FROM THE SKETCH ARCHIVE
A face you won’t forget
Knight with a Chicken
Played by Terry Gilliam
Recurring Monty Python's Flying Circus figure played by Terry Gilliam: a knight in full armour who walks on and strikes a character on the head with a plucked chicken, either to end a sketch or to punish a corny line.
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.