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Formed from the ashes of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Rutles were a razorsharp pastiche of The Beatles with links to Monty Python and the Fab Four themselves

We spoke to the comedian and actor ahead of his festival appearance here

Let’s put statistics and trivia aside and see if you can name the author of these baseball quotes.

Monty Python's John Cleese seems to have forgotten the comedy troupe sold the rights to Netflix - where fans can stream much of the back catalogue including four series of Flying Circus and films including Holy Grail and Life of Brian

Idle also criticised Bill Maher for ‘moaning’ about his audience

Idle also criticised Bill Maher for ‘moaning’ about his audience

Billionaire posted sketch about clinic where patients pay for confrontations with professional arguer

Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series “Cracker” and the gentle half-giant Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. He was 72. Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in his native…

The young stars of the Harry Potter films remember the actor who played Hagrid, as well as countless other roles during his 40-year career, describing him as a "big friendly giant" and "one of the funniest people I've met".

Emma Watson, Eric Idle, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie also among those paying respects to comedian and actor

Monty Python's Eric Idle wrote a play about a man getting pancreatic cancer. Little did he know he'd eventually end up with a diagnosis himself.