IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Inspector Thompson's Gazelle
Played by Eric Idle
Inspector Thompson's Gazelle of the Programme Planning Police arrests the whole show for, among other things, ending sketches by sending in a policeman, in Monty Python's Flying Circus (1972).
1sketch in the archive
1performer in the role
In character. On screen.
Their moment in the spotlight.
Behind the character
The people in the part.
A little character study
More to the story.
Seen in the same sketches
They’re in good company.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.