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How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Michael Palin explains the inspiration for the name of the famous comedy sketch group.

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  1. How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
    03:11
    How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
  2. Why I've grown a moustache
    02:16
    Why I've grown a moustache
  3. Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
    02:00
    Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
  4. The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
    02:10
    The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
  5. Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
    02:36
    Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
  6. Sam Mendes: It's time for a new James Bond director
    00:57
    Sam Mendes: It's time for a new James Bond director
  7. Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
    00:51
    Salman Rushdie: "Shakespeare mashes up form"
  8. Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
    03:34
    Sarah Millican on her BAFTA red carpet experience
  9. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
    01:37
    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  10. O for a muse of fire
    02:37
    O for a muse of fire
  11. Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'
    02:00
    Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'
  12. Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
    03:58
    Lionel Shriver on 'the outrageous gamble of having a child'
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