In 1913 the British government, hearing that the Germans are planning World War I, ask top agent Whinfrey to intervene, but instead he decides to go on holiday to Cornish fishing village Torpoint. Here he believes he has stumbled upon a smuggling ring, but in fact they are Germans who are masquerading as locals in an advance invasion party. The British arrive and arrest them, believing that Whinfrey deliberately planned everything - though it is apparent that he did not.

During World War I Major Errol Phipps is determined to escape from Stalag Luft 112B but his attempts all fail. However all the other prisoners and the guards succeed, leaving him alone in the camp to make elaborate plans - including a tunnel system so extensive it becomes the Munich Underground. He is so obsessed with his escape plans he fails to realize that the war has ended and dies a disappointed man. He does however manage to escape from his grave after he has been buried though.

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.

Around the World in 20 Years is a BBC television travel documentary first broadcast in December 2008, presented by Michael Palin. It follows him as he retraces the Dubai - Mumbai leg of his journey Around the World in 80 Days. Also featured is his reunion with the Captain and Crew of the al-Shama dhow, in which he had undertaken the journey 20 years ago. A Special 20th Anniversary Edition of the Around the World.. book was also published, titled Around the World in 80 days - Revisited, which incorporated pictures from, as well as an account of, this journey.

英国着名演员兼旅游家米高柏林又再起行，展开这个在八十日内完成的撒哈拉之旅，感受当地丰富独特的风土人情，明珠台好评如潮地理节目。 米高柏林又再起行，展开他的长途旅程，这回他深入撒哈拉禁地。 观众看到的不是撒哈拉的荒凉，而是丰富独特的风土人情及源远流长的历史。 米高於摩洛哥出发，他必须横越天然通道 — 壮丽的阿特拉斯山脉，才可踏足撒哈拉。绕山而行，乾旱的撒哈拉渐渐映入眼帘，只见黄沙万里，沙石纷飞。风沙刺面，吹得人睁不开眼睛。 离开西撒哈拉的纷争地区，米高乘坐两公里长的铁矿火车穿越毛里塔西亚，前往塞内加尔及国内古老的法国殖民时期的城镇。然后他拜访戈雷岛，从前数以百万计的奴隶在这里被人肉贩子贩卖，送往欧美等地。在马里，他有幸跟多贡人见面，多贡人之地拥有难得一见的景色，尤其在华氏134度的正午下，一边吃午餐，一边欣赏。 前往延巴克图的渡轮三个月才有一班，米高选了本地货船畅游尼日尔河。他在尼日尔攀越霍加尔山向北行，经过阿尔及利亚丰富的天然气田与石油田，进入利比亚，在当地他难得体验一种对外隔绝已久的文化。突尼斯是米高的最后一站，他曾在这国家拍剧，所以对该地十分熟识。 第一集：踏沙漠之旅 米高由直布罗陀出发，横渡直布罗陀海峡到摩洛哥的丹吉尔。他抵达目的地撒哈拉前，首先必须经过摩洛哥的精神首府非斯及旅游重镇马拉喀什，最后是跨越高耸的阿特拉斯山脉。 米高在位於阿尔及利亚及摩洛哥边界的斯马拉营停留，那儿的营地居住了180,000名逃避27年前摩洛哥之侵占而逃离撒哈拉的难民。 再向西行，米高搭上世上最长的火车，前往伊斯兰教第七神圣城市欣盖提。他在那儿赢了一个叫「狄望」的游戏「是一种沙漠运动，需用上一些竹技及骆驼粪便」，并且在西行时赶上第24届巴黎 — 达喀尔汽车赛的司机。那汽车赛的终点站是塞内加尔的达喀尔，而尽管米高跟他们行走的比赛路线不同，但他亦是准备到达喀尔去。 第二集：廷巴克图 在本集，米高的旅程绵延1000哩，向传奇城市廷巴克图进发。米高横渡塞内加尔河，来到古老法国殖民地首都圣路易，在那儿，他把撒哈拉抛诸脑后，体味兼容并蓄的黑人领域 — 非洲的欢愉。他跟塞内加尔的肥皂戏女王玛丽玛德莲共进午餐，并跟摔跤冠军摩夫会面。 经过两天的火车之旅，米高抵达巴马科，遇上科拉琴「非洲竖琴」手托曼迪亚巴，并在拜会多贡人前，在他的家欣赏了一场私人独奏会。米高在引领下来到最迷人的撒哈拉城市杰内市，欣赏市内漂亮的泥塑清真寺及逛市集。 尼日尔河呼唤着米高，他搭上载他的机动木船。这一段旅程跟200年前，苏格兰探险家蒙戈帕克拟定的路线相同，不过他最后也没发法抵达该处。 第三集：茫茫莎漠 在本集，米高抵达传奇城市廷巴克图。这是16世纪以前，其中一个最大的穆斯林信徒的学术中心。穿越21世纪庭巴克图的碎砖瓦砾，他找到伊玛目，这人让他一看比伽利略的发现要早200年面世的天文古籍。 米高接着东行至沃达阿比人的领土，沃达阿比人是游牧民族，他们的男子选美盛会跟他们的牛一样着名。跟他们共同生活的一段日子里，米高见识过伴随一年一度的「加利沃尔」盛会而来的繁文褥节。在这别开生面的盛会中，女孩会选出最俊朗的男子。然后米高跟随一个沃达阿比家庭到印加尔参加盐疗节。那是一年一度的家族聚会。经过赛骆驼与市集买卖的吵吵闹闹，米高遇上一班图阿雷格人，同意让他跟随绵廷的骆驼商队，横渡沙漠到阿尔及利亚。 第四集：绝处求生 米高来到尼日尔和阿尔及利亚的边界。这一片荒芜的交界处，没有法律，强盗横行。他向北进发。在未到达阿尔及利亚中部的石油及天然气宝地前，他得先经过引人注目的霍加山区。 他在利比亚稍作停留，在未来转向西，沿北部海岸昔日繁华的经典沙漠地区追发，他先参加了托布鲁克西部沙漠居民的最后聚会。 进入突尼斯，米高在昔日的电影拍摄场地蒙那斯蒂尔，艾尔哈德及苏塞，重演「布赖思佳」。然后他乘坐马格列比直通车，到阿尔及利亚的危城险地。 沿岸就是休达，一个位於摩洛哥海岸的西班牙属土。米高在返回出发地直布罗陀前，跟准移民有过一番话。他已经离开了直布罗陀一年，一切改变甚大。

Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows

1971 film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus directed by Ian MacNaughton

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

The Pythons redo their old sketches in their last show ever.

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.