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Article: MICHAEL PALIN AXED! ; The schoolboy that is, not his much-travelled namesake...
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- January 26, 2000
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A BIRMINGHAM schoolboy was left in tears after Monty Python star
Michael Palin pulled the plug on the youngster's eagerly awaited
television debut.
Seven-year-old Michael Palin, from Abbey Road, Bearwood, had been
approached by the BBC to star in a promotional advert featuring real-
life children with the same names as famous celebrities.
But the youngster's father, also called Michael, said his son's
dream of appearing before millions of viewers was cruelly dashed at
the 11th hour when the Monty Python star refused to allow his name
to be used.
Father and son were given the devastating news by the BBC on the
same day they were due to drive to Cheshire for filming.
It later emerged, however, ...