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Monty Python's Flying Circus

  • TV-14
  • 1969–1974
  • 4 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 8.3

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

Episodes

13 episodes
  1. 1Face the Press

    30 minSep 15, 19707.8

    Featuring Doug and Dinsdale Piranha, Face the Press and the Ministry of Silly Walks. Mrs G Pinnet buys a new gas cooker.

  2. 2The Spanish Inquisition

    30 minSep 22, 19707.9

    Featuring the Spanish Inquisition, courtroom charades and a semaphore interpretation of Wuthering Heights.

  3. 3Déjà Vu

    30 minSep 29, 19707.8

    Featuring the work of the poet Euan McTeagle, a psychiatrist milkman and some exploding animals. A television presenter suffers from a severe case of deja vu.

  4. 4The Buzz Aldrin Show

    30 minOct 20, 19707.9

    More surreal humour from the Monty Python team. Sketches include The Architects, How to Recognise a Mason, Poets and the Chemist sketch.

  5. 5Live from the Grill-O-Mat

    29 minOct 27, 19707.1

    Featuring gameshow Blackmail, The Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and boxer Ken Clean-Air System.

  6. 6It's a Living

    29 minNov 3, 19706.6

    Featuring It's a Living and a school prize-giving. Timmy Williams presents a new chat show and the fate of the Silly Party hangs in the balance in an Election Night Special.

  7. 7The Attila the Hun Show

    27 minNov 11, 19707.6

    Featuring the Attila the Hun Show, a rat catcher, a village idiot, some killer sheep and news for parrots.

  8. 8Archaeology Today

    29 minNov 17, 19707.4

    Featuring Mrs Beethoven, the Reverend Arthur Belling, some Australian Mosquito Hunters and a drink party with the Gits.

  9. 9How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body

    30 minNov 24, 19707.6

    Featuring a guide on how to recognise parts of the body, a singing policeman, an interview with a plastic surgeon, a camp soldiers' drill and the Verrifast Plane Company.

  10. 10Scott of the Antarctic

    29 minDec 1, 19707.2

    Featuring a special report into the shooting of Scott of the Antarctic, from Paignton. Also, a man tries to purchase a fish licence.

  11. 11How Not to Be Seen

    29 minDec 8, 19707.5

    Features gags and sketches such as Job Hunter, Railway Timetables, How Not to be Seen and Interview in a Filing Cabinet.

  12. 12Spam

    30 minDec 15, 19707.9

    The sketches in this episode include Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook, World Forum-Communist Quiz, Hospital for Over-Actors and Spam.

  13. 13Royal Episode 13

    30 minDec 22, 19707.6

    Sketches in this episode include How to Feed a Goldfish, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and Lifeboat.

Where to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus

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Series cast

Graham ChapmanVarious45 episodes
Michael PalinVarious / "It's" man45 episodes
Terry JonesVarious45 episodes
Eric IdleVarious45 episodes
Terry GilliamVarious45 episodes
John CleeseVarious / Announcer39 episodes
Carol Cleveland5 episodes
Lyn Ashley5 episodes
Connie BoothVarious4 episodes
Rita DaviesThird Juror4 episodes
Peter BrettPatient - Russian3 episodes
Ian Davidson2 episodes
Maureen Flanagan2 episodes
Douglas Adams2 episodes
Dick Vosburgh1 episode
Barry Cryer1 episode
Marjorie Wilde1 episode
Ringo Starr1 episode

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