"Actor: Michael Palin"

• The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volumes 1-3 / Live in Aspen | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Nudge-nudge wink-wink say no more... it's a 4 disc box set including a feast of Monty Python sketches such as The Dead Parrot Sketch The 127th Upperclass Twit of the Year Competition From Hurlingham Park Bicycle Repair Man Vicious Gangs of Old Ladies The Lumberjack Song The Man With Three Buttocks The Joke That Kills People The Bishop It's In The Mind Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition The Finals of the All-England Summarise Proust Competition The Fifteenth Ideal Loon Exhibition The Cheese Shop Sketch Stand and Deliver The Ministry of Silly Walks Whicker Island Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days... and many more!

• Time Bandits SteelBook | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The film that established Terry Gilliam as more than just Monty Python’s resident animator this delightfully inventive children’s fantasy is about young Kevin (Craig Warnock) who finds himself travelling through holes in the space-time continuum in the company of half a dozen fractious dwarfs. Along the way he encounters Agamemnon (Sean Connery) Robin Hood (John Cleese) Napoleon (Ian Holm) and winds up as a passenger on the Titanic although not necessarily in that order. But is this just random entertainment laid on for history fan Kevin’s benefit or part of a wider struggle between the forces of good (Ralph Richardson) and evil (David Warner)? At the time this was a rare example of a small-budget British film successfully taking on American blockbusters. Now it's a much-loved fantasy classic bursting with inspired images and ideas: Gilliam and co-writer Michael Palin (who also appears) are clearly enjoying themselves as much as their audience. Special Features: Limited Edition SteelBookTM packaging Brand new 2k-resolution restoration of the film from the original camera negative approved by director and co-writer Terry Gilliam High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation Original Stereo 2.0 and 5.1 Dolby Surround options (uncompressed PCM and DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray) Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Chasing Time Bandits: A new interview with Terry Gilliam Writing the Film that Dares Not Speak its Name: A new interview in which Michael Palin discusses co-writing and acting in Time Bandits The Effects of Time Bandits: A new interview in which Kent Houston founder of the Peerless Camera Company discusses Time Bandits’ optical effects Playing Evil: A new featurette in which actor David Warner remembers producer George Harrison and playing Evil in Time Bandits The Costumes of Time Bandits: A new interview with costume designer James Acheson The Look of Time Bandits: A new interview with production designer Milly Burns From Script to Screen – A new animated featurette in which Milly Burns takes us through her production notebooks locations photographs and storyboards revealing how twentieth century Morocco was transformed into Ancient Greece Original Trailer Restoration Demonstration Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver “An extraordinarily inventive fantasy” - Time Out

• Three Men In A Boat | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Three Men In A Boat

• Nuns On The Run / Time Bandits | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Nuns On The Run (Dir. Jonathan Lynn 1990): Following in the great Carry On... tradition with a bit of Monty Python thrown in for good measure Nuns On The Run is a classic slice of slapstick comedy starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane. Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to leave he sets them up to be killed after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decide to steal the money for themselves but when their escape doesn't go to plan they have to seek refuge in a nuns' teacher training school. Disguised as nuns Brian and Charlie have to avoid their boss Triads police and Brian's girlfriend. There's also the problem of them being men disguised as nuns in an all women institution. Time Bandits (Dir. Terry Gilliam 1981): All the dreams you've ever had.... and not just the good ones. The first of three Terry Gilliam films collectively referred to as his Trilogy of the Imagination (along with 'Brazil' and 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen') 'Time Bandits' is a wonderfully inventive fantasy with a massive cult following and universal appeal. A sleeper hit in 1981 the film grossed well over eight times its million budget. Co-written by Gilliam and fellow Monty Python veteran Michael Palin (who also appears in the film) 'Time Bandits' tells the story of Kevin (Craig Warnock) a young imaginative boy kidnapped by a band of mischievous dwarves who have stolen a map of the universe detailing the locations of holes in the space-time continuum from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson). The dwarves with Kevin in tow set off on a bizarre journey back and forth though time with the intention of looting the fortunes of history's rich and famous. Along the way they meet the likes of King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) Robin Hood (John Cleese) and Napoleon (Ian Holm) among others and even get to sail on the Titanic moments prior to its unfortunate encounter with an iceberg. Unknowingly the diminutive bandits are being watched by the spectre of Evil Genius (David Warner) who wants the map for his own typically wicked purposes...

