NewsgalleryAround the World in 15 PalinsBookmarkShareNewsByDan O'DonoghueWestminster Editor15:46, 16 JAN 2014Updated08:16, 25 NOV 2014A young Michael Palin with the legendary Monty Python troupe1 of 15Monty Pythons Flying Circus cast outside Her Majesty's Theatre London 19762 of 15Here we see the gang preparing a sketch for their first BBC One series3 of 15Here we see the guys on set for Monty Python's Holy Grail4 of 15Michael looking rather dashing here as a Knight of the Round Table5 of 15Looking slightly square next to Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant at at the Melody Maker Pop Awards in 19796 of 15Michael pays a surprise visit to Monkhouse Primary School in North Shields to do a reading session of his new children's book in 19867 of 15Sitting pretty, Palin with his new children's book8 of 15Young at heart, Palin reading to the kids9 of 15At the BAFTA Awards with his wife in 198810 of 15Yes Michael, we heard you the first time and you're mad- you can't possibly get round the world in 80 days...11 of 15We'll he went and did it anyway! Here Michael is boarding the Orient Express12 of 15At the Royal Albert Hall for the National Television Awards 1998 holding his award for Most Popular Document Series presented to him by Alan Whicker13 of 15Chilling out after all that traveling14 of 15Yes I'm back! Michael announces he will be taking on his first leading role in a TV drama for more than 20 years15 of 15