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Ain’t Misbehavin’ (play), 563

Air France, 492

Air Iran, 278–9

Aitken, Ian, 608

Aitken, Maria, 537–8 and n

Aladdin (pantomime) 51–2

Albury, Phillida, xiii, 444

Albury, Robert, 96

Albury, Simon, xiii, 38, 96, 139, 154, 327–8, 394, 444, 564

drugs, 66 and n, 67

going to America, 76–7

Man Alive films, 77

watches Secrets, 132

World in Action, 195

at premiere of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 226

likes Tomkinson’s Schooldays, 262–3

and Shepperton Studios, 332

Clive Hollick’s wedding, 400

advises MP on writing, 437

and MP’s birthday, 551

Aldershot, IRA bomb, 74

Aldrich, Robert, 485n

Aldwych Theatre, London, 235, 294, 295

Ali, Muhammad, 267

Ali (Tunisian waiter), 504

Ali, Tariq, 400

Alien (film), 447, 555

All Hallows, Gospel Oak, 586, 603

All You Need is Cash (film), 400–1, 423

Allanwater, Stirling, 513

Allen, Charles, Plain Tales from the Raj, 365

Allen, Paul, 315

Allen, Rita, 105

Allen, Woody, 68, 231, 455

Alleyn’s School, Dulwich, 316

Allott, Mr, criticizes The Life of Brian in The Times, 599

Alpert, Herb, 432

ALS (Associated London Scripts), 403

Alter Wirt Gasthaus, Grunwald, 90

Altman, Robert, 456n, 536

Alvarez, Al, 136 and n, 404

Alverson, Charles, 282 and n, 572 and n

A.M. America (television programme), 229

Les Ambassadeurs, London, 44–5

American Friends (film), 97

Amin (Pakistani botanist), 67

Amis, Kingsley, 242, 520

The Alteration, 442

Ending Up, 404

The Green Man, 486

Amnesty International

1976 charity show, 296–7, 298n, 300–1, 322, 368 and n

The Secret Policeman’s Ball, 561, 562, 563

Amsterdam, 366, 422

Amtrak, 219–20, 527–8

And Now For Something Completely Different (Pythons’ first film), 14, 40–1, 42–4, 47, 56, 65, 75, 84

Anderson, Lindsay, 101–2, 103, 425, 470–1

Anderson, Michael, 406n

Andrews, Julie, 291, 413

The Angel, Highgate, 183, 201

Animal House (film), 528

Ann (neighbour), 92, 132

Annie Hail (film), 455, 456

Another Monty Python Record (LP), 61–2, 82

Anstey’s Cove, Torquay, 24–5

Antrobus, John, 593

Any Questions (radio programme), 72

Apollo missions to moon, 3, 4–5, 20–2, 427

Apollo restaurant, Torquay, 26

Apollo Theatre, London, 317

Apple Corp, 112, 203

Apple Studios, 95–6

Aquarius Club, Lincoln, 70

Arabs

Arab-Israeli War (1973), 139

oil crisis (1973), 145 and n, 147–8

guerrillas hijack plane, 196

Arafat, Yasser, 460

Ardeonaig, Perthshire, 171

Arista Records, 208, 218, 232, 306, 552

Arlecchino, Notting Hill Gate, 299, 474

Armstrong, Neil, 5

Arnaud, Yvonne, 607

Arnold, Malcolm, 605

Arnott, Edward, 46 and n

Arnott, Jayne, 46 and n

‘Arrochense Los Cinturones’ (article), 437

Arsenal Football Club, 522, 524

Arts Council, 470

Ashley, Lyn, xiii, 24 and n, 179, 210, 258

Ashmore, Joyce, 408–9

Ask Aspel (television programme), 54

Aspel, Michael, 54

Aspen Comedy Festival, 552n

Aspinall, Neil, 203 and n, 204

At the Earth’s Core (film), 366

At Last The 1948 Show (television series), 87–8, 522n

Atkinson, Rowan, 561

Attenborough, David, 49 and n, 101, 190–1

Atticus (Sunday Times columnist), 100

ATV, 534

Au Bois St Jean, London, 332, 334

Aukin, David, 318

Auntie’s restaurant, London, 348

Austen, Jane, 201, 317

Australia, buys Monty Python, 65

Avedon, Richard, 229–30, 237, 429

Ayckbourn, Alan, 139n

Aykroyd, Dan, 456, 458–9, 462, 466, 528, 530

B

B&C Records, 111

Bacton Tower, Lismore Circus, 154

BAFTA, 425, 426, 442, 542, 585 and n, 586

Bagherzade, Iradj, 347 and n

Bailey, Alan, 103–4 and n

Baker, Howard, 120

Baker, Richard, 512

Baker, Stanley, 80 and n, 81

Bake well, Joan, 13n

Balcombe Street siege (1975), 260 and n, 287–8

Baldwin, James, 414

Balfour, Jimmy, 3 and n

Ballachulish, filming Monty Python and the Holy Grail in, 166–9

Bananas (film), 68

Bangladesh, 67

Bannister Promotions, 105

Banqueting House, Whitehall, 133

Bantry Bay, 521

Barabbas