Monty Python and Ewan McGregor to be honoured at Film Awards

Monty Python and Ewan McGregor are to receive special awards at the European Film Awards in Berlin.

The Monty Python gang will receive a prize for lifetime achievement.

McGregor will be honoured for his role Moulin Rouge, which the academy calls a European contribution to world cinema.

Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese are expected to accept the award in the German capital.

In Moulin Rouge, McGregor plays a love-struck poet and songwriter who falls for Satine, played by Nicole Kidman, a courtesan who dreams of becoming a great actress.