BAFTA Presents Michael Palin: A Life in Pictures

Four-time BAFTA nominee and two-time BAFTA winner Michael Palin 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 preceded by a signing of his forthcoming book, Halfway to Hollywood Diaries 1980-1988.

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.

Copies of Palin's book Halfway to Hollywood Diaries 1980-1988 can be purchased in advance 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.

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