Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, Biography

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Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut

The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-14

TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary, Biography

The birth of Monty Python. Join members as they tell the tale of how their lives and careers began Post-WWII to the culmination of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Directors

Bill Jones | Alan G. Parker | Ben Timlett

Composers

Dave Howman | André Jacquemin

Cinematographer

Nick Rutter

Editors

Bill Jones | Caroline Sarin

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 18, 2009

Release date

Oct 18, 2009 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
35 cast members

Name	Known for
Graham Chapman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Eric Idle Self Self See fewer	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Michael Palin Self Self See fewer	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Terry Jones Self Self See fewer	Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983)
David Sherlock Self Self See fewer	Yellowbeard (1983)
Terry Gilliam Self Self See fewer	Brazil (1985)
John Cleese Self Self See fewer	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Bill Oddie Self Self See fewer	The Goodies (1970)
Sean Duncan Self Self See fewer	Budz (2010)
Andrew Sharp Self Self See fewer	Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009)
Barry Cryer Self Self See fewer	The Stanley Baxter Show (1963)
Art Mortimer Self Self See fewer	Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009)
John Massey Self Self See fewer	Water Rats (1996)
James Wellwood Self (as Dr. James Wellwood) Self (as Dr. James Wellwood) See fewer	Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009)
John Hopkins Self Self See fewer	World of the Wild (2016)
Robert Hewison Self Self See fewer	Effie Gray (2014)
Ronnie Corbett Self Self See fewer	Casino Royale (1967)
Neil Innes Self Self See fewer	The Innes Book of Records (1979)
Tim Brooke-Taylor Self Self See fewer	The Goodies (1970)
Danny Scheinmann Abe Appenheimer Abe Appenheimer See fewer	Stan & Ollie (2018)
Ronnie Barker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Two Ronnies (1971)
Alan Bennett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Lady in the Van (2015)
Connie Booth Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Peter Cook Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Princess Bride (1987)
David Frost Self (archive footage) (as Sir David Frost) Self (archive footage) (as Sir David Frost) See fewer	Retreat (I) (2011)
David Jason Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Jonathan Miller Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cosi Fan Tutte (1986)
Spike Milligan Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Dudley Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Arthur (1981)
Michael Parkinson Self (archive footage) (as Sir Michael Parkinson) Self (archive footage) (as Sir Michael Parkinson) See fewer	Love Actually (2003)
Queen Elizabeth II Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Civilisation (1969)
Harry Secombe Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Oliver! (1968)
Peter Sellers Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Being There (1979)
Harold Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Royal Family (1969)
Tricia Pierce Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Kissing Strangers (2010)