IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Ken
Played by Eric Idle
Eric Idle’s coal-miner son in Working-Class Playwright, from the second episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Ken returns home to parents who resent his choice of an industrial career over the arts.
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.