Michael Edward Palin, CBE is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries.

Palin won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Palin was born in Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. His father was an engineer working for a steel firm.

In 1966 he married Helen Gibbins, whom he first met in 1959 on holiday in Southwold in Suffolk the county he returned to in recent years to live.

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