Travel

• Around the World in 80 Days (Travel 1988; Programme release 1989): travelling as closely as possible the path described in the famous Jules Verne story without using aircraft.
• Pole to Pole (Travel 1991; Programme release 1992): travelling from the North Pole to the South Pole, following as closely as possible the 30 degree line of longitude, over as much land as possible, i.e., through Europe and Africa.
• Full Circle with Michael Palin (Travel 1996/97; Programme release 1997): in which he circumnavigated the lands around the Pacific Ocean counter-clockwise; a journey of 80,000 kilometres starting on Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait and taking him through Asia, Oceania and the Americas.
• Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999): retracing the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway through the United States, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
• Sahara with Michael Palin (Travel 2001/02; Programme release 2002): in which he trekked around and through the world's largest desert.
• Himalaya with Michael Palin (Travel 2003/04; Programme release 2004): in which he travels through the Himalaya region.
• Michael Palin's New Europe (Travel 2006/07; Programme release 2007): in which he travels through Central and Eastern Europe.

Art and history

Travel books

• Around the World in 80 Days (1989) ISBN 0-563-20826-0
• Pole to Pole (1992) ISBN 0-563-37065-3
• Full Circle (1997) ISBN 0-563-37121-8
• Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999) ISBN 0-297-82528-3
• Sahara (2002) ISBN 0-297-84303-6
• Himalaya (2004) ISBN 0-297-84371-0
• New Europe (2007) ISBN 0-297-84449-0

Autobiography (contributor)

• The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons (2003) ISBN 0-7528-5293-0

Diaries

• Diaries 1969-1979. 2006. ISBN 0-297-84436-9
• Diaries 1980—1988: Halfway to Hollywood - The Film Years. London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2009. ISBN 978-0-297-84440-2

Fiction

• Hemingway's chair (1995) ISBN 0-7493-1930-5
• Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls w/Terry Jones, illus Martin Honeysett, Frank Bellamy et al. (1974) ISBN 0-413-32740-X
• Dr Fegg's Encyclopaedia of all world knowledge (1984) (expanded reprint of the above, with Terry Jones and Martin Honeysett) ISBN 0-8722-6005-4

Children's books

• Small Harry and the Toothache Pills (1982) ISBN 0-416-23690-1
• Limerics or The Limerick Book (1985) ISBN 0-09-161540-2
• Cyril and the House of Commons (1986) ISBN 1-85145-078-5
• Cyril and the Dinner Party (1986) ISBN 1-85145-069-6
• The Mirrorstone with Alan Lee and Richard Seymour (1986) ISBN 0-224-02408-6

Plays

• The Weekend (1994) ISBN 0-413-68940-9

• And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Three Men in a Boat (1975)
• Jabberwocky (1977)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• Time Bandits (1981)
• Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
• The Missionary (1982)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
• A Private Function (1984)
• Brazil (1985)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
• American Friends (1991)
• The Wind in the Willows (1996)
• The Willows in Winter (1996)
• Fierce Creatures (1997)
• Not the Messiah (2010)

• Now! (October 1965 — middle 1966)
• The Ken Dodd Show
• Billy Cotton Bandshow
• The Illustrated Weekly Hudd
• The Frost Report. (10 March 1966 — 29 June 1967)
• The Late Show (15 October 1966 - 1 April 1967)
• A Series of Bird's (1967) (3 October 1967 - 21 November 1967 screenwriter (guest stars)
• Twice a Fortnight (21 October 1967 - 23 December 1967)
• Do Not Adjust Your Set (26 December 1967 - 14 May 1969)
• Broaden Your Mind (1968)
• How to Irritate People (1968)
• Marty (1968)
• The Complete and Utter History of Britain (1969)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (5 October 1969—5 December 1974)
• Saturday Night Live (Hosted January 27, 1979) with Musical Guests The Doobie Brothers
• Ripping Yarns (1976—1979)
• Great Railway Journeys of the World, episode title "Confessions of a Trainspotter" (1980)
• East of Ipswich (1987) writer
• Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
• GBH (1991)
• Pole to Pole (1992)
• Great Railway Journeys, episode title "Derry to Kerry" (1994)
• Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997)
• Palin On Redpath (1997)
• Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999)
• Michael Palin On... The Colourists (2000)
• Sahara with Michael Palin (2002)
• Life on Air (2002)
• Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004)
• Michael Palin's New Europe (2007)
• Around the World in 20 Years (30 December 2008)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

• 1982 Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Writing for Time Bandits (shared with Terry Gilliam)

Evening Standard British Film Awards

• 1986 Won - "Peter Sellers Award for Comedy"

Writers' Guild of Great Britain

• 1991 Won - Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for "Film - Screenplay" for American Friends (shared with Tristram Powell)

DVD Exclusive Awards

• 2001 Nominated - "Video Premiere Award for Best Audio Commentary" for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (shared with John Cleese and Eric Idle)

British Comedy Awards

• 2002 Won - British Comedy Award for "Lifetime Achievement"

BAFTA Awards

• 1984 Nominated - BAFTA Award for "Best Original Song" (the award was discontinued after the 1985 ceremonies) for Every Sperm is Sacred from The Meaning of Life (shared with André Jacquemin, Dave Howman and Terry Jones)

• 1989 Won - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for A Fish Called Wanda (as Ken Pile)

• 1992 Nominated - British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for G.B.H.

• 2005 Won - BAFTA Special Award

• 2009 Won - BAFTA Special Award as part of the Monty Python team for outstanding contribution to film and television

• Novick, Jeremy (2001), Life of Michael: an Illustrated Biography of Michael Palin Headline Publishing (a division of Hodder Headline) ISBN 0747235295
• Ross, Robert (1997). Monty Python Encyclopedia B.T. Batsford Ltd, London ISBN 1-57500-036-9
• Wilmut, Roger (1980). From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980 Eyre Methuen Ltd ISBN 0-413-50770-X