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John Cleese claims he still speaks to late Monty Python co-star Graham Chapman beyond the grave
Chapman played the lead role in both the Holy Grail and Life of Brian films. He died from tonsil cancer in 1989.
TV history was created after Michael Palin, Graham, John, Eric Idle and US animator Terry Gilliam sat down at a tandoori restaurant in north London, in 1969, to discuss working together on a new BBC comedy. Irreverent TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus was born, making its debut late on a Sunday night on BBC One on October 5, 1969, just before the weather bulletin. Some 45 episodes of the show, with its surreal, stream-of-consciousness style, aired until 1974, and it snapped up Bafta awards and even led to a German spin-off.
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