It may have been banned in cinemas worldwide when it was released in 1979, but this comedy, featuring Python stars Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman and John Cleese, has been named as the nation's favourite British film.

However film critic Barry Norman told the Radio Times that it was "hard to justify" the 'Life of Brian' as the greatest British film of all time. He added that while the nation's film sector had become something of a "cottage industry", Britain could still make "great" movies.