He\'s Not The Messiah, He\'s A Very Naughty Boy-Monty Python

He's Not The Messiah, He's A Very Naughty Boy
BBC Radio Two
Tuesday 1st December 2009
22:30 to 23:30

When Monty Python's Life Of Brian was released in 1979, it was denounced by many around the world as blasphemous - and was an instant box office smash. Thirty years later it is often voted one of the funniest films ever, topping a Radio Times poll only last month. Comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar celebrates this anarchic British classic, looking at the film's origins, the shoot in Tunisia and its controversial afterlife. The Python film is an absurdist take on the story of Christ, where a man called Brian (played by Graham Chapman) is mistaken for the Messiah and attempts to escape the attentions of his devoted followers; a deft satire on religious intolerance which brilliantly lampooned Biblical epics like Ben Hur.

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