{"id":5730,"date":"2015-01-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/01\/27\/bafta-to-honor-michael-palin-with-career-retrospective\/"},"modified":"2015-01-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T00:00:00","slug":"bafta-to-honor-michael-palin-with-career-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/01\/27\/bafta-to-honor-michael-palin-with-career-retrospective\/","title":{"rendered":"BAFTA to Honor Michael Palin with Career Retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is to host a special career retrospective for actor\/writer\/presenter <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/37748\">Michael Palin<\/a>, with the BAFTA: A Life in Television event to take place March 17.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBAFTA: A Life in Television is a new strand of live onstage events that celebrates leading figures from the world of television, recognizing their talent and their contribution to British television and culture.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPalin&#039;s career spans five decades and features work on TV, film and stage, having served as a writer and performer. Palin started out as a writer for <em>The Frost Report <\/em>and <em>The Late Show<\/em>, before <em>Monty Python&rsquo;s Flying Circus<\/em> firmly established his reputation in the comedy genre. His dramatic roles on TV have included <em>GBH. <\/em>He has also written and presented a number of travel docs, including <em>Around the World in 80 Days<\/em>, <em>Pole to Pole<\/em>, <em>Michael Palin&rsquo;s Hemingway Adventure<\/em> and <em>Sahara<\/em>. Palin has most recently been seen on British TV in the lead role of BBC three-part drama <em>Remember Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAndrew Newman, the chair of the BAFTA Television Committee, said: &ldquo;From<em> Monty Python<\/em> to <em>Ripping Yarns<\/em> to <em>GBH<\/em> to<em> Around the World in 80 Days<\/em> and beyond, Michael Palin has been a comedian, a writer, an actor and a factual presenter and has excelled at every one of them. We&rsquo;re excited to celebrate his remarkable career at this second event in our new BAFTA: A Life in Television strand. BAFTA: A Life in Television offers the chance to hear directly from unique talents and explore what makes them so special to British television.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is to host a special career retrospective for actor\/writer\/presenter Michael Palin, with the BAFTA: A Life in Television event to take place March 17. 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