Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film satirizing the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth series of their BBC Television series Monty Python's Flying Circus.
The legend of the Holy Grail provided a unifying motif for the film.
Doune Castle, used in several scenes
The Black Knight's helmet. His lines, "Tis but a scratch" and "It's just a flesh wound…" are often quoted.
Hank Azaria in the original Broadway production of Spamalot
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Graham Chapman was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was one of the six members of the surrealist comedy group Monty Python. He portrayed authority figures such as The Colonel and the lead role in two Python films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Life of Brian (1979).
A blue plaque at Melton Mowbray Grammar School (now King Edward VII School), which Chapman attended
Chapman ended several Monty Python's Flying Circus sketches mid-flow dressed as The Colonel, complaining they were "too silly".
Chapman lived in this house in Highgate with his partner David Sherlock during the 1970s.
Image: Graham Chapman The Angel Inn 37 Highgate High Street N6 5JT