By the spring of 19 74 Monty Python was on the verge of collapse. The cult comic group, with their surreal brand of humour, had been together for five years, three TV series and one tour and the ...

What exactly happened, then? Part of the problem is Eric Idle’s silent takeover of Python since the success of Spamalot, his Broadway adaptation of their much-loved movie Monty Python & The Holy Grail ...