Monty Python interviews with the surviving members of the team, as well as archive interviews with Graham Chapman and numerous excerpts from the television series and films. Also in commemoration of the 40th anniversary, Idle, Palin, Jones, and Gilliam appeared in a production of "Not the Messiah" at the Royal Albert Hall. The European premiere was held on 23 October 2009. An official 40th anniversary Monty Python reunion event took place in New York City on 15 October 2009, where the team received a Special Award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In June 2011, it was announced that
The Instant Monty Python CD Collection which was removed from some pressings of the "Contractual Obligation" album. The Instant Monty Python CD Collection The Instant Monty Python CD Collection is a box set released in 1994 of six CDs containing eight albums by the Monty Python troupe. It does not include the first Monty Python record, "Monty Python's Flying Circus", whose rights are still owned by the BBC. It contained a small booklet of reprinted material from album sleeves and previous Python books. For this release, each album was represented by two tracks, with each track corresponding to one side of the original vinyl pressings. For