Comedy
"Im Sorry, Ill Read That Again" is broadcast on the radio, 1964-1973, Cleese is a cast member & writer & Idle and Chapman are writers
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
John Cleese Biography and Timeline
Follow John Cleese through 11 dated historical records for Great Britain.
John Cleese, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1964–1988Years on this page
1964
1966
Comedy
The animations for Do Not Adjust Your Set are made by Terry Gilliam, who joins the cast on John Cleeses recommendation and begins working with the Palin/Jones team for the first time
Frost Report
"The Frost Report", 1966-1967, Cleese, Palin, Jones and Chapman are writers
1969
Comedy
The television series, broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974, is conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Collective name of the six creators of Monty Pythons Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that is first aired on the BBC
1971
Comedy
The Pythons release the film, "And Now For Something Completely Different"
1975
Comedy
The Pythons release the film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
1976
Comedy
Between 1976 and 1981, the troupe and/or its members appeared in four major fund-raisers for Amnesty - known collectively as the Secret Policemans Ball shows - which were turned into multiple films, TV shows, videos, record albums and books
1979
Comedy
The Pythons release the film, "Monty Pythons Life of Brian"
1981
Time Bandits
John Cleese & Michael Palin appear in "Time Bandits", directed by Terry Gillam
1983
Comedy
The Pythons release the film, "Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life "
1988
A Fish Called Wanda
The film "A Fish Called Wanda" is written by John Cleese & stars Michael Palin
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.