History of Britain" (London Weekend Television) |
| 1971 | First feature screenwriting and acting credit, "And Now For Something Completely Different" |
| 1973 | Co-starred in "Monty Python's First Farewell Tour" throughout UK and Canada |
| 1973 | Monthy Python troupe (without John Cleese) appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" |
| 1974 | The TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" begins a highly successful run on American public television |
| 1975 | Appeared in the British TV production "Three Men in a Boat", written by Tom Stoppard |
| 1976 | Starred in Terry Gilliam's feature "Jabberwocky" |
| 1977 | Co-wrote with Terry Jones and starred in "Ripping Yarns", a series of six half-hour comedy films for the BBC |
| 1978 | Hosted the NBC variety series "Saturday Night Live" |
| 1979 | Wrote (with Jones) and starred in three additional "Ripping Yarns" |
| 1980 | Wrote, narrated and appeared in British episode of BBC series "Great Train Journeys of the World" |
| 1981 | Debut as producer of a feature, "The Missionary"; also wrote |
| 1981 | Starred in own one-man show at the Belfast Festival |
| 1983 | Had featured role in Gilliam's "Brazil" |
| 1983 | Wrote songs for the feature "Monty Python's Meaning of Life" |
| 1985 | Scripted "East of Ipswitch"; made for TV in 1987 |
| 1988 | Played Ken in "A Fish Called Wanda", co-starring Cleese, Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 1989 | Hosted the travel series "Around the World in 80 Days" |
| 1992 | Traveled from the North Pole to the South Pole, an event featured in the eight-part TV series, "Pole to Pole" |
| 1994 | Hosted and scripted "Great Railway Journeys II" |
| 1994 | Starred in "Palin's Column", a four-part journey around the Isle of Wight |
| 1995 | Provided voice of Rat in the animated "The Wind of the Willows" |
| 1997 | Hosted "Full Circle with Michael Palin", a ten-part series aired on PBS |
| 1997 | Reunited with Cleese, Kline and Curtis for "Fierce Creatures" |
| 2000 | Hosted the PBS special "Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure" |
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