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Michael Palin

Mark Lawson talks to Python and globetrotting national treasure Michael Palin about his childhood and early career. Palin recalls some of the highs and lows of the famous ensemble.

Mark Lawson talks to Python and globetrotting national treasure Michael Palin about his childhood and early career days. He recalls some of the highs and lows of the famous ensemble and regales Mark with a German rendition of the Lumberjack song. Palin has been a successful writer, comedian and broadcaster for nearly fifty years. After his early global success with Monty Python, he reinvented himself as our favourite Englishman abroad with his prolific travelogues, as well as an author of novels and diaries.

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Presenter Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest Michael Palin
Executive Producer Eamon Hardy

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