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Monty Python's Flying Circus
A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
- Created by:
- Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies
- Cast:
- Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle
- Language:
- English
- Network:
- BBC One
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.8Whither Canada?
1969-10-05 · 31mFeaturing '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.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.7Sex and Violence
1969-10-12 · 33mFeaturing 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.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.0How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
1969-10-19 · 31mFeaturing 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.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.6Owl Stretching Time
1969-10-26 · 29mFeaturing 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.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.9Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
1969-11-16 · 29mFeaturing 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.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.1It's the Arts
1969-11-23 · 30mFeaturing 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.
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Episode 7
★ 7.2Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
1969-11-30 · 30mFeaturing camel-spotting, an embezzler at a board-meeting and a science fiction tale about a Scotsman and a tennis-playing blancmange.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.3Full Frontal Nudity
1969-12-07 · 29mFeaturing 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.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.5The Ant, An Introduction
1969-12-14 · 29mFeaturing Ken Buddha, a man with a tape-recorder up his nose and a hairdresser who always wanted to be a lumberjack.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.3Untitled
1969-12-21 · 30mFeaturing a bank robber in a lingerie shop, It's A Tree (with Arthur Tree), a vocational guidance counsellor, Ron Obvious and a gorilla librarian.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.1The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
1969-12-28 · 31mThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom, a footballer is interviewed and Batley Townswomen's Guild re-enact the invasion of Pearl Harbour.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.2The Naked Ant
1970-01-04 · 31mFeaturing 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.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.4Intermission
1970-01-11 · 29mFeaturing some historical impersonations, a cinema usherette with a dead seabird, restaurant abuse and Probe Around On Crime.
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Graham Chapman
Various
Michael Palin
Various / "It's" man
Terry Jones
Various
Eric Idle
Various
Terry Gilliam
Various