Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python's Flying Circus

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TV-14196930m8.3/10
Comedy

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8.3/10(687)

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 5, 1969

Last Aired

December 5, 1974

Networks

BBC One

Created By

Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies

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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Whither Canada?
E1
Whither Canada?
Air date: 1969-10-05
Featuring 'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', an Italian lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur 'Two-Sheds' Jackson, a cycling race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
Sex and Violence
E2
Sex and Violence
Air date: 1969-10-12
Featuring some flying sheep, a man with three buttocks, a man with two noses, musical mice, a marriage guidance counsellor, a working-class playwright and The Wrestling Epilogue.
How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
E3
How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
Air date: 1969-10-19
Featuring a court scene, the larch, Bicycle Repair Man, children's stories, a restaurant sketch, some seduced milkmen, an interview with some children and a stolen newsreader.
Owl Stretching Time
E4
Owl Stretching Time
Air date: 1969-10-26
Featuring fresh fruit as self-defence, some folk-singing, an art gallery sketch and Lemming of the BDA. An Edwardian man struggles to undress on the beach.
Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
E5
Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
Air date: 1969-11-16
Featuring Confuse-a-Cat, discussion programme A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard, the arrest of a newsreader, an erotic film, a silly job interview and a burglar/encyclopaedia salesman.
It's the Arts
E6
It's the Arts
Air date: 1969-11-23
Featuring a gang of legal burglars, the Whizzo Quality Assortment, a Scottish wedding and a day in the life of a city stockbroker. Some film moguls try to impress their boss.
Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
E7
Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
Air date: 1969-11-30
Featuring camel-spotting, an embezzler at a board-meeting and a science fiction tale about a Scotsman and a tennis-playing blancmange.
Full Frontal Nudity
E8
Full Frontal Nudity
Air date: 1969-12-07
Featuring an art critic, some hermits, Hell's Grannies and the dead parrot sketch. Some newlyweds attempt to buy a bed and the mafia offer protecting to the army.
The Ant, An Introduction
E9
The Ant, An Introduction
Air date: 1969-12-14
Featuring Ken Buddha, a man with a tape-recorder up his nose and a hairdresser who always wanted to be a lumberjack.
Untitled
E10
Untitled
Air date: 1969-12-21
Featuring a bank robber in a lingerie shop, It's A Tree (with Arthur Tree), a vocational guidance counsellor, Ron Obvious and a gorilla librarian.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
E11
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
Air date: 1969-12-28
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom, a footballer is interviewed and Batley Townswomen's Guild re-enact the invasion of Pearl Harbour.
The Naked Ant
E12
The Naked Ant
Air date: 1970-01-04
Featuring the North Minehead by-election, the Upper Class Twit of the Year competition, Ken Shabby and a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Wood Party.
Intermission
E13
Intermission
Air date: 1970-01-11
Featuring some historical impersonations, a cinema usherette with a dead seabird, restaurant abuse and Probe Around On Crime.

Cast

Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

Various

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Various / "It's" man

Terry Jones

Terry Jones

Various

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Various

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Various

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