IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
The Bishop
Played by Terry Jones
The Bishop is the hero of a mock crime-film serial in Monty Python's Flying Circus, played by Terry Jones. In full mitre and robes and backed by four sunglassed hench-vicars, he races from church to church trying to save vicars from booby…
Read the backstory1sketch 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.
The Bishop is the hero of a mock crime-film serial in Monty Python's Flying Circus, played by Terry Jones. In full mitre and robes and backed by four sunglassed hench-vicars, he races from church to church trying to save vicars from booby traps, usually arriving just too late.
Seen in the same sketches
They’re in good company.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.