Council lifts Monty Python ban, after 28 years
And now for something completely different ... the Monty Python movie 'Life Of Brian' can be shown in Torbay.
28-years-ago the Devon council gave the controversial but very funny movie an X-rating for mocking the story of Christ and banned it from being show in cinemas.
The X-rating meant it could only be sold in sex shops and other licensed outlets, anyone who wanted to see it was branded 'a very naughty boy'
But now they have lifted the restriction allowing it to be screened at a film festival, a move which is sure to raise a cheer from the Judean People's Front.
The first Torquay screening will now happen on Sunday at the English Riviera Comedy Film Festival, ironically taking place in a 12th century monastery.
In the 1979 movie Python legends John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle tell the story of a young Jew called Brian who is mistaken for the Messiah.
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