The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Television
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
- Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
- Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python (1989)
- Monty Python Live at Aspen (1998)
- Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)
Films
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Books
The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format:
- Monty Python's Big Red Book (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary.
- The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) (1977) (First draft and shooting scripts, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown – the film script later republished separately as a standard paperback)
- Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK (1979) (Expanded film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it – the film script later published separately as a standard paperback)
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Expanded film script with photos)
- The Monty Python Gift Boks (1986) (Reissues of paperback editions of Big Red Book and the Brand New Papperbok wrapped in a mini poster)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words (1989) (Mostly complete transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes)
- The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book (1994)
- Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus – Sämtliche Deutschen Shows (1998) (Germany-only scriptbook for the two Fliegender Zirkus specials)
- A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Terry Jones (1999) (Terry Jones's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python – Picked by John Cleese (1999) (John Cleese's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Terry Gilliam (2000) (Terry Gilliam's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Michael Palin (2000) (Michael Palin's favourite Python moments.)
- A Pocketful of Python – Picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favourite Python moments.)
- The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons (2003) (Edited by Bob McCabe – a large-format, illustrated coffee table book, oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; later reissued as small, text-only paperback.)
- The Very Best of Monty Python (2006) (Full-colour paperback combining the five volumes of A Pocketful of Python)
- Monty Python Live! (2009) (A combination of oral history and new Python comedy book including the complete illustrated libretto of Python's live shows)
Records
Albums
Studio albums
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! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Album details
! colspan="4" |Peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |UK<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |AUS<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |NZ<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |US<br />
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! scope="row" |Another Monty Python Record
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- Released: 8 October 1971
- Label: Charisma
- Formats: LP, MC
|26
|—
|—
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! scope="row" |Monty Python's Previous Record
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- Released: 8 December 1972
- Label: Charisma
- Formats: LP, MC
|39
|—
|—
|—
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! scope="row" |The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief
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- Released: 7 December 1973
- Label: Charisma
- Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
|49
|82
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|48
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! scope="row" |Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
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- Released: 6 October 1980
- Label: Charisma
- Formats: LP, MC
|13
|3
|23
|164
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| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
Live albums
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Album details
! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |UK<br/>
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |GER<br/>
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |SWI<br/>
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! scope="row" |The Monty Python Instant Record Collection
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- Released: 2 December 1977
- Label: Charisma
- Formats: LP, MC
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! scope="row" |The Final Rip Off
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- Released: 30 November 1987
- Label: Virgin
- Formats: 2×CD, 2×LP, 2×MC
|—
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|—
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! scope="row" |Monty Python Sings
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- Released: 11 December 1989
- Label: Virgin
- Formats: CD, LP, MC
|35
|19
|21
|33
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! scope="row" |The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off
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- Released: 3 October 1994
- Label: Virgin
- Formats: CD
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| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
Box sets
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Album details
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! scope="row" |All of the Worst of Monty Python
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- Released: 1980
- Label: Charisma
- Formats: 7×LP
- Australasia-only release
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! scope="row" |The Instant Monty Python CD Collection
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- Released: 3 October 1994
- Label: Virgin
- Formats: 6×CD
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! scope="row" |At the Movies
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- Released: 2000
- Label: Disky
- Formats: 3×CD
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! scope="row" |Another Monty Python Box
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- Released: April 2002
- Label: Disky
- Formats: 3×CD
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! scope="row" |The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons – The Interviews That Made The Book
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- Released: 15 September 2003
- Label: Audio Renaissance
- Formats: 2×CD
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! scope="row" |Monty Python’s Total Rubbish – The Complete Collection
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- Released: 30 June 2014
- Label: Virgin
- Formats: 9×CD+7", 9×LP+7"
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! scope="row" |Live (Mostly) – One Down Five to Go
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- Released: 10 November 2014
- Label: Eagle Vision/Universal Music
- Formats: 2×CD+DVD
|}
Singles
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:17em;" |Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:2em;" |Year
! colspan="9" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" |Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |UK<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |AUT<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |BEL (FLA)<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |GER<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |NL<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |NOR<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |SWI<br />
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! scope="row" |"Spam Song"
| rowspan="3" |1972
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|Another Monty Python Record
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! scope="row" |"Eric the Half a Bee"
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|—
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|Monty Python's Previous Record
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! scope="row" |"Teach Yourself Heath" <small>(flexi disc release)</small>
|—
|—
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|—
|—
