Michael Palin of British comedy troupe Monty Python was held at gunpoint by armed Venezuelan guards until showing them a 1971 sketch from the show. He said the stop, while filming a new travelogue TV ...

Sir Michael Palin has recalled the terrifying moment he and his crew were held by armed guards in Venezuela while filming his latest Channel 5 travel series. The 82-year-old Monty Python star said the ...

Michael Palin and his crew were held at gunpoint while filming his new travel series in Venezuela. The Monty Python star has revealed that he and his TV crew were detained by armed guards from the ...

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There's a funny scene in "The Life of Brian," the controversial 1979 movie from the Monty Python chaps. Brian, a Jewish zealot, played by Graham Chapman, paints "Romans go home" on the walls of ...

The 82-year-old Monty Python star said the incident escalated rapidly, with officers eventually allowing him to go free for an unexpected reason. In an interview with The Telegraph, Palin explained ...