Michael Palin: A Life in Pictures

BAFTA presents Michael Palin: A Life in Pictures | In conversation with Mark Kermode

Wednesday 23 September 7.30pm Ely Cathedral | In association with Screen East

The Cambridge Film Festival are delighted to welcome four-time BAFTA nominee and two-time BAFTA winner Michael Palin as he joins The Culture Show’s Mark Kermode on stage at Ely Cathedral for a special, one-night-only BAFTA event celebrating his film career. For this exclusive BAFTA: A Life in Pictures interview, Palin will share anecdotes and unheard stories from his decade in the film industry in the 1980s. The event will be illustrated with film clips from his body of work and Palin will be in attendance at an exclusive signing of his book Halfway to Hollywood Diaries 1980-1988 taking place at 6.15pm in the South West Transept of the Cathedral.

About Michael Palin

Michael Palin established his reputation with MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS and RIPPING YARNS. His work also includes several famous films with Monty Python, as well as THE MISSIONARY, A PRIVATE FUNCTION, AMERICAN FRIENDS, FIERCE CREATURES and an award-winning performance in A FISH CALLED WANDA. His television credits include two films for the BBC’s GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS, the plays EAST OF IPSWICH, NUMBER 27 and Alan Bleasdale’s GBH. He has written bestselling books to accompany his seven very successful travel series, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, POLE TO POLE, FULL CIRCLE, HEMINGWAY ADVENTURE, SAHARA, HIMALAYA and NEW EUROPE. He is also the author of a number of children’s stories, the play The Weekend and the novel Hemingway’s Chair. In 2006 the first volume of his acclaimed diaries, 1969-1979: The Python Years, spent many weeks on the bestseller lists.

Book Signing

Copies of Palin’s book Halfway to Hollywood Diaries: 1980-1988 go on general release from September 17 from Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely, and there will be an opportunity to buy copies at Ely Cathedral on the evening of the event. The book signing will start at 6.15pm.

Tickets

Tickets are now on sale via the Arts Picturehouse website or by calling 0871 704 2050 (10p per minute from a landline). Tickets are also available to buy in person at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse.

This event will be filmed and by purchasing a ticket you agree to your image being used.