Volume 1 – Picked by Terry Jones • A Preface by the Other Terry • Introduction • The French Taunt King Arthur • The Truth About Protestants •
The Lumberjack Song • The Prodigal Son Returns • The News for Parrots • Rat Recipes • What Have the Romans Ever Done or Us? • A Page for Those Who Like Figures of Speech • Find the Fish •
Albatross • Our Theatre Critic Reviews “The Merchant of Venice” Performed by the Dairy Herd of Bad Toltz • Madam Palm Writes •
Spam • Constitutional Peasants •
Every Sperm Is Sacred •
The Undertaker Sketch • Madame Palm Writes Again • The Man Who Talks Entirely in Anagrams • Chez Rat • Banter • The Oxfod Simplified Dictionary • The Minister for Not Listening to People • The Court Martial of Sapper Walters • What the Stars Really Say •
The Galaxy Song • Bibliography
Volume 2 – Picked by John Cleese • A Preface by Michael Palin •
Eric the Half a Bee •
Anne Elk’s Theory • The Official Medallic Commemoration of the History of Mankind • Raymond Luxury Yacht • African Notebook • Consulting Jean-Paul Sartre • We’re All Individuals • The Python Panel • Larch in Court • Fear No Man! • The Merchant Banker • Johann What’s-His-Name • The Last Supper • The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things • Arthur ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson • Word Association Football • Norman Henderson’s Diary • The Sacred Castle • Spot the Species • Documentary • Chapel
Volume 3 – Picked by Terry Gilliam • Introduction • Join the BBC Today • The Meaning of Life • Careers Advice for Mr Anchovy • The Adventures of Walter the Wallabee • Brian in Gaol • What to do on Meeting the Royal Family •
Gloria Pules & Luigi Vercotti Remember the Piranha Brothers • Page 29 •
The German Lumberjack Song • Woody Words & Tinny Words • The Storyteller • Stan’s Right to Have Babies • Sexcraft • Why Accountancy is Not Boring • The Prince in the Tower • I’m So Worried • A Preface by Eric Idle for People Who Have Mistakenly Opened This Book Upside Down and Back to Front
Volume 4 – Picked by Michael Palin • A Preface by John Cleese • Introduction •
All Things Dull & Ugly •
Stig O’Tracey Remembers the Piranha Brothers • King Arthur Goes to See the Galahads • Goats Corner • The Healed Looney • Egon Ronay’s Good People Guide •
The Cheese Shop • Madame Palm Writes Yet Again • The Problem with Spanish Holidays • Port Shoem by the Speverend Rooner • The Stratton Indicator • Winner of the Longest Stage Direction Ever • Middleword by E.F. God • Isn’t it Awfully Nice to Have a Penis • The All-England Summarize Proust Competition • The Stratton Indicator •
The Architect Sketch •
Never Be Rude to an Arab • The Martyrdom of St Brian •
Mr Creosote • $tock Market Report • Novel Writing Live from Dorchester • The Knights Who Say ‘Ni’ • A Letter to Michael Palin From the Producer of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Volume 5 – Picked by Eric Idle • A Preface by Terry Jones • About the Editor • How to Talk to the Queen • The Batley Ladies Townswomen’s Guild • Children’s Page • The Story of the Grail • Spamelot! • Oh What a Lovely Dog • While You Were Out • How it All Began – the Story of Brian • Solly & Sarah • Python Literary Guild • The Hackenthorpe Book of Lies • Some Highlights from Masturbators of History •
The Bruces Philosophers Song • Chez Bruce • Ashes to Ashes •
How to Walk Silly • St Brian’s •
The Upper-Class Twit of the Year Show • Kashmir • Chaos Theory Made E-Z • The Film Rights to This Page Are Still Available • Once Upon a Time • Mr Cheeky •
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life • Foreword by the Late Graham Chapman ==Credits==