Adams' sole contribution was in the form of a sketch written by himself and Chapman for the television pilot Out of the Trees, which was rewritten for the book in the first person and passed off as a real event.

In June 2011, it was announced that Bill and Ben Productions was making an animated 3D movie based on the memoir.

The full title is A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.

Asked what was true in a deliberately fanciful account by Chapman of his life, Terry Jones joked: "Nothing... it's all a downright, absolute, blackguardly lie."

[3] The film received a limited theatrical release on 2 November 2012 in the US, and aired on the Epix TV channel on the same day.