Monty Python team to be honoured

The five surviving members behind Monty Python’s Flying Circus will receive a special BAFTA for their outstanding contribution to British film and television.

John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin will attend a 40th anniversary Monty Python Reunion in New York on 15 October.

The five wrote and performed the series, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, with the late Graham Chapman. It aired on the BBC from 1969 until 1974.

“We’re absolutely delighted to co-host this event…it promises to be a rare and memorable occasion bringing the hugely talented Monty Python team together again,” BAFTA chairman David Parfitt

“We feel that the special award is a fitting tribute to this much-loved and singularly British institution,” he added.

The five will also take part in a Q&A session before receiving the award at the end of the evening.

Source: BBC