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Michael Palin has opened up about working with his Monty Python co-star John Cleese.

During an interview with presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning earlier today, the star revealed he was offered the opportunity to make a new TV series with his former colleague.

However, the 72-year-old said he turned it down.

"Whatever John may say, I never wanted to hunt for yetis with him," he revealed.

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"The truth is, I was asked because he didn't want to do it alone. He's not as adventurous as I am.

"But I didn't go because I had a feeling we were going to be taken to the Himalayas for another reason. I'm not sure what but I suspected it wasn't to find a yeti!

"I also had the feeling that I wouldn't enjoy it as much because what I really like about travelling is meeting and talking to people along the way.

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"I like finding out about their lives and hearing how their lives corresponds with my own. In the world we live in today, I think we are too paranoid when it comes to meeting new people and getting to know them.

"I'm not too sure it would have been good to talk to a yeti," he joked. "I don't think a yeti has even been seen before. We've only ever seen footprints.

"The yeti is probably just a giant pair of feet wondering around the Himalayas!"