# List of Monty Python projects

The Monty Python comedy troupe branched off into a variety of different media after the success of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

## Television

* Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
* Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
* Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python (1989)
* Monty Python Live at Aspen (1998)
* Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
* Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)

## Films

* And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
* Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
* Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
* Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

## Books

The following official Monty Python books authored by the team members have been published, mostly in large format:
* Monty Python's Big Red Book (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary.
* The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok)
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) (1977) (First draft and shooting scripts, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown - the film script later republished separately as a standard paperback)
* Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK (1979) (Expanded film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it - the film script later published separately as a standard paperback)
* The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok)
* Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Expanded film script with photos)
* The Monty Python Gift Boks (1986) (Reissues of paperback editions of Big Red Book and the Brand New Papperbok wrapped in a mini poster)
* Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words (1989) (Mostly complete transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes)
* The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book (1994)
* Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus - Sämtliche Deutschen Shows (1998) (Germany-only scriptbook for the two Fliegender Zirkus specials)
* A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Terry Jones (1999) (Terry Jones's favourite Python moments.)
* A Pocketful of Python - Picked by John Cleese (1999) (John Cleese's favourite Python moments.)
* A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Terry Gilliam (2000) (Terry Gilliam's favourite Python moments.)
* A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Michael Palin (2000) (Michael Palin's favourite Python moments.)
* A Pocketful of Python - Picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favourite Python moments.)
* The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons (2003) (Edited by Bob McCabe - a large-format, illustrated coffee table book, oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; later reissued as small, text-only paperback.)
* The Very Best of Monty Python (2006) (Full-colour paperback combining the five volumes of A Pocketful of Python)
* Monty Python Live! (2009) (A combination of oral history and new Python comedy book including the complete illustrated libretto of Python's live shows)

## Records
### Albums
#### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | NZ | US |
| Another Monty Python Record | Released: 8 October 1971 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC | 26 | — | — | — |
| Monty Python's Previous Record | Released: 8 December 1972 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC | 39 | — | — | — |
| The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief | Released: 7 December 1973 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 49 | 82 | — | 48 |
| Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album | Released: 6 October 1980 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC | 13 | 3 | 23 | 164 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

#### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | US |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | Released: 6 November 1970 Label: BBC Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | — | 83 |
| Monty Python Live at Drury Lane | Released: 28 June 1974 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 19 | — |
| Monty Python Live at City Center | Released: 3 May 1976 Label: Arista Formats: LP, MC, 8-track US-only release | — | 186 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

#### Soundtrack albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | NZ | US |
| The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Released: 18 July 1975 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 45 | — | — | 87 |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian | Released: 8 October 1979 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, MC | 63 | 11 | — | 155 |
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Released: 5 April 1983 Label: MCA, CBS Formats: LP, MC | — | 46 | 45 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

#### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUT | GER | SWI |
| The Monty Python Instant Record Collection | Released: 2 December 1977 Label: Charisma Formats: LP, MC | — | — | — | — |
| The Final Rip Off | Released: 30 November 1987 Label: Virgin Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, 2xMC | — | — | — | — |
| Monty Python Sings | Released: 11 December 1989 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC | 35 | 19 | 21 | 33 |
| The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off | Released: 3 October 1994 Label: Virgin Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

