10 Oct 2019

The Rest Is History: Monty Python at 50

From Lately, 10:43 pm on 10 October 2019

It's time for the rest is history when we look into the week's news in the past. This week we're going to be a tiny bit sacrilegious.

Our resident historian Robert Kelly is looking back to the first screening of Monty Python and the impact British comedy had here in New Zealand. 

Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman are Monty Python

Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman are Monty Python Photo: Wikicommons

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