Editing Michael Palin (section)

===1974–1996: ''Ripping Yarns'' and film roles ===

In 1971, he co-wrote, with [[Hugh Leonard]] and [[Terence Feely]], the film ''[[Percy (1971 film)|Percy]]'', which depicts a [[penis transplant]].

After the ''Monty Python'' television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on ''[[Ripping Yarns]]'', an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over three years from 1976. They had earlier collaborated on the play ''[[Secrets (Black and Blue)|Secrets]]'' from the BBC series ''[[Black and Blue (TV series)|Black and Blue]]'' in 1973. He played the lead role of the peasant Dennis in Terry Gilliam's 1977 film ''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]''. (He had earlier played the cameo role of "Dennis the Peasant" in ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', also directed by Gilliam.) Palin also appeared in ''[[All You Need Is Cash]]'' (1978) as Eric Manchester (based on [[Derek Taylor]]), the press agent for [[the Rutles]]. In 1980, Palin co-wrote ''[[Time Bandits]]'' with Terry Gilliam. He also acted in the film.

In 1982, Palin wrote and starred in ''[[The Missionary]]'', co-starring [[Maggie Smith]]. In it, he plays the Reverend Charles Fortescue, who is recalled from Africa to aid prostitutes. He co-starred with Maggie Smith again in the 1984 comedy film ''[[A Private Function]]''. In 1984, he reunited with Terry Gilliam to appear in ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]''. He appeared in the comedy film ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'', which co-starred and was co-written by John Cleese, for which he won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]].<ref name="BAFTA" /> Cleese reunited the main cast almost a decade later to make ''[[Fierce Creatures]]''. After filming for ''Fierce Creatures'' finished, Palin went on a travel journey for a BBC documentary and, returning a year later, found that the end of ''Fierce Creatures'' had failed at test screenings and had to be reshot.