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in Jabberwocky, 316, 325–6, 329

Birdsall, Derek, 354 and n

Birkdale Primary School, Sheffield, 114 and n, 138, 509

Birmingham

‘First Farewell Tour’, 114–16

IRA bombs, 196

Bishop, Joey, 127–8

Biziou, Peter, 488 and n, 493

Black, Sir Cyril, 237 and n

Black, Peter, 131, 132

Black Horse Hotel, Skipton, 539, 542–3

Black Park, Buckinghamshire, 41

Blackmoor Village, 84

Blackneil, Lillian, 181n

Blazing Saddles (film), 550

Blood Sports (play), 324

Bloody Sunday (1972), 68–9 and n, 70–1, 74

Blooms Deli, London, 318

Bloomsbury, 128

Blount, Fred, 496

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

Blunt, Anthony, 597–8

and n Blythburgh Hospital, 290, 343, 357–8, 360, 361, 381–2

Bogarde, Dirk, 321

Bonham-Carter, Violet, 512 and n

Bonzo Dog Band, 20

The Book of Lists, 551

Boomtown Rats, 601

Boorman, John, 48

Booth, Connie, xiii, 26–7 and n

And Now For Something Completely Different, 43n

cabaret engagements, 61

Monty Python’s Bavarian TV show, 87

and demise of Monty Python, 227

Fawlty Towers, 254, 463

separation from John Cleese, 265, 319

Hunter Davies on, 367

in Tunisia, 503

Bordon, Hampshire, 83–4

Borehamwood Studios, 412

Borrows, Bill, 75

Boston, Richard, 394n, 397, 404

Bottell, Derek, 340

Boult, Nicky, 585 and n

Boundary Commission, 112n

Bourguiba, Habib, 487, 490, 539

Bournemouth, filming Monty Python in, 2–3

Bovey Tracey dairy, 100

Bowie, David, 117–18, 158

Box, Betty, 23 and n, 26

Boyle, Peter, 529

Brace of Pheasants Inn, Plush, Dorset, 199–200

Bradford, 146–7

Bradley Field International airport, Connecticut, 526

The Brand New Monty Python Bok, 136, 142, 143, 147, 149, 153, 194

Brando, Marlon, 353, 369, 376, 377, 497

Brandreth, Gyles, 146

Brandt, Willy, 295

Branson, Richard, 213

Brasenose College, Oxford, 114, 413–14 and n

Brayfield, Celia, 466

Brazil (film), 535, 572, 577, 581, 589, 593

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (film), 175

Brearley, Michael, 562 and n

Brecht, Bertolt, 345

Brecknock Arms, Bells Yew Green, 477

Brenton, Howard, Weapons of Happiness, 331

Brentwood, California, 555, 556

Bresslaw, Bernard, 329, 330, 332, 343

Bridges, Jeff, 357n, 439n

Brien, Alan, 376, 392 and n

Brierley Roger, 476

Briggs, Dr, 312–13

Brighton, 441

‘First Farewell Tour’, 114

Brightside and Carbrook Co-Operative Players, 315n

Bristol, ‘First Farewell Tour’, 114, 116

British Airways, 270–1, 451

British Army

Bloody Sunday (1972), 68–9 and n

Aldershot bomb, 74

British High Commission (Canada), 122

British Lion, 436

British Rail, 80, 260

Broad, David, 586

Broad, Graham, 586–7

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, 450

Broaden Your Mind (television programme), 13

Broadway, New York, 293

Brodie, Ray, 274–5, 456

Broke, Richard, xv, 103, 425, 599 and n

Bromley, Jabberwocky’s success in, 378

Bron, Eleanor, 299, 300, 301, 561

Branson, Charles, 485n

Brontë, Charlotte, 540

Jane Eyre, 123

Brontë sisters, 317

Bronx Zoo, New York, 308–9

Brooke-Taylor, Tim, xiii, II, 135, 240, 365

cricket match in Bordon, 83, 84

at BBC annual party, 356

BBC rejects Goodies scripts, 399

and Royal Variety Performance, 399

Brooks, Mel, 231, 279

Brown, Gaye, 292

Brown, Joe, 390

Brown, Mr (housekeeper in Barbados), 429, 435

Bruce, Lenny, 231, 300, 324

Bruin Theatre, Westwood, 556

Brunei, 446

Buchan, John, The Three Hostages, 425

Buchanan House, Holborn, 368–9

Buchanans Finest Hour (play), 315–16 and n, 319

Buckman, Rob, 561 and n

Buddah Records, 82, 121–2, 123, 125, 126

The Bull, Streatley, 243

Bull Inn, Bethersden, 475

Bulldog Drummond stories, 63

Buhner’s Cider, 225

Bunting, Basil, 448–9

Burbank Studios, Hollywood, 557, 558

Burd, Catherine (Helen’s niece), xii, 19, 235, 279, 366 and n

Burd, Edward (Helen’s brother-in-law), xii, 30, 34, 198–9, 358, 366, 387 and n, 481

Burd, Mary