Michael Palin has said he and the other members of the Monty Python comedy troupe will rally around Terry Jones as he battles dementia.

Palin, 73, presented Jones, 74, with a Bafta Cymru award for his contribution to film and television at the weekend.

Welsh-born Jones is suffering from primary progressive aphasia, which is a form of dementia that affects his ability to communicate.

Palin told the Radio Times he had been aware that Jones's memory was failing for a number of years.

He said: "This is progressive and the loss of the ability to speak is one of the things it brings.