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ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
IFCMon, Nov 9, 4:50 AMIFC News SpecialBuy
IFCMon, Nov 9, 9:50 AMIFC News SpecialBuy
IFCMon, Nov 9, 5:35 PMA Fish Called WandaBuy
IFCMon, Nov 9, 7:30 PMMonty Python's Flying CircusBuy
IFCTue, Nov 10, 3:30 AMA Fish Called WandaBuy
IFCFri, Nov 13, 3:35 PMIFC News SpecialBuy
IFCFri, Nov 13, 11:00 PMMonty Python's Flying CircusBuy
IFCSat, Nov 14, 5:30 AMMonty Python's Flying CircusBuy
IFCSat, Nov 14, 10:00 PMMonty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)Buy
IFCSun, Nov 15, 6:30 AMIFC News SpecialBuy
IFCMon, Nov 16, 7:30 PMMonty Python's Flying CircusBuy
IFCThu, Nov 19, 12:30 AMA Fish Called WandaBuy
IFCFri, Nov 20, 11:00 PMMonty Python's Flying CircusBuy
IFCSat, Nov 21, 3:20 PMIFC News SpecialBuy
IFCSat, Nov 21, 9:30 PMMonty Python's Flying CircusBuy
BBCSat, Nov 21, 10:00 PMGraham Norton Show NewBuy
IFCSat, Nov 21, 10:00 PMMonty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)Buy

Michael Palin Biography

Michael Palin
  • Birth Name: Michael Edward Palin
  • Birth Place: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/05/1943, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor; screenwriter; TV host
Michael Palin Fast Facts:
  • Fell off the stage during his first public performance as a child, when he played Martha Cratchit in a school production of A Christmas Carol.
  • Formed a comedy-writing team while attending Brasenose College with fellow future Monty Python member Terry Jones.
  • Along with Jones, was hired to write for the Frost Report, a BBC sketch comedy show that also employed future Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle.
  • Proposed titles for what became Monty Python's Flying Circus included The Algy Banging Hour, Wither Canada and Owl Stretching Time.
  • Based his character in the comedy A Fish Called Wanda (1988) on his father Edward, who stuttered.
  • Lent his name to London's Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, which opened in 1993.
  • Serves as the president of Transport 2000, which lobbies for sustainable transportation, such as bikes, buses and trains.
    Michael Palin Relationships:
  • Edward Moreton Palin - Father
  • Helen Gibbins - Wife
  • Mary Rachel Lockhart Ovey - Mother
  • Rachel Palin - Daughter
  • Richard Lockhart Ovey - Grandfather
  • Thomas Palin - Son
  • William Michael Palin - Son

  • College:
  • University of Oxford, Brasenose College, Oxford, England (1965)
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