Monty Python star Eric Idle: ‘I’m still working at 80 for financial reasons’

Creator of Spamalot says he sold home last year and that comedy troupe he co-founded in 1969 is a disaster'

The Monty Python star Eric Idle has said that he has continued to work at the age of 80 for financial reasons.

The comedian and actor, known for his role as Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and for many other characters in the group's films and series, said he sold his home last year.