Monty Python's Life of Brian and Michael Palin alongside mayor Sue Jones-Davies (who portrayed Judith Iscariot in the film). However, before the showing, an Aberystwyth University student discovered that a ban had only been discussed by the council and in fact that it had been shown (or scheduled to be shown) at a cinema in the town in 1981. In 2013, a German official in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia considered the film to be possibly offensive to Christians and hence subject to a local regulation prohibiting its public screening on Good Friday, despite protests by local atheists. In New York (the film's release in
The Former Life of Brian magician outfit, Peter is seen wearing a "Count Crotchula" costume, this is a reference to the breakfast cereal and character of the same name, "Count Chocula". In a scene Dorothy says goodbye to the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow, all of them from the film "The Wizard of Oz". When Peter gets his hair cut by Dylan, he is able to grow it back thanks to being "full of Play-Doh". In its original broadcast on April 27, 2008, "The Former Life of Brian" was watched by 8.42 million households according to the Nielsen ratings, the audience measurement systems developed