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Monty Python star Michael Palin reveals he accidentally set fire to his house

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Sir Michael Palin has revealed an elderly neighbour pulled him to safety after he accidentally set fire to his house while recovering from heart surgery.

The Monty Python star, 76, said he had open-heart surgery in September to repair two valves and was told by doctors to relax at home.

However, during his recovery he was doing breathing exercises and accidentally blew kitchen roll towards a naked flame and it caught fire.

Writing in Idler magazine, Sir Michael said: “I leapt up and grasped a hand towel, which briefly smothered the flames before itself catching alight. “In some alarm now, as flames licked up towards the ceiling, I dialled the emergency services – but the moment we connected, the smoke alarm went off and I couldn’t hear a

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