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! scope="row" |Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing <small>(flexi disc release)</small>
|1974
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|—
|—
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|Monty Python Live at Drury Lane
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! scope="row" |"The Single" <small>(US-only release)</small>
| rowspan="2" |1975
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! scope="row" |"Lumberjack Song"
|52
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! scope="row" |Python on Song
|1976
|53
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! scope="row" |"Brian" / "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
|1979
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|—<br/>30
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|—<br/>34
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|Monty Python's Life of Brian
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! scope="row" |"I Like Chinese"
|1980
|—
|32
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|Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
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! scope="row" |"Galaxy Song"
|1983
|77
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|Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
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! scope="row" |"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" <small>(reissue)</small>
|1991
|3
|119
|2
|35
|3
|1
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|5
|3
| rowspan="2" |Monty Python Sings
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! scope="row" |"I Like Chinese" <small>(Germany-only reissue)</small>
|1992
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|67
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! scope="row" |"Galaxy Song" <small>(with Stephen Hawking)</small>
|2015
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| colspan="12" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
Documentaries
- Film Night – On Location with Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC2, 1974)
- The Pythons (BBC1, 1979)
- The Meaning of Monty Python's Meaning of Life (ITV, 1983)
- Life of Python (US version) (Showtime, 1990)
- Life of Python (UK version) (BBC1, 1990)
- 30 Years of Monty Python – A Revelation (Paramount Comedy Channel, 1999)
- It's...The Monty Python Story (BBC Two, 1999)
- Pythonland (BBC Two, 1999)
- From Spam To Sperm – Monty Python's Greatest Hits (BBC Two, 1999)
- The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (DVD, 2001)
- The Meaning of Making The Meaning of Life (DVD, 2003)
- Comedy Connections – Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC One, 2005)
- The Secret Life of Brian (Channel 4, 2007)
- What The Pythons Did Next... (Channel 4, 2007)
- The Story of Brian (Alternate extended edit of The Secret Life of Brian) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2007)
- Before the Flying Circus (DVD, 2008)
- Monty Python Conquers America (DVD, 2008)
- Movie Connections – Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC One, 2009)
- Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2009)
- The Meaning of Monty Python (Blu-ray, 2013)
- Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (BBC One, 2014)
- Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (UKTV Gold, 2014)
- Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails (BBC Two, 2019)
Stage productions
- Spamalot (2004)
- Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2007)
- An Evening Without Monty Python (2009)
- Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
Games
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Computer and video games
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game (1991)
- Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994)
- Live With(out) Monty Python (1994)
- Monty Python's More Naughty Bits (1994)
- Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron (1995)
- Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997)
Tabletop games
- Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme (2025)
Other collaborations outside Monty Python
In addition to their work as a group, the six members have collaborated with each other on numerous other film and television projects outside Monty Python.
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|The Magic Christian
| Joseph McGrath
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|The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
| Kevin Billington
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|The Statue
| Rod Amateau
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|Jabberwocky
| Terry Gilliam
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|All You Need Is Cash
| Eric Idle<br>Gary Weis
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|1981
|Time Bandits
| Terry Gilliam
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|The Crimson Permanent Assurance
| Terry Gilliam
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|Yellowbeard
| Mel Damski
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|Brazil
| Terry Gilliam
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|1988
|A Fish Called Wanda
| Charles Crichton
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|The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
| Terry Gilliam
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|1989
|Erik the Viking
| Terry Jones
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|1993
|Splitting Heirs
| Robert Young
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|1996
|The Wind in the Willows
| Terry Jones
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|1997
|Fierce Creatures
| Robert Young<br>Fred Schepisi
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|2002
|Pinocchio
| Roberto Benigni
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|2003
|Concert for George
| David Leland
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|2006
|Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?
| John Scheinfeld
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|2006
|Locked Out
| Albert Dupontel
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|Shrek the Third
| Chris Miller
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|2011
|George Harrison: Living in the Material World
| Martin Scorsese
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|2012
|A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
| Bill Jones<br>Jeff Simpson<br>Ben Timlett
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|2015
|Absolutely Anything
| Terry Jones
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Notes
References
Further reading
- From Fringe to Flying Circus – Roger Wilmut (1980)
- Monty Python: The Case Against <small>Irreverence, Scurrility, Profanity, Vilification, and Licentious Abuse</small> – Robert Hewison (1981)
- Monty Python: Complete and Utter Theory of the Grotesque – John O. Thompson (1982)
- Life of Python – George Perry (1983)
- The First 20 Years of Monty Python – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1989)
- And Now for Something Completely Trivial: <small>The Monty Python Trivia and Quiz Book</small> – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1991)
- Monty Python: A Chronological Listing of the Troupe's Creative Output and Articles and Reviews About Them, 1969–89 – Douglas L. McCall (1992)
- Life Before and After Monty Python: <small>The Solo Flights of the Flying Circus</small> – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1993)
- Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time : <small>An Official Compendium of Answers to Ruddy Questions Not Normally Considered Relevant to Mounties!</small> – Rusel Demaria (1995)
- The First 28 Years of Monty Python – Kim "Howard" Johnson (1998)
- Monty Python Speaks! – David Morgan (1999)
- The (Non-Inflatable) Monty Python TV Companion – Jim Yoakum (1999)
- The Pythons' Autobiography by The Pythons (2003)
- Monty Python and Philosophy: <small>Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think!</small> – Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch (2006)
- And Now For Something Completely Digital: <small>The Complete Illustrated Guide to Monty Python</small> – Alan Parker & Mick O'Shea (2006)
- Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday – Kim "Howard" Johnson (2008)