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Dec 16, 2020 · In the UK, as a number of local councils banned the film, Cleese and Palin appeared on Friday Night, Saturday Morning in November 1979, a talk show hosted by Tim Rice, where they debated their work with Malcolm Muggeridge, an evangelical journalist and satirist, and Mervyn Stockwood, the Bishop of Southwark. Or rather, Cleese and Palin did the ...
Apr 15, 2019 · The film met with instant controversy in 1979 and was banned in Ireland, Norway and parts of Britain. In the US, protesters gathered outside cinemas where it aired. Life of Brian tells the...
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The film had been surrounded in religious controversy, due to its depictions of a fictional Messiah that many claimed had satirised Jesus Christ. ↗ Originally broadcast 9 November 1979.
Arthur Mervyn Stockwood (27 May 1913 – 13 January 1995) was a Church of England bishop who served as vicar of St Matthew's Church, Moorfields, then of Great St Mary's, Cambridge, and finally as Bishop of Southwark, retiring in 1980.
- Arthur and Beatrice Stockwood
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May 2, 2024 · 1979: Life of Brian debate. Shortly after the release of their film Life of Brian, Monty Python members Michael Palin and John Cleese appear on BBC Two's Friday Night, Saturday Morning to...
Nov 6, 2015 · John Cleese and Michael Palin debate their controversial film Monty Python's Life Of Brian with Malcolm Muggeridge and the then Bishop of Southwark, Mervyn Stockwood.
Dec 30, 2013 · In 1979, shortly after the release of their film Life of Brian, Monty Python members Michael Palin and John Cleese appeared on BBC Two's Friday Night, Saturday Morning to debate the film with...
