Birth of Michael Edward Palin
Birth of Michael Edward Palin
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Michael Edward Palin Biography and Timeline
Follow Michael Edward Palin through 19 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Michael Edward Palin, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1943–2002Years on this page
1943
1962
Education
Reads modern history at Brasenose College, Oxford
1965
Comedy
Becomes a presenter on a comedy pop show called Now! for the television contractor Television Wales and the West
1966
Comedy
Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, and the successful childrens comedy show Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle and David Jason.
Comedy
Following The Frost Report the Palin/Jones team work as actors and writers on the show Twice a fortnight with Graeme Garden.
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. 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
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
The Pythons release the film, "Monty Pythons Life of Brian"
1982
The Missionary
Michael Palin writes and stars in The Missionary, co-starring Maggie Smith
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
1991
American Friends
Works as producer and actor in the film "American Friends" based upon a real event in the life of his great grandfather, a fellow at St Johns College, Oxford
GBH
Plays the part of a headmaster in Alan Bleasdales Channel 4 drama series G.B.H
2002
British Comedy Award
Winner of the British Comedy Award for "Lifetime Achievement"
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.