Editing Michael Palin (section)

=== 1996–present ===
After ''Fierce Creatures'' and a small part in ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]'', a film directed by and starring Terry Jones, it was twenty years until Palin's next film role, as Soviet politician [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] in the 2017 satirical black comedy ''[[The Death of Stalin]]''. Palin also appeared with John Cleese in his documentary ''[[The Human Face]]''. Palin was cast in a supporting role in the [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Meg Ryan]] romantic comedy ''[[You've Got Mail]]'', but his role was eventually cut entirely.<ref>{{cite web |first=Hans |last=ten Cate |url=http://www.dailyllama.com/news/1999/llama088.html |title=Michael Palin Dropped From Final Print of Hanks/Ryan Romantic Comedy |work=Daily Llama |date=17 January 1999 |access-date=1 June 2011 |archive-date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610222630/http://www.dailyllama.com/news/1999/llama088.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Palin has also appeared in serious drama. In 1991 he appeared in the film ''[[American Friends]]'', which he wrote based upon a real event in the life of his great-grandfather, a fellow at [[St John's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_friends/ |title=American Friends |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]].com |date=22 March 1991 |access-date=13 December 2006 |archive-date=16 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116095008/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_friends/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/22-may/features/features/michael-palin-my-seven-of-the-best|title=Michael Palin: my seven of the best|website=www.churchtimes.co.uk|access-date=17 January 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118053916/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/22-may/features/features/michael-palin-my-seven-of-the-best|url-status=live}}</ref> In that same year he also played the part of a headmaster in [[Alan Bleasdale]]'s [[Channel 4]] drama series ''[[G.B.H. (TV drama)|GBH]]''. In 1994, Palin narrated the English language [[audiobook]] version of ''[[Esio Trot]]'' by children's author [[Roald Dahl]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCall |first1=Douglas |title=Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969–2012, 2d ed. |date=2013 |publisher=McFarland |page=166}}</ref>

In 1997, Palin had a small cameo role in the Australian soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]''. He played an English [[surfer]] with a fear of [[shark]]s, who interrupts a conversation between two main characters to ask whether there were any sharks in the sea. This was filmed while he was in Australia for the ''Full Circle'' series, with a segment about the filming of the role featuring in the series. In November 2005, he appeared in the ''[[John Peel's Record Box]]'' documentary.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814163/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 "John Peel's Record Box"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003083632/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814163/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |date=3 October 2018 }}, 2005.</ref>
[[File:Michaelpalinnightingale.jpg|thumb|upright|Michael Palin, Nightingale House, in [[Clapham]], November 2010]]

In 2013, Palin appeared in a [[First World War]] drama titled ''[[The Wipers Times]]'' written by [[Ian Hislop]] and [[Nick Newman]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23128507|access-date=2 July 2013|title=Python Palin stars in BBC WWI drama|work=BBC News|archive-date=2 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702014323/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23128507|url-status=live}}</ref> At the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, it was announced that Palin was set to star alongside [[Adam Driver]] in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Skinner|url=http://www.flickreel.com/terry-gilliams-the-man-who-killed-don-quixote-to-star-adam-driver-and-michael-palin-new-concept-art-uncovered/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to star Adam Driver and Michael Palin; new concept art uncovered|work=Flickreel.com|date=11 May 2016|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-date=18 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518230424/http://www.flickreel.com/terry-gilliams-the-man-who-killed-don-quixote-to-star-adam-driver-and-michael-palin-new-concept-art-uncovered/|url-status=live}}</ref> Palin, however, dropped out of the film after it ran into a financial problem.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/arts/television/michael-palin-monty-python-remember-me-pbs.html|title=Nobody Expects Michael Palin: A Comic Actor in a Dramatic Role |work=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=28 June 2017|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref>

While speaking at the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]], Palin announced that he was presenting the two-part documentary ''Michael Palin in North Korea'' to be broadcast on the British television network [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/michael-palin-north-korea/|title=Michael Palin has travelled to North Korea for new Channel 5 series|date=22 May 2018|work=i|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175719/https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/michael-palin-north-korea/|url-status=live}}</ref> The documentary was broadcast in September 2018, in two one-hour segments on Channel 5 in the UK and in a single two-hour programme on [[National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)|National Geographic]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-09-03/michael-palin-in-north-korean-channel-5-air-date-time-how-filmed/|title=When is Michael Palin's North Korea travel programme on TV?|work=Radio Times|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904235524/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-09-03/michael-palin-in-north-korean-channel-5-air-date-time-how-filmed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-michael-palin-introduced-north-korea-monty-python-1136942|title=How Michael Palin Introduced North Korea to Monty Python|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-date=23 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823235425/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-michael-palin-introduced-north-korea-monty-python-1136942|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/nat-geo-michael-palin-north-korea-special-u-s-1202958145/|title=National Geographic Lands Michael Palin's North Korea TV Special|work=Variety|date=26 September 2018|access-date=22 November 2018|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418015930/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/nat-geo-michael-palin-north-korea-special-u-s-1202958145/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was broadcast again by Channel 5, in a single two-hour programme in December 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-12-27/michael-palin-in-north-korea-special-christmas-2018-channel-5-time-date-channel/|title=What time is the Michael Palin: North Korea special edition on TV?|website=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181144/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-12-27/michael-palin-in-north-korea-special-christmas-2018-channel-5-time-date-channel/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2019, Palin performed a one-man stage show at the [[Torch Theatre, Milford Haven]], Wales, about the loss of HMS [[HMS Erebus (1826)|''Erebus'']] during the [[Franklin's lost expedition|third Franklin expedition]], which is recounted in his book ''Erebus: The Story of a Ship''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Steve |title=Michael Palin brings Erebus: The Story of a Ship to the Torch Theatre |url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/17679370.michael-palin-brings-erebus-the-story-of-a-ship-to-the-torch-theatre/ |access-date=8 September 2019 |publisher=[[Western Telegraph]] |archive-date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608021759/https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/17679370.michael-palin-brings-erebus-the-story-of-a-ship-to-the-torch-theatre/ |url-status=live }}</ref>