...ck and is based on the [[Black Knight (Arthurian legend)|black knight]] of Arthurian Legends. He guards a "bridge" over a small stream. Although supremely skill ...a forest when he observes a fight taking place between the [[Black Knight (Arthurian legend)|Black Knight]] ([[John Cleese]]) and a [[Green Knight]] (also playe

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...dy film]]<!-- Do not alter genre without discussion. --> inspired by the [[Arthurian legend]], written and performed by the [[Monty Python]] comedy group ([[Gra ...search for the Grail. A modern-day historian filming a documentary on the Arthurian legends is killed by an unknown knight on horseback, triggering a police in

...what humour could do and where it should go, mainly because we both liked characters; we both appreciated that comedy wasn't just jokes."<ref>{{cite news |title ...ries ''[[Blazing Dragons]]'' (1996–1998), which parodied the [[King Arthur|Arthurian]] legends and [[Middle Ages]] periods. Reversing a common story convention,

...ation" sketches, where one character intimidates or hurls abuse, or Idle's characters with bizarre verbal quirks, such as "The Man Who Speaks In [[w:anagram|anag ...night in full armour (played by Terry Gilliam) would wander on-set and hit characters over the head with a rubber chicken,<ref>''Monty Python's Flying Circus Jus

Le Mesurier played [[List of minor The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy characters#The Wise Old Bird|The Wise Old Bird]] in the 1980 [[BBC Radio 4]] series '' ...te Frank Pike|Pike]], played by [[Ian Lavender]], and [[List of Dad's Army characters#ARP Warden William Hodges|Hodges]], played by [[Bill Pertwee]]. A pilot and

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