Eric Idle looks out over the gentle, wooded hills of Provence from the terrace of his house. This summer, he stood in the same spot and watched as fire raced across the ridge opposite, incinerating ...

Eric Idle, a founding member of Monty Python, bought a shack in France in 1971. Decades later, the shack is a "shackeau," he says. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Idle about his book "Idle in Provence." ...

It was a huge hit on stage, TV and film but Monty Python is seemingly 'dead' and has ceased to be as a comedy project ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle has opened up about mortality, his battle with pancreatic cancer, his enduring connection with the French countryside and his life away from the spotlight. At 83, the ...

Eric Idle has revealed he has not seen fellow Monty Python star John Cleese in a decade, as a long-running feud between the comedy legends continues. The rift between Idle, 82, and Cleese, 86, has ...

Legendary Monty Python member Eric Idle is performing in Tallinn next month, and took time to talk to ERR ahead of the date. This is the first time Idle, 83 later this month, has visited Estonia, and ...

Monty Python star Eric Idle says he no longer enjoys watching TV - saying it is not “terribly interesting”. The comedian was part of a revolutionary kind of sketch comedy on the BBC, a forerunner to ...

Eric Idle shared the story of singing a Monty Python song while dressed in a tutu for an audience that included Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III, recounting the moment duri ...

Eric Idle has declared Monty Python is "dead" in a series of social media posts while marking the release of his latest book. The 83-year-old comedian, who co-founded the legendary troupe in 1969, ...

The pair were part of the famous comic troupe alongside Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, known for their TV sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus as well as films such as Life Of Brian ...

På tisdagen uppträder han på Cirkus i Stockholm och gör därefter ytterligare fyra föreställningar i Sverige (Växjö 16/4, Malmö 18/4, Göteborg 23/4 och Karlstad 3/5) under en turné i Skandinavien och ...