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Utterly derivative, shamelessly rip-offie, totes superfluous, yet still gave me several giggles amongst my otherwise smirks.

Terry Jones - Starship Titanic

A tale of interstellar skulduggery, romance and unhinged robots based in Douglas Adams's universe.

Michael Palin stars in Terry Jones's comic novel.

Far off in the centre of one of the less well-chartered quadrants of the universe, a vast civilisation is preparing to launch the most technologically advanced starship ever - Starship Titanic.

While the galaxy's media looks on, it unfortunately undergoes SMEF (Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure) and disappears.

Leovinus, the designer of the ship, uncovers shoddy workmanship, poor cybernetics and a series of increasingly eccentric robots. The owners, Scraliontis and Brobostigan, were intent on destroying the ship and claiming the insurance.

Meanwhile in Oxfordshire, four humans are inspecting a property they intend buying, only to see it crushed under the re-materialising Starship. This disaster is swiftly followed by an invitation from an over-attentive robot to come aboard, and Lucy, Dan and Nettie are catapulted into a series of increasingly bizarre encounters.

Stylistically emulating the work of the great Douglas Adams in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the late Terry Jones weaves a fabulously mad and comic tale

Adapted by Ian Billings.

With a special guest appearance by Simon Jones, who played Arthur Dent in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Encyclopedia Galatica ……. Michael Palin
Scraliontis ……. Simon Jones
Leovinus ……. Nicholas Boulton
Brobostigan ……. Nicholas Boulton
Dan ……. Rupert Degas
Hackett ……. Rupert Degas
The Parrot ……. Rupert Degas
The Journalist ……. Philip Pop3
The Gondolier ……. Philip Pop3
Nettie ……. Alana Ramsey
The Computer ……. Alana Ramsey
The LiftBot ……. Ian Billings
The Engine Room Door ……. Ian Billings
Loss Adjuster One ……. Ian Billings
Lucy ……. Rebecca Yeo
Loss Adjuster Two ……. Rebecca Yeo
Nigel ……. Tom Alexander
The Gondolier ……. Tom Alexander
The Bomb ……. Tom Alexander
Titania ……. Laura Lithgow

BBCDrama on 4 - Terry Jones - Starship Titanic - BBC SoundsMichael Palin stars in the Terry Jones/Douglas Adams sci-fi comedy.

Terry Gilliam – „Brazil“ (1985)

Wenige Filme haben sich so tief in mein Gedächtnis gegraben, wie dieses Meisterwerk von Terry Gilliam. Für mich, damals auf Augenhöhe mit Ridley Scotts „Bladerunner (1982)“, hat er, als filmische Dystopie, mein Verständnis von Totalitarismus nachhaltiger geschärft, als fast alles, was nach ihm kommen sollte. Und lieben konnte ich ihn auch. Deshalb gehört das Wort hier dem Meister selbst… (ZDF)

NexxtPress · Mediathekperlen | Terry Gilliam – „Brazil“ (1985)Wenige Filme haben sich so tief in mein Gedächtnis gegraben, wie dieses Meisterwerk von Terry Gilliam. Für mich, damals auf Augenhöhe mit Ridley Scotts „Bladerunner (1982)“, hat er…

Monty Python: 50 Years in America 👈

Did you know North Texas was the first region in American to broadcast Monty Python on television? That's thanks to KERA - the area's PBS station! Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam recall fond memories of their first introduction to Texas and the legacy that the station helped them build across the pond.

youtube.com/watch?v=rmoWiHIb6BI