• Ripping Yarns | DVD | (21/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-74), and well before going Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Pole to Pole (1992) or even Full Circle (1997), Michael Palin starred in Ripping Yarns, co-written with Terry Jones. As the title suggests, these were spoofs, affectionate pastiche-come-homage Boy's Own-type adventures. Each was an individual short film, less bizarre than the Flying Circus, not so consistently hilarious as fellow ex-Python John Cleese's Fawlty Towers, but inventively surreal with a daffy, gloriously English eccentricity. "Tomkinson's Schooldays" was the 45-minute pilot (originally shown as a one-off programme in 1976) and the funniest of the three tales here. A parody of Tom Brown's Schooldays, the humour comes from the violence, cruelty and insane rules of Graybridge public school in which the unfortunate Tomkinson is incarcerated. Ian Ogilvy is a fine School Bully, terrifying even Terry Jones' useless headmaster. "Escape from Stalag Luft 112B" is a P.O.W. movie send-up (from the first series), and "Golden Gordon" (from Series 2) celebrates the man who won't give-up on an underdog northern football team. In 1983 Palin made The Missionary, essentially a feature-film Ripping Yarn. --Gary S. Dalkin

• The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus will probably be purchased mostly for the standards--those sketches that have become the staple material of every office joker and pub bore in Christendom--the Spanish Inquisition, the Australian philosophers, the Ministry of Silly Walks. Good fun though these are, once you've expunged the memory of a million witless impersonators, this collection is really worth owning for the material that never quite registered in the popular consciousness. Sketches such as the Summarise Proust Competition, the misunderstanding over the Hungarian phrasebook and John Cleese's manically embittered architect with a grudge against the Freemasons are every bit as funny as the more familiar hits and, free of any associated baggage, they will startle and delight the younger viewer as much as Python must have startled and delighted their parents when first broadcast in the 1970s. On the DVD: The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus is a three-disc set, and each volume is equipped with a sketch selector that is fussier than strictly necessary. But this is more than compensated for by the wonderful Terry Gilliam animations that the viewer uses to navigate. Subtitles are available in English only. --Andrew Mueller

• Ripping Yarns - The Box Set | DVD | (24/10/2002) from £69.99   |  Saving you £-45.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Ripping Yarns: six episodes of Michael Palin's remarkable comedy showcase in one box set. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite: Set in the days of dark depression before Last of the Summer Wine started bringing jobs to the area. Eric's tough mining parents find their son so boring that they run away from home. Eric torn between love for his parents and lack of brain cells becomes involved with a hardened criminal. The rest is history. Tompkinson's Schooldays: Set in the Edwardian era the heyday of school stories it has all the authentic ingredients for absolutely topping schoolboy fun - excitement adventure heroes and bullies. Escape from Stalag Luft 112B: A tale of courage and valour from behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. An inspiring story of camp life and British officer who won't lie down! Whinfrey's Last Case: Dashing debonair Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week but in 1913 a German plot to start the First World War without telling anybody coincides with his holiday. Where do Whinfrey's priorities lie? Has he got any? The Curse of the Claw: Gothic horror comes to Maidenhead. A timely reminder of what happens when men dabble in the dark world of oriental superstition. Michael Palin aided by plastic surgery plays old and young Kevin as well as Kevin's childhood hero Uncle Jack - an enormously cheerful physical disaster area who has had every disease known to man usually at the same time. Golden Gordon: Superfan Gordon Ottershaw supports a team which hasn't won a match for six years. But worse is yet to come when Gordon and his bicycle clips are re-united in a last desperate bid for glory.

• The Secret Policeman's Ball - Remember The Secret Policeman's Ball | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This one off special traces the history of the event through interviews and recollections of the original stars and provides a contemporary perspective on a landmark event.

