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How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Michael Palin explains the inspiration for the name of the famous comedy sketch group.

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    How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
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    Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
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    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  5. James Shapiro on his own Shakespeare experiences
    01:45
    James Shapiro on his own Shakespeare experiences
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    02:13
    Why are Germans more welcoming to migrants?
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    02:07
    The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
  8. Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
    02:01
    Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’
  9. Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
    03:30
    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
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    03:32
    A future President tells Americans the dollar has collapsed in Lionel Shriver's novel
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    02:12
    Ruby Wax on the most flattering thing you can do for another person
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