"The Spanish Inquisition" is an episode and recurring segment in the British sketch comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, specifically series 2 episode 2, that satirises the Spanish Inquisiti
Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones playing "The Spanish Inquisition" in Monty Python Live (Mostly), London, 2014
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Sir Michael Edward Palin is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 and was knighted by
The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)
…mean?" Chapman becomes defensive and says, "I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!" Suddenly, the Inquisition—consisting of Cardinal Ximénez (Michael Palin) and his assistants, Cardinal Biggles (Terry Jones) (who resembles his namesake Biggles wearing a leather aviator's helmet and goggles) and Cardinal…
Palin in 2018
Palin in "The Spanish Inquisition" sketch at the 2014 reunion, Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Palin at Nightingale House, in Clapham, November 2010
Palin at Cadogan Hall in 2022