Graham Chapman
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings
John Cleese: Graham Chapman is speaking to me beyond the grave
John Cleese claims he still communicates with his Monty Python co-star Graham Chapman - who died 35 years ago.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 19th March 2024Monty Python And The Holy Grail returns to cinemas
1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail is returning to cinemas in February to celebrate its 48 and a half year anniversary. Some of the screenings will be quote-a-long editions.
British Comedy Guide, 31st January 2024Young viewers are about to discover a terrible truth: Python often weren't funny
Comedy fans have welcomed the return of the series after 34 years. But those unfamiliar with the Flying Circus may be in for a shock.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 12th March 2022Miriam Margolyes on John Cleese and Graham Chapman
Snobbish, sexist and 'total s****!': Miriam Margolyes' withering verdict on Monty Python stars John Cleese and Graham Chapman... as revealed in this rollicking second extract from her brilliant new memoir.
Miriam Margolyes, Daily Mail, 5th September 2021Douglas Adams archive book to be published
A book featuring extracts from Hitchhiker's Guide creator Douglas Adams' archive is to be published.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd March 2021How Monty Python's dead parrot went live in Coventry
The dead parrot went live 50 years ago on Sunday when Monty Python made the leap from TV to public performance.
BBC, 31st January 2021The night Monty Python held their first ever live show
In 1971 the comedy troupe were looking to take the unique style of humour to the stage, and the Belgrade Theatre provided the perfect stage.
Danny Thompson, Coventry Telegraph, 30th January 2021Comedy oddities: The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer
Given that this is a film with a screenplay from Monty Python's John Cleese and Graham Chapman, along with Peter Cook and the director Kevin Billington, and that it stars Cook, Denholm Elliot and Harold Pinter, you would think this would be an enormously well known film even if it wasn't any good. As it happens it's not exactly a classic, and some of the humour is a little broad, but most of the time it is a pleasantly amusing satire and so it's surprising it has largely been forgotten about.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 8th December 2020Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life Blu-ray review
At the final reckoning, Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life is a curate's egg.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 24th September 2020Inside Leicester's comedy scene
Pun fights in boxing rings, nine-year-old stand-ups and a 19-day joke-a-thon ... anything goes in vibrant, diverse Leicester, finds our writer as she continues her comedy tour.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 4th September 2020