Terry Jones as Mr Creosote in 1983's Monty Python's Meaning of Life. (Alamy) Of course, the purpose of the scene is not to make people run in terror, but fall from their seats laughing.

While we’re on Brexit, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was on the money then and now, with the French taunting scene – an embarrassed King Arthur retreating with the colourful jibes of our ...

Monty Python troupe members John Cleese, left, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, right, in a scene from their film The Life of Brian. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) And now for something ...