IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Mr Smoke-Too-Much
Played by Eric Idle
Eric Idle’s dissatisfied holidaymaker in Monty Python’s Travel Agent sketch. He wants an adventure holiday in India, but an exchange about his name and pronunciation develops into an unstoppable complaint about package tourism.
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.