Add MS 89284/1/2

Ideas, sequences and drafts of scripts for short films and sketches, mainly written by Michael Palin, as follows:

• script for sketch 'Whytehorl', by Michael Palin and Robert Hewison, Dec 1965 - clean copy typescript (2 pages);
• script for 'Henry Parts, Fashion Photographer', BBC4, signed by Michael Palin, Sept 1966 - typescript, with holograph corrections (3 pages);
• scripts, one page headed 'Ode to a Nightingale Competition', another 'Frost on Sunday'. How do You Do It?' dated 26 Sept 1968 - typescript, with handwritten corrections in various hands, and photocopy of manuscripts in Ian Ward-Richardson's handwriting (11 pages);
• page marked 'Idea had on Aug 13^th 1969 anno domini. Film', with doodles on the side - holograph manuscript;
• idea for a film, on paper with Python Productions Ltd letterhead - one-page typescript, undated;
• sequence for a [short film] entitled 'Edwardian Twits' Picnic' - typescript, undated (2 pages);
• short story entitled 'The Meek Shall Inherit'- holograph manuscript, undated (3 pages);
• script for 'A Tale of Brave Men' - holograph manuscript, undated (4 pages);
• short story entitled 'Do-It-Yourself' - holograph manuscript, undated (3 pages);
• short story entitled 'The Finboroughs' - holograph manuscript and typescript, undated (4 and 2 pages);
• 'Almond and Delilah: a Sketch for Two Idiots with Bad French Accents' - holograph manuscript, undated (2 pages);
• script entitled 'Moss Bros: a Film' - typescript, undated (4 pages);
• script for 'Memoirs of a Great English Person' - typescript, undated (3 pages);
• script for 'To Be Done in July' - photocopy of typescript, undated (8 pages);
• script for a sketch entitled 'The Church' - typescript, undated (2 pages);
• sequence for a short film entitled 'The Tube Lover' - holograph manuscript, undated (2 pages);
• scripts for sketches entitled 'Galloping Gourmet with Roland Burr', 'Jeux avec Frontiers or It's a Wipe Out' and 'Interview with Richard 'Curly' Lions', with doodles on the back of the sheets - manuscript, in Ian Ward-Richardson's handwriting (a friend of Palin), undated (8 pages);
• draft script for Do Not Adjust Your Set, act 11, scene 11, with doodles on margin - holograph manuscript, undated (3 pages);
• script for a sketch entitled 'Ship a Boy', 'a sketch specially created for the Queen's Birthday' - typescript, undated (3 pages);
• outline and ideas for story entitled 'The Business Lunch' - typescript, undated (9 pages);
• one-page beginning 'Uncle Burt was a Horrible Man' - typescript, undated;
• script for 'Secret Service' - holograph manuscript (3 pages);
• 2 scripts for 'The Lumberjack Song Radio Ads' - typescript, with holograph annotations, undated (2 pages each);
• script for film 'Supersalesman' by Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Eric Idle - photocopy of typescript, undated (5 pages);
• script for 'Harmony Hair Spray Re-Launch Conference' by Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle - photocopy of typescript (5 pages);
• script for 11 untitled and unidentified sketches - combination of holograph manuscript and typescript, undated (23 pages);
• draft article for [Punch magazine] about the Tierra del Fuego, starting 'Dear William Davis', undated - holograph manuscript.