Michael Palin
Summary
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries.Palin wrote most of his comedic material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as The Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", "The Spanish Inquisition" and "Spam".Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns.
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BBC group-bonding meal rubs salt (and pepper) into wounds
Staff unhappy after top presenters taken to swish eatery against backdrop of job losses and row over George Entwistle payoff.
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Channel 4's Secret State fails to thrill would-be viewers
New Gabriel Byrne drama watched by just over 1. 2 million while the Comic Strip Presents … a show on Gold.
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Alex Reid's Come Dine With Me special devoured by just 1m
Channel 4's Halloween episode, also featuring Robert Englund, attracts less than half the audience of BBC2's Autumnwatch.
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The Dallas relaunch shows how it changed British TV viewers | Joe Moran
Dallas may have been a secret vice, but it inspired our modern love of kitsch and ability to read shows against the grain.
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Tony Scott and the image of northern England
The brothers-in-film have been brilliant and Tony Scott will be sadly missed. He and Sir Ridley have also been part of a fascinating process: the creation of an unreal world beloved of London - and therefore of the UK's decision-makers.
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BBC director general: George Entwistle profile
BBC's new director general is a former Newsnight editor and an appointment likely to please his predecessor Mark Thompson.
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Desert Island Discs: Margaret Thatcher among new shows to go online
More than 450 editions of Radio 4 show go on iPlayer, also including Philip Larkin, Princess Margaret and John Cleese.
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Terry Gilliam talks apps, iPad and interactivity
Film director and Monty Python star on why 'there's no way of being a Luddite any more' when it comes to technology.
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Apps Rush: Monty Python, Science Museum, Klout, Princess Poppy, ZombieSmash, EyeEm and more
And now for something completely. . . Well, yes. This app offers 22 of the best sketches from the first series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, as well as commentaries. Shaking the iPhone brings up another sketch at random, although they can be chosen individually too. There's also a fun "App Signing" feature – Pythons Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam will be appearing at Apple's Regent Street store in London on 3 May to scribble their signatures on the screens of fans with the app.
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Football presenter loses his focus after fire alarm | Media Monkey
Wanted: an engineer to take a look at the fire alarm at the BBC's new Salford base after Saturday's Football Focus on BBC1 was rudely interrupted by a blaring klaxon. We've had mobile phones on Match of the Day before, but nothing quite as loud as this, with host Dan Walker having to cut to a pre-recorded feature while the problem was sorted out.
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