Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. And nobody expects the merrymakers behind Monty Python to do anything run-of-the-mill, comedy-wise. Run-of-the-mill, comedy-wise (def.): Reuniting every few ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter On 5 October 1969, the BBC began broadcasting a new comedy sketch series. It was surreal, yes, but then Spike Milligan's recent TV ...

The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

The dead parrot routine, The Lumberjack Song and The Ministry of Silly Walks have been voted as the nation's favourite Monty Python sketches. The results come following a poll of 2000 comedy fans ...

Picturehouse Cinemas, owners of The Ritzy in Brixton, has been subject to a vociferous campaign against its refusal to pay staff the Living Wage (Corbis) Cinemagoers attending a screening at one of ...