Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
| Writing | Graham Chapman | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Cleese | Screenplay |
| Writing | Terry Gilliam | Screenplay |
| Writing | Eric Idle | Screenplay |
| Writing | Terry Jones | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Palin | Screenplay |
| Directing | Terry Jones | Director |
| Production | John Goldstone | Producer |
| Sound | John Du Prez | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Julian Doyle | Editor |
| Production | Michelle Guish | Casting |
| Production | Debbie McWilliams | Casting |
| Art | Harry Lange | Production Design |
| Camera | Roger Pratt | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Peter Hannan | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Hillman | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Richard Dawking | Art Direction |
| Art | John Beard | Art Direction |
| Art | Sharon Cartwright | Set Decoration |
| Art | Simon Wakefield | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Acheson | Costume Design |
| Production | David Wimbury | Production Manager |
| Camera | David Appleby | Still Photographer |