• More Ripping Yarns | DVD | (27/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three more rollicking good tales starring Michael Palin in various guises. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones. 'The Testing Of Eric Olthwaite' 'Whinfrey's Last Case' and 'The Curse of The Claw'. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite: A Ripping Northern Yarn set in the dark days of the depression before Last of the Summer Wine started bringing jobs to the area. Eric's tough mining parents find their son so boring that they run away from home. Eric torn between love for his parents and lack of brain cells becomes involved with a hardened criminal. The rest is history. Whinfrey's Last Case: Dashing Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week but in 1913 a German plot to start the First World War without telling anybody coincides with his holiday. Where do Whinfrey's priorities lie? Has he got any? A knockout tale of international intrigue. If only Dickens could write like this - Mrs Reg Dickens Eltham. The Curse of the Claw: Gothic terror comes to Maidenhead. A timely reminder of what happens when men dabble in the dark world of oriental superstition. Michael Palin aided by inexpensive plastic surgery plays old and young Kevin as well as Kevin's childhood hero Uncle Jack - an enormously cheerful physical disaster area who has every disease known to man usually at the same time.

• The Secret Policeman's Ball - The Middle Years | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A charity performance in aid of Amnesty international Filmed live over four nights at the Theatre Royal Drury lane London. The show includes sketeches from the Monty Python team and musical numbers from artists such as Sting and Eric Clapton.

• Comedy | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Includes: 1. The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery 2. Busted 3. Delivery Boys 4. Far Out Man 5. The Godson 6. I Am Waiting No More 7. In n' Out 8. Just Ask For Diamond 9. Just Looking 10. Miss Firecracker 11. The Perfectionist 12. Pretty Smart 13. Picking Up The Pieces 14. Prince Of Bel-Air 15. Teresa's Tattoo 16. Touch And Go 17. Uphill All The Way 18. The Wackiest Wagon Train In The West 19. Episode of 'At Last The 1948 Show' 20. Episode of 'Do Not Adjust Your Set'

• Monty Python Monster Collection (Special Edition) | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £119.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (8.37%)   |  RRP £129.99

  Everything Ever In One Gloriously Fabulous Ludicrously Definitive Outrageously Luxurious Monty Python Box Set For the ultimate gift this Christmas look no further than the 16 disc Monty Python Monster Box Set. Containing all the Monty Python films and the complete Flying Circus TV series. The box set includes all four series of Monty Python's Flying Circus all of the legendary (and poll-topping) films including both the brand new special edition of Monty Python's The Life Of Brian as well as Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl.

• Time Bandits | UMD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) | Blu Ray | (14/06/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £9.51 (41.40%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Monty Python: Not The Messiah (He's A Very Naughty Boy)

• Saturday Night Live-25 Years | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Featuring the tracklist: Mariah Carey - 'Butterfly', Alanis Morissette - 'Hand In My Pocket', Garbage - 'Special', Spice Girls - 'Wannabe', Metallica - 'Fuel' and Garth Brooks - 'Two Pina Coladas'. Comedy performances feature Paula Abdul and Will Ferrell and Garth Brooks.

• Scorched/Meaning Of Life | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Scorched (Dir. Gavin Grazer 2003): Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. Each has their own idea. Sheila (Silverstone) wants to break into the ATM. Stuart plans to ""borrow"" some money for the weekend and head to Vegas. And Woods (Harrelson) has a scheme involving a duck a dog and a safety deposit box. The ultimate inside jobs plotted by three people with nothing to lose. If only they were aware of each others plans! Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (Dir. Terry Jones 1983): Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! These naughty lads offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favorite bodily parts and functions the wonders of war the miracle of birth and a special preview of what's waiting for us in Heaven. Nothing is too sacred for the probing Python crew. After seeing them in action you'll never look at life in quite the same way again. It's far-out frank and jolly good fun!

• Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £97.85   |  Saving you £-87.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It took God six days to create the earth and Monty Python just 90 minutes to screw it up. Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! These naughty lads offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favourite bodily parts and functions the wonders of war the miracle of birth and a special preview of what's waiting for us in Heaven. Nothing is too sacred for the probing Python crew. After seeing them in action you'll never look at life in quite the same way again. It's far-out frank and jolly good fun!

• Monty Python's Personal Bests - Michael Palin | UMD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Marlow Meets - Series 1 | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-1.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Marlow Meets: Series 1

• Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 1 | UMD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99