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Barbados, The Life of Brian rewrites in, 398, 421, 428–35, 519

Barber, Anthony, 148

Barclay, Humphrey, 20 and n, 523, 534

Barclay Hotel, Philadelphia, 219–20

Barclays Bank, 520–1

Bardney, Open-air Pop Festival, 80–1

Barker, Ronnie, 50, 282, 542

Bark worth, Peter, 450

Barnes, Clive, 306

Barnes, filming Monty Python in, 3

Barque and Bite, Regent’s Canal, 130, 518, 604

Barrington Court, Gospel Oak, 92–3

Bart, Lionel, 330n

Barth, John, The Sot-Weed Factor, 98

Bart’s Hospital, London, 13

Bart’s Hospital sports ground, Chislehurst, 74

Bassey, Shirley, 440, 443

Bates, Alan, 441

Bates, Simon, 602n

Bavarian TV, 48, 59n, 85n, 86–91, 321

Baxter, Stanley, 551

Bayler, Terry, 423

BBC

first series of Monty Python, 13

second series of Monty Python, 18, 35, 37, 49

and Apollo 13 mission, 20

Monty Python spin-offs, 23, 56, 60

North Acton Rehearsal Rooms, 78

cuts Monty Pythons third series, 88, 94–5, 99, 104

‘Blue and Black’ series (Secrets), 97, 98–9, 100, 103, 108, 111, 131–2

annual parties, 100–1, 355, 424, 425

fourth series of Monty Python, 130–1, 133, 136, 143–4, 150, 153, 163

Omnibus film on Monty Python, 159

films Monty Python and the Holy Grail filming, 174

censors Monty Python, 193, 194

and demise of Monty Python, 213, 214

and Tomkinson’s Schooldays, 247, 253, 256, 270, 282–3, 285–6, 288

and Pythons’ court case against ABC, 278, 355

wipes Monty Python tapes, 362 and n

and Ripping Yarns, 403, 408, 411, 465, 468–71, 521

destroys Bob Dylan tape, 422

films The Life of Brian filming, 495, 499

decide to do no more Ripping Yarns, 509–10

documentary on Monty Python, 560 and n

MP offered chat show on BBC2, 560

and possible theatrical release of Ripping Yarns, 570

BBC Light Entertainment Group, 49

BBC Manchester, 601, 604–5

Beach, Jim, 284 and n, 308, 523

Beach Boys, 81

Beame, Abe (mayor of New York), 239

Beatlemania (US live show), 583

The Beatles, 95, 203–4, 367, 394, 449, 575, 576, 578, 583, 591

Beatts, Anne, 480

Beaumont, ‘Binkie’, 265

Beazley (painter), 64

Beck, Jeff, 232

Beckinsale, Kate, 388n

Beckinsale, Richard, 388n, 425, 540

The Bed Before Yesterday (play), 268

Bedford, David, 108

Bedford, Terry, 170, 174, 179 and n, 226, 320, 333, 334–5, 340, 341

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 61, 127, 307

Beetles, Chris, 561 and n

Belfast, 92

Belfast, HMS, filming Monty Python, 189

Belgium, 105

Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 52–3

Bell, Alan J.W., xv, 402, 520 and n, 522, 535, 536, 537, 570

Bell, Madeline, 189 and 190n

Bell Inn, Charlbury, 416, 418–20

Bellow, Saul, 459

Bells Yew Green, East Sussex, 477

Belsize Park, 404

Belushi, John, 459, 460, 462, 528–9, 530, 552, 553

Bemrose, Clive, 129

Ben Hur (film), 352

Ben Lawers, Perthshire, 169, 170

Benacre Church, Suffolk, 181

Benidorm, 196

Benn, Tony, 602

Bennett, Alan, 208

On the Margin, 92

Amnesty International show, 297, 299, 300, 301, 322

Sunset Across the Bay, 334

The Old Country, 462, 463

in New York restaurant, 531

Bennett, Hywel, 23n Benson, Jonathan, 496, 500

Benton & Bowles Advertising Agency, 16–17

Bergman, Ingmar, 134

Berkeley Books, 249

Berkeley Square Jubilee Party (1977), 394

Berlin, 441, 449

Berlin Film Festival, 387, 391–3

Bernstein, Carl, The Final Days, 336 and n

Bernstein, Leonard, 307

Berry, Bill (plasterer), 155

Berry, Cicely, 294, 295, 306

Bert Fegg’s Nasty Book for Boys and Girls

(Palin and Jones), 156 and n, 201, 218, 248–50, 252–3

film proposal, 287, 288

Bertolucci, Bernardo, 415

Bethersden, Kent, 475–6, 478

Betts, Dickie, 540, 541

Beuselinck, Oscar, 465 and n, 559

Beyond the Fringe (stage show), 53, 322, 562

Bhutto, Benazir, 352–3

Bianchi’s, Frith Street, 436

Big Red Book (Monty Python), 65, 106–7

Big Sur, California, 125

Bijou Theatre, London, 534, 544, 559

Billington, Kevin, 6n, 44

Biolek, Alfred, 59n, 71, 86, 89, 90

Bird, John, 10

Amnesty