The Cycling Tour. Monty Python, Series 3, 1972. Mr Pither prepares for a day of falling off his bike. Filmed in Jersey
Lunch with Terry J, and a walk on Hampstead Heath afterwards. Terry’s a great walker. He likes to get his head down and keep moving. With some difficulty, I persuaded him to stop for this photo of Kenwood House.
Python’s twentieth anniversary filming with Steve Martin, September 23rd. 1989
First big acting role outside Python. Three Men In A Boat. Stephen Moore (left), Tim Curry (right). Directed by Stephen Frears, 1975
Dementia doesn’t care who you are. It’s set to be the 21st century’s biggest killer, with someone developing the condition every three minutes. My close friend Terry Jones is one of those affected. The progress of his dementia has been painful to watch, it’s deprived him of the ability to speak. That’s why I’ve United Against Dementia with Alzheimer’s Society – the UK’s leading dementia charity. Last year I joined my friends Carey Mulligan and Michael Parkinson to discuss dementia on the Today programme for BBC Radio 4. We agreed it was time to come together to offer help and understanding, improve care and urgently find a cure for dementia. Unite with us now at http://www.alzheimers.org.uk.
I once said that my favourite place in London was the Kentish Town Recycling Centre. Newspapers were very interested. Sent photographers to take pictures.
Last ever day on the last ever Python Film. In costume for the special effects fish sequence on Meaning Of Life, September 1982
Journey’s End. Me and various poles at the South Pole on the last day of Pole to Pole, December 8th, 1991
At Cape Pembroke, Falkland Islands. One of the most isolated lighthouses in the world. Modern technology has replaced the Keeper who used to live here.
Doing my own stunt work on the Cornish cliffs as Gerald Whinfrey in the Ripping Yarn “Whinfrey’s Last Case”, 1979
One of my first publicity photos looking moody on Hampstead Heath, 1965
In the 1970s I was a director of Shepperton Studios. One of the perks was to bring home props. This was the submarine cannon from the Land That Time Forgot. It just fitted in my back garden! Image: @camerapress_photography
Pointing out my hero. With Spike Milligan at the Talkie Awards. The Goon Shows were an inspiration and he was given a special award for The Last Goon Show of All, November 6th, 1998
This is me with my pink rabbit friend in Perth, taken by a Japanese tourist
With Iban elders (and one-time head-hunters) in a commercial longhouse, Nanga Sumpa, Sarawak, January 1996.
My impression of Helen Mirren playing the Queen – a.k.a. Isabel, Lady Bagley, in my last show in Melbourne
Halfway to the Falklands. View out over the lonely volcanic island of Ascension from the garden of my host Marc Holland, the head honcho, or Administrator, to give him his official title, of Ascension Island
Bird life is exceptional in the Falklands – here’s a row of Shags drying out on a rock. No giggling please.
At the Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2014. Best place in the country for outdoor art.
Baptism of fun in Adelaide during the Live On Stage Tour. With Adam Spencer my onstage host and partner in crime.
The Diaries photo shoot with Ellis Parrinder.
Travelling To Work. One of the two good reviews of The Weekend. And we made the most of it. Strand Theatre, Aldwych, May 4th, 1994.