Elsewhere in the episode, Eric revealed his greatest influences were comedy duo Morcambe and Wise – who he first watched aged 5 – as well as Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s Beyond The Fringe sketches, ...

Monty Python will release five new songs ahead of their reunion tour. Eric Idle has revealed he is working on new Monty Python songs for the re-release of the album, Monty Python Sings.

Music fans may feel as if they have entered an alternate universe when they hear one of the world's greatest scientists cover a Monty Python classic.

In this new re-hash of the classic 'Monty Python' song, Eric Idle turns up on 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' to *try* to make us all happy. In a change of form from the British presenter's ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle, 82, made a stark admission about funerals as the comic prepares to embark on his UK farewell ...

Idle, who describes himself as "a Midlands boy", told BBC Radio WM he was "looking forward" to performing at Birmingham ...

Frank Sinatra's My Way has been replaced by Monty Python's Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - sung by Eric Idle (inset) - as the most popular song played at funerals.

A 'very drunk' Princess Margaret once played a Monty Python song at an aristocratic gathering in the Scottish Borders, a former BBC presenter has revealed. The Queen's sister was described as ...