Seriously Silly, 9781399742924
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A comedy legend’s life: sincere silliness, resilience, and lasting laughter.
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Seriously Silly

the life of terry jones (the authorised biography)

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    10 November 2025

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Summary

‘This book is timely. I hope it will send people back to his work, whether it be films he’s directed, roles he’s played … and everything else that made him everybody’s favourite polymath’

Michael Palin

Seriously Silly is an intimate portrait of Terry Jones - Python, actor, director, historian, reluctant national treasure and purveyor of sincere silliness - written by the man he chose to tell the story of his life.

From his Welsh upbringing in …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399742924
ISBN-10:1399742922
Author:Robert Ross
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Coronet Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:10 November 2025
Weight:534g
Dimensions:37mm x 234mm x 155mm
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Critics Review

This book is timely. I hope it will send people back to his work, whether it be films he’s directed, roles he’s played … and everything else that made him everybody’s favourite polymath. – Michael Palin

About The Author

Robert Ross

Robert Ross is Britain’s comedy historian, whose books include biographies of Marty Feldman, Sid James and Peter Sellers, as well as the Monty Python Encyclopedia. He has also toured a number of ‘comedy history’ shows, including ‘Oh, What A Carry On!’, ‘Christmas Crackers’, and ‘Forgotten Heroes of Comedy’. He was a close personal friend of Terry Jones and is very proud to have written his authorised biography.

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