The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 45 years old

Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . Today they are the best known British comedy group in the world, famous from Cathay to Kathmandu, from Sydney to Sidcup (except in Japan where the programme is called The Gay Boys' Dragon Show ... say no more). To commemorate their tenth anniversary a BBC team tracked them down in the deserts of Tunisia where they were filming their Life of Brian and almost persuaded them to examine the genesis, the genius and the gender of Monty Python.

Credits

Eric Idle as Himself

Terry Gilliam as Himself

John Cleese as Himself

Graham Chapman as Himself

Michael Palin as Himself

Carol Cleveland as Herself

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 Cast

Name	Character
Eric Idle He was 36, now 81 years old	as Himself
Terry Gilliam He was 38, now 84 years old	as Himself
John Cleese He was 39, now 85 years old	as Himself
Graham Chapman He was 38, 48 years old when he died	as Himself
Michael Palin He was 36, now 81 years old	as Himself
Carol Cleveland She was 37, now 82 years old	as Herself
Iain Johnstone He was 36, now 81 years old	as Himself (voice)
Terry Jones He was 37, 77 years old when he died	as Himself
Spike Milligan He was 61, 83 years old when he died	as Himself

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 Crew

Name	Department
Iain Johnstone as Producer. He was 36 (now 81) years old	Production

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 (45 years)

Release day: Wednesday, June 20, 1979
Runtime: 50 minutes