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Monty Python's Flying Circus · S2 · E10

Scott of the Antarctic

  • TV-14
  • Dec 1, 1970
  • 29 min
  • 7.2

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

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About this episode

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

Season 2

13 episodes
  1. 1Face the Press

    30 minSep 15, 1970★ 7.8

    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, 1970★ 7.9

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

  3. 3Déjà Vu

    30 minSep 29, 1970★ 7.8

    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, 1970★ 7.9

    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, 1970★ 7.1

    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, 1970★ 6.6

    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, 1970★ 7.6

    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, 1970★ 7.4

    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, 1970★ 7.6

    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, 1970★ 7.2Now viewing

    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, 1970★ 7.5

    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, 1970★ 7.9

    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, 1970★ 7.6

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

Guest stars

Lyn Ashley
Carol ClevelandVarious