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Terry Jones Biography and Timeline

Follow Terry Jones through 8 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Terry Jones, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

8Distinct records
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1966–1983Years on this page

1966

Frost Report

Arts / Drama

"The Frost Report", 1966-1967, Cleese, Palin, Jones and Chapman are writers

1969

Comedy

Arts / Drama

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

Arts / Drama

The Pythons release the film, "And Now For Something Completely Different"

1975

Comedy

Arts / Drama

The Pythons release the film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

1976

Comedy

Arts / Drama

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. After the Monty Python television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on Ripping Yarns, an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over three years from 1976

Ripping Yarns

Arts / Drama

After the Monty Python television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on Ripping Yarns, an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over three years from 1976

1979

Comedy

Arts / Drama

The Pythons release the film, "Monty Pythons Life of Brian"

1983

Comedy

Arts / Drama

The Pythons release the film, "Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life "

Records, sources and methodology

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