Anita Singh is the Telegraph’s arts and entertainment editor. She joined the Telegraph in 2008, covering television, books, music, film and popular culture, and has written extensively about the BBC.

Heard the one about the man who bought a slave which died? You may have recently: it was performed on a London stage by comic legend Jim Bowen. But the show was not exactly new or fresh - instead, the ...

They say the best comedy stands the test of time – and that's certainly the case for Monty Python's 'tis but a scratch' Black Knight sketch. British Library curators found a drawing in a 15th century ...

In the video above, we compile some of the best jokes from one of Britain’s most iconic comedy groups, Monty Python. The Pythons - Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese ...

The funnyman was at the Welsh Baftas to collect a gong for his work MICHAEL Palin jokes with Terry Jones as his fellow Python makes a first public appearance since it emerged he has dementia. Jones, ...

Self-deprecating Irish and Jewish funnies are the cornerstone of American humour. But when outsiders tell the same jokes they are not half as funny. That seems to be the message from the storm of ...

John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle gave journalists a glimpse of that old Monty Python magic with a string of jokes at today’s press conference. Announcing their ...

John Cleese 's microphone was reportedly snatched away from him after he made a controversial joke about slavery live on stage. The Monty Python legend, 82, was at a 'John Cleese in Conversation' ...

I vividly remember going to see Monty Python live at the Drury Lane theatre in 1974. It was one of the best nights of my young life. There they were, up on stage, right in front of me, my heroes, the ...

A witty post by a Cambuslang councillor about the UK Government’s recent meltdown also sent social media into a meltdown last week. Katy Loudon posted on Twitter a picture of an official letter she’d ...

Fawlty Towers and Monty Python star John Cleese was at an 'evening with' style event in Texas when he made a joke about slavery, reportedly prompting another comic to snatch his mic away Want all the ...