This comedy group is no more

Terry Gilliam and John Cleese as pepperpots in the exploding-radio sketch performed at Monty Python’s final show, at the O2. It was broadcast live to cinemas around the world including the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where this screenshot was taken just before an usher told me off. I was half-expecting it to be a bit naff but it was in parts achingly funny seeing ancient sketches lovingly reprised by the old masters. Graham Chapman was kicked irreverently around the firmament in his latest posthumous role: one down, five to go, as a caption said.