Born in 1943 in Sheffield, Michael Palin was not from a performing household. His father was an engineer and his mother a housewife. Palin says his first taste of performance came from reciting ...

In 1988, actor Michael Palin took up the challenge of a lifetime and emulated the adventures of Jules Verne’s character Phileas Fogg in a journey across the world in 80 days. The Monty Python ...

Sir Michael Palin has revealed his regrets about leaving his late wife Helen Gibbins at home while she was unwell to make his ...

An old episode one of Michael Palin's travel documentaries has been hit with a trigger warning by the BBC. The BBC have added the advisory label for an episode of the 1989 series Around the ...

Monty Python legend Michael Palin has accepted he is going to die soon and wants his epitaph to read “gone to lunch”. The comedy icon and travel presenter has come to terms his own mortality ...

Michael Palin’s iconic travel documentary Around the World in 80 Days has recently received a trigger warning on BBC iPlayer. In a surprising move, the BBC added the advisory label for a scene ...

Michael Palin has predicted he will be the only Monty Python member to become a sir after being dubbed a knight by Prince William at Buckingham Palace. "I'll probably be the only one," he said ...

Sir Michael Edward Palin - actor, comedian, writer, television presenter and... Tailender? The all-round genius joined Greg James, Jimmy Anderson and Felix White for a very special episode of the ...

Comedian and broadcaster Sir Michael Palin is to have surgery to fix a "leaky valve" in his heart. The Monty Python member discovered a problem with his mitral valve - a small flap that stops ...

Michael Palin knows what makes a good diary. “Rich, well-observed, gossipy, analytical, funny, introspective, bitter and ...

An old episode one of Michael Palin's travel documentaries has been hit by a trigger warning by the BBC. The BBC added the advisory label for a scene in the 1989 series Around the World in 80 Days.

Best-selling author and comedy legend Michael Palin is going back on the road, bringing to life his forthcoming diary, There and Back. 10 years after his last published diary, Michael unlocks volume ...