It's great physical comedy, evoking Monty Python's Flying Circus and Charlie Chaplin in its silly theatricality. But it also points to the deep insecurity at the heart of Lockjaw. By never ceasing his ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is widely considered to be among the best comedy films of all time, and it’s certainly one of the most quotable. This absurdist masterpiece sending up Arthurian legend ...

Jim Howick’s most famous work depends on who you’re talking to. Many remember him as chronically ill office grunt Gerard in Peep Show, which launched the careers of ­Olivia Colman, David Mitchell, ...

I’d been Zooming with John Cleese for about an hour when he threatened to come over and smack my ears. I had asked about his announcement, two years ago, that he was disenchanted with England and was ...

I'm sat in the lobby of the BFI in London wearing a false moustache and a handkerchief on my head. Though I am only a ten-minute pleasure boat ride away from the headquarters of British Intelligence - ...

When I was 12, I stumbled onto The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, and suddenly realized that books that were funny could also be good. (If it’s a faux pas to start an essay meant as a tribute to ...

Chancellor Alistair Darling is likely to suspend the Treasury rules on Government debt to accommodate taxpayers' huge exposure to Northern Rock under last month's 'rescue' plan for the stricken ...