Hi Barry
Yes it was Not The Nine O'Clock News, in a sketch where the General Synod were being criticized for their film 'The Life Of Monty Python', due to the similarities in it and the 'comic messiah' John Cleese; same initials as Jesus Christ, died on stage for us (many times) and, according to the sketch, went off to run a hotel in Torbay, dangerously close to Torquay, site of Cleese's finest hour. (For those who don't remember, this was a reversal of the real situation where, at about the time, the Monty Python team were in trouble for their film 'The Life of Brian')
Yes, Python was just a little before my time, Not The Nine O'Clock News was much more part of my teenage years and the records and tapes of it were played ad infinitum!
Just don't start me on the 'Constable Savage' sketch!