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Halfway to Hollywood

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The second volume of diaries from one of Britain's best-loved national treasures.

After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael Palin's life, culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), and the first of his celebrated television journeys for the BBC. He co-produced, wrote and played the lead in THE MISSIONARY opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in A PRIVATE FUNCTION, written by Alan Bennett.

Such was Michael's fame in the US that he was enticed into once again hosting Saturday Night Live (with his mother making a highly successful surprise guest appearance). Over the course of these diaries he films several more journeys for television and becomes chairman of the pressure group Transport 2000. His family remains a constant as his and Helen's children enter their teens.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781474625852
Publication date: 29th August 2024
Author: Michael Palin
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 704 pages
Genres: Other performing arts
Autobiography: arts and entertainment
Autobiography: general
Biography: arts and entertainment
Biography: general
Diaries, letters and journals