Five Minutes With: Michael Palin

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Five Minutes With: Michael Palin

Celebrities and news-makers are grilled by Matthew Stadlen in precisely five minutes in a series for the BBC News website.

This week, comedian and broadcaster Michael Palin talks to Matt about his career with Monty Python, his take on modern comedy, favourite countries that he's visited for his travel documentaries and squeezes in a couple of classic Python moments.

Sketches Michael refers to:

• Summarize Proust Competition
• The Knights who say Ni!  
• No one expects the Spanish Inquisition

An interesting word Michael uses:

• Whimsical - definition care of Wordnik.com: adjective - Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability

By the way, I would love to hear from anyone who was in the audience for the recording of any of the original 45 Monty Python TV shows.  Please comment below, e-mail me or contact me via Twitter
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