Met future Python Terry Jones at Oxford and they began writing comedy together

Performed in productions at Oxford of "The Birthday Party" and "Hang Your Head Down and Die"

West End theatrical debut, in "Hang Down Your Head and Die"

Co-hosted the TV show "Now"

Wrote for BBC-TV's "The Frost Report" with Terry Jones and John Cleese

Wrote and acted in short film "The Late Show" (for the BBC)

Initial teaming with Terry Jones and Eric Idle, as writers and performers on the TV series "Do Not Adjust Your Set"

Wrote two BBC specials starring Marty Feldman

Co-starred in "John Cleese on How to Irritate People" (made for British TV; released theatrically in USA)

With Terry Jones, wrote and performed in the six part sereis "The Complete and Utter History of Britain" (London Weekend Television)

Became a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus and traveled with troupe to Broadway and the London stage

"Month Python's Flying Circus" aired on the BBC

First feature screenwriting and acting credit, "And Now For Something Completely Different"

Reprised BBC series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" for BBC

Co-starred in "Monty Python's First Farewell Tour" throughout UK and Canada

Monthy Python troupe (without John Cleese) appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson"

The TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" begins a highly successful run on American public television

Appeared in the British TV production "Three Men in a Boat", written by Tom Stoppard

Starred in Terry Gilliam's feature "Jabberwocky"

Co-wrote with Terry Jones and starred in "Ripping Yarns", a series of six half-hour comedy films for the BBC

Hosted the NBC variety series "Saturday Night Live"

Wrote (with Jones) and starred in three additional "Ripping Yarns"

Wrote, narrated and appeared in British episode of BBC series "Great Train Journeys of the World"

Debut as producer of a feature, "The Missionary"; also wrote

Starred in own one-man show at the Belfast Festival

Wrote songs for the feature "Monty Python's Meaning of Life"

Had featured role in Gilliam's "Brazil"

Scripted "East of Ipswitch"; made for TV in 1987

Played Ken in "A Fish Called Wanda", co-starring Cleese, Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis

Hosted the travel series "Around the World in 80 Days"

Traveled from the North Pole to the South Pole, an event featured in the eight-part TV series, "Pole to Pole"

Starred in "Palin's Column", a four-part journey around the Isle of Wight

Hosted and scripted "Great Railway Journeys II"

Provided voice of Rat in the animated "The Wind of the Willows"

Reunited with Cleese, Kline and Curtis for "Fierce Creatures"

Hosted "Full Circle with Michael Palin", a ten-part series aired on PBS

Hosted the PBS special "Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure"