Monty Python's Life of Brian to begin, long-time Monty Python fan and former member of the Beatles, George Harrison, arranged financing for "Life of Brian" through the formation of his company HandMade Films. The film contains themes of religious satire that were controversial at the time of its release, drawing accusations of blasphemy, and protests from some religious groups. Thirty-nine local authorities in the United Kingdom either imposed an outright ban, or imposed an X (18 years) certificate, effectively preventing the film from being shown, since the distributors said it could not be shown unless it was unedited and carried the original AA (14) certificate.
British comedy films comedies passes through television. Monty Python team, created in 1969, is composed of six members : Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam. Even if most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series, including "Dad's Army" and "On the Buses", the greatest successes, however, came with the films of the Monty Python team, including "And Now for Something Completely Different" (1971), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975) and "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979). One of the most famous movies of the 1980s (in part realized by Monty