Life of Python Life of Python Life of Python is the name of two documentaries, both intended to mark 20 years of the Monty Python team in 1989, but broadcast the following year after the death of team member Graham Chapman on 4 October - the eve of the 20th anniversary. The first version was broadcast in the US on the Showtime network on 16 March 1990, with the UK version finally airing on the team’s 21st anniversary on 5 October 1990, as part of the BBC’s "Omnibus" documentary series. Produced by Tiger Television in collaboration with Devillier-Donegan Enterprises, the documentaries take in
Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python Python Night was an evening of Monty Python-related programmes broadcast on BBC2 on 9 October 1999, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of "Monty Python's Flying Circus". It featured newly written sketches, three documentaries and a screening of "Monty Python's Life of Brian". Only the documentaries were screened in the US, broadcast under the title "The Life of Python" on A&E Biography on 9 April 2000. Most of the evening's content was released in the US later in 2000 on the first disc of the A&E DVD box set