#### Box sets

| Title | Album details |
| All of the Worst of Monty Python | Released: 1980 Label: Charisma Formats: 7xLP Australasia-only release |
| The Instant Monty Python CD Collection | Released: 3 October 1994 Label: Virgin Formats: 6xCD |
| At the Movies | Released: 2000 Label: Disky Formats: 3xCD |
| Another Monty Python Box | Released: April 2002 Label: Disky Formats: 3xCD |
| The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons – The Interviews That Made The Book | Released: 15 September 2003 Label: Audio Renaissance Formats: 2xCD |
| Monty Python’s Total Rubbish – The Complete Collection | Released: 30 June 2014 Label: Virgin Formats: 9xCD+7", 9xLP+7" |
| Live (Mostly) – One Down Five to Go | Released: 10 November 2014 Label: Eagle Vision/Universal Music Formats: 2xCD+DVD |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | AUT | BEL (FLA) | GER | IRE | NL | NOR | SWI | Album |
| "Spam Song" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Monty Python Record |
| "Eric the Half a Bee" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's Previous Record |
| "Teach Yourself Heath" (flexi disc release) | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| Monty Python's Tiny Black Round Thing (flexi disc release) | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python Live at Drury Lane |
| "The Single" (US-only release) | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Lumberjack Song" | 1975 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| Python on Song | 1976 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Brian" / "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" | 1979 | — | — 9 | — | — 30 | — | — | — 34 | — | — | Monty Python's Life of Brian |
| "I Like Chinese" | 1980 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album |
| "Galaxy Song" | 1983 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life |
| "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (reissue) | 1991 | 3 | 119 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | Monty Python Sings |
| "I Like Chinese" (Germany-only reissue) | 1992 | — | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | Monty Python Sings |
| "Galaxy Song" (with Stephen Hawking) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||||||||

## Documentaries

* Film Night - On Location with Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC2, 1974)
* The Pythons (BBC1, 1979)
* The Meaning of Monty Python's Meaning of Life (ITV, 1983)
* Life of Python (US version) (Showtime, 1990)
* Life of Python (UK version) (BBC1, 1990)
* 30 Years of Monty Python - A Revelation (Paramount Comedy Channel, 1999)
* It's...The Monty Python Story (BBC Two, 1999)
* Pythonland (BBC Two, 1999)
* From Spam To Sperm - Monty Python's Greatest Hits (BBC Two, 1999)
* The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (DVD, 2001)
* The Meaning of Making The Meaning of Life (DVD, 2003)
* Comedy Connections - Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC One, 2005)
* The Secret Life of Brian (Channel 4, 2007)
* What The Pythons Did Next... (Channel 4, 2007)
* The Story of Brian (Alternate extended edit of The Secret Life of Brian) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2007)
* Before the Flying Circus (DVD, 2008)
* Monty Python Conquers America (DVD, 2008)
* Movie Connections - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (BBC One, 2009)
* Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut) (DVD/Blu-ray, 2009)
* The Meaning of Monty Python (Blu-ray, 2013)
* Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (BBC One, 2014)
* Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (UKTV Gold, 2014)
* Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails (BBC Two, 2019)

## Stage productions

* Spamalot (2004)
* Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2007)
* An Evening Without Monty Python (2009)
* Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)

## Computer and video games

* Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Computer Game (1991)
* Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994)
* Live With(out) Monty Python (1994)
* Monty Python's More Naughty Bits (1994)
* Monty Python's Invasion from the Planet Skyron (1995)
* Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996)
* Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997)

## Other collaborations outside Monty Python

In addition to their work as a group, the six members have collaborated with each other on numerous other film and television projects outside Monty Python.
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Terry Gilliam | Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Michael Palin |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Joseph McGrath | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Kevin Billington | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| 1971 | The Statue | Rod Amateau | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | Terry Gilliam | | | Yes | | Yes | Yes |
| 1978 | All You Need Is Cash | Eric Idle Gary Weis | | | | Yes | | Yes |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Terry Gilliam | | Yes | Yes | | | Yes |
| 1983 | The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Terry Gilliam | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Mel Damski | Yes | Yes | | Yes | | |
| 1985 | Brazil | Terry Gilliam | | | Yes | | | Yes |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Charles Crichton | | Yes | | | | Yes |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam | | | Yes | Yes | | |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Terry Jones | | Yes | | | Yes | |
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | Robert Young | | Yes | | Yes | | |
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | Terry Jones | | Yes | | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures | Robert Young Fred Schepisi | | Yes | | | | Yes |
| 2002 | Pinocchio | Roberto Benigni | | Yes | | Yes | | |
| 2003 | Concert for George | David Leland | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2006 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? | John Scheinfeld | | | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2006 | Locked Out | Albert Dupontel | | | Yes | | Yes | |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Chris Miller | | Yes | | Yes | | |
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Martin Scorsese | | | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | Bill Jones Jeff Simpson Ben Timlett | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes |
| 2015 | Absolutely Anything | Terry Jones | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |