Terrence Graham Parry Jones was an integral member of one of the most innovative comedy troupes in global comedy, Monty Python.
Though he moved from Colwyn Bay to Claygate, Surrey, at the age of five, Terry Jones still considers himself a true Welshman, and proved his credentials by becoming captain of his school rugby team.
Whilst at university in Oxford, Terry Jones met up with one Michael Palin, and thus began a successful comedy writing team which spawned BBC hits such as The Late Show and the Frost Review show. They then met up with Messrs John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle and the rest, as they say, is history.
Terry Jones not only wrote and performed with the Pythons, but also directed many of their zany films, including the Holy Grail, 1975, the Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). Post Python, he worked behind the scenes on other films such as Personal Services, Erik the Viking and Labyrinth.
Not content with entertaining the adult world and under the inspiration of his own children, Terry also turned his hand to writing some children's books, which include The Curse of the Vampire Socks, Fantastic Stories, Nicobonimus and with his old friend Michael Palin, Dr Fogg's Encyclopaedia of All Knowledge
After his studies at Oxford, Terry has maintained his interest in Medieval history and is rather an expert on the subject.
Member of the Monty Python's Flying Circus team, academic and TV presenter.
