Michael Palin - live webchat Tues 8 Oct at 11am

I don't mean to be unkind but why is it that ageing stars still want to be in the limelight? Why not retire gracefully and give a chance to younger people.
Crocky.

What a fascinating and really inspiring life you have led. Do you believe that age is a barrier to anyone looking for travelling adventures? (as opposed to just holidaying)

Hi there
after traveling around the world, what would you say is your favourite place you have visited and what is your favourite program you have done?

Hi Michael
We have some of your autobiographical diaries on audiobooks. I wondered if you still keep a diary and whether you religiously make a daily entry. When do you write it up? Did you have to prune your diaries extensively when you converted them to autobiographies or do you generally exclude the minutiae of daily life?

From your recent experiences in Brazil please can you tell us something surprising which you came across which really touched you and also something which shocked you.

Love all your work.

hi michael hope you are well, i would like to ask you if you could have an intimate meal with a few guests who would like to spend your evening with and why? thank you cathy,

hi Michael
Having traveled the world for various TV series and personal enjoyment, how much of the world do you think you have personally traveled to in your life and is there somewhere you would still desperately like to go to?

Hello Michael, not really a question but about 14 years ago I was working in a store where you were due to spend a couple of hours book signing. Approx 5 or 6 hours later you were still there signing books. We had never had so many people turn up for a book signing before. Other times we'd had so few people turning up to see an author we'd had to put our coats on and pretend to be the general public.
I watched The Wipers Times a few weeks ago and thought it was fabulous, incredibly moving.

Well how lucky you are at GNHQ to have Michael Palin with you on that day,I have admired all his work since Monty Python of course and his exploits travelling abroad have been a delight on our screens he makes you feel as though you are actually there with him.
The one question I would love to ask him is:
Michael after your long and very engrossing search for a "Bath Plug" in that Hotel in I think Russia ? do you now make sure you always have a spare with you Thanks for many years of super viewing.glamma