Python star's film material donated to national archive

FILM material from the personal archive of Terry Jones has been donated to the BFI National Archive for preservation, the film organisation has said.

- HANNAH ROBERTS

The collection includes Jones’ 16mm copies of the Monty Python feature films, a 35mm print of his film adaptation of The Wind In The Willows (1996) and early sketches from series including BBC's The Late Show.

The donation was announced at an event at BFI Southbank, Terry Jones: The Renaissance Man, hosted by TV programmer Dick Fiddy, with guests including Jones’ writing partner, Sir Michael Palin, and Monty Python actress Carol Cleveland.

Jones, from Colwyn Bay, who was responsible for some of the best loved and most quoted lines in British comedy, died at the age of 77 in January 2020.

Sir Michael, 82, who was one sixth of comedy troupe Monty Python, reflected on the work they did together, including their BBC Two anthology comedy series Ripping Yarns, which looked at different aspects of British culture, offering parodies of prewar stories.