Nobody needs reminding that Monty Python were The Beatles of comedy. The troupe, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, changed comedy forever ...

Alexander Armstrong explores the literature that inspired Michael Palin and Terry Jones's classic TV comedy Ripping Yarns, a loving parody of the Boys' Own books and magazines of their childhood.

When Terry Jones and Michael Palin Graduated From Python to Ripping YarnsThe Monty Python duo’s love of history was well on display in their solo show together.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and ...

A Black Country theatre will be hosting three short plays for the price of one in a special production this weekend. Three Ripping Yarns, loosely based on the late 1970s television series by Michael ...

Since the success of Into Thin Air, it’s become obvious that outdoorsy types spend more time—and possibly money—reading about adventures than actually experiencing them. The book trade has been quick ...