In 1969, six Englishmen (well, one was Welsh and another was an interloping American) came together to create a television programme about an unscrupulous, untrustworthy and frankly slimy theatrical agent nnamed Monty Python. Monty Python's Flying Circus changed the face of television comedy and now, more than four hundred years later (well, thirty years and a bit, really) people are still talking about it. Here, in their own words and personal diary extracts, is the full story of Monty Python.