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Forstater, Mark, xv, 137 and n, 207

and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 141–3, 146, 148, 172, 179, 185, 190, 192, 206, 211, 214, 226

Forsyth, Bruce, 474

Fortnum and Mason, 495

Fortune, John, ion, 300

Forwood, Maggie, 586

Foster, Jill (MP’s agent), xv, 16n, 186, 291, 293, 315

and MP’s voice-overs, 16, 187, 463–4

second series of Monty Python, 18

and demise of Monty Python, 104, 213

leaves Fraser and Dunlop, 285–6

and MP’s commercials, 328

lunch with MP, 388

and Royal Variety Performance, 399

and MP’s novel, 405, 505

BBC decide to do no more Ripping Yarns, 509–10

The Life of Brian preview, 525

Fowles, John, Daniel Martin, 434n

Fox, Paul, 35 and n, 37, 49, 54, 99

Framlingham, Suffolk, 152

France, 565

Palin family holidays in, 30–4, 481–2

Monty Python and the Holy Grail success in, 279, 546

power-cut, 517

Francis, Derek, 325

Franken, Al, 457–8

and n, 552–3

Franklin, Jim, xv

produces Ripping Yarns, 362, 364, 377, 383, 387, 401, 402, 416, 468–9, 476, 478

Fraser, Bill, 540–1

Fraser and Dunlop, 17, 187, 205, 286

Fraser Gallery, 470

Frayn, Michael, 139n, 299, 604

Frears, Stephen, 208n, 330, 415, 468, 531

Daft as a Brush, 255

Sunset Across the Bay, 334

Three Men in a Boat, 208, 213, 233–5, 240, 241–2, 244–6, 255–6, 262, 279, 280, 281, 401

Freeman, Alan, 261

Freshwater Bay East Coast Path, 341

Freud, Clement, 257

Freudenberg, Dr, 158, 268

Friar Park, Henley, 258–9, 511–12, 583–4, 601–2

Friday Night, Saturday Morning (television series), 594, 595–6, 599

Fried, Clarence, 276–7

Frost, David, 17, 118

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, 6n

Frost Programme (television series), 139

The Frost Report (television series), ix, 26, 40, 67, 73 and n, 98, 143

Frost on Sunday (television series), 6, 13, 319

Funny Peculiar (play), 326

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Gabès, Tunisia, 504–7

Gail (Charisma Records employee), 180, 185

Gallagher’s Bar, New York, 230

Gambaccini, Paul, 390, 391

Ganga Distributors, 580

Garcia, Jerry, 552

Garden, Graeme, xiii, 15, 131, 240, 281, 365, 520–1, 561n

Garden, Liz, xiii, 281

Garden, Sally, xiii, 281

Garrick Club, London, 591

Gate Cinema, Notting Hill, 393

Gay News, 376, 547, 576

Gay Pride March, London, 562

Gaylord restaurant, Soho, 333

Geffen, David, 455 and n

Geldeston, Suffolk, 233

Geldof, Bob, 601

general elections

June 1970, 27, 28

February 1974, 155–6, 157, 158, 192

October 1974, 192–3

May 1979, 469

General Strike (1926), 72

Genghis Khan, in Monty Python, 3

Geological Museum, London, 284, 584

George-Brown, Lord, 44 and n

George Inn, Southwark, 292

Germany, 65, 196

MP sells encyclopaedias in, 347n

Monty Pythons Bavarian TV shows, 48, 59 and n, 71, 79, 85–91, 579

Berlin Film Festival, 387, 391–3

Jabberwocky does well in, 425

bookshops, 441

Gibbins, Anne (Helens mother), xii, 19n, 78–9 and n, 112, 385, 386, 413, 607–8

Gibbins, Cathy (Helen’s sister), xi, 34 and n

Gibbins, Dearman (Helen’s father), xii, 19n

Gibbins, Norah, 607–8

Gibbons, Ali, 189–90

Gibbons, Brian, 189–90

Gibbs toothpaste, 105–6

Gilbert, James (Jimmy), xv, 151, 474

Head of Comedy at BBC, 143–4 and n

fourth series of Monty Python, 144, 153, 163, 193, 195, 196

discusses fifth series of Monty Python, 209, 228

and demise of Monty Python, 211, 213

and Tomkinson’s Schooldays, 238, 247, 270, 282–3, 285, 286, 288

and Ripping Yarns, 293, 345, 362, 364, 388, 403, 408, 416, 520, 522

and The Goodies, 399

Gilbert and George, 299 and n

Gillette Cup (cricket), 11–12

Gilliam, Terry, xiii

Great Picnic, 4

award for graphics, 17

on Graham Chapman, 30

Guinness commercial, 45

attitude to Monty Python, 65

disillusioned with animations, 74

at BBC annual party, 100

watches Secrets, 132

Drury Lane show, 159–60

jabberumky, 253, 284–5, 293–5, 314, 316, 320, 323, 325–6, 329–30, 333–6, 340–4, 348, 350, 369, 378–9, 425, 449

court case against ABC, 270–9