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From his work for the BBC to his dramatic portrayal of the headmaster on Alan Bleasdale's award-winning drama \u003ci\u003eGBH\u003c\/i\u003e, to his success as screenwriter, playwright and novelist, these pages display a true modern-day Renaissance Man. 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This volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys---Jones and Gilliam---and Eric Idle came together and changed the face of British comedy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is but only part of Palin's story. 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