• Air date: 31 Oct '74 6 episodes
      Monty Python’s Flying Circus is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. It also featured animations by Terry Gilliam, often sequenced or merged with live action. The first episode was recorded on 7 September and broadcast on 5 October 1969 on BBC One, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV. The show often targets the idiosyncrasies of British life, especially that of professionals, and is at times politically charged. The members of Monty Python were highly educated. Terry Jones and Michael Palin are Oxford University graduates; Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Graham Chapman attended Cambridge University; and American-born member Terry Gilliam is an Occidental College graduate. Their comedy is often pointedly intellectual, with numerous...
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. The Golden Age of Ballooning

      31 Oct '74
      Features gags and sketches such as The Golden Age of Ballooning, Louis XVI, The Court of George III and a Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party.
    • 2. Michael Ellis

      07 Nov '74
      Features the sketches Department Store, Buying an Ant, At Home with the Ant and Other Pets and Toupee Department.
    • 3. The Light Entertainment War

      14 Nov '74
      More surreal gags and sketches including Up Your Pavement, RAF Banter, Court Martial, The Public Are Idiots and Woody and Tinny Words.
    • 4. Hamlet

      21 Nov '74
      Sketches in this episode include Hamlet and Ophelia, Bogus Psychiatrists, Police Helmets, Boxing Match Aftermath and The Queen Victoria Handicap.
    • 5. Mr. Neutron

      28 Nov '74
      Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.
    • 6. Party Political Broadcast

      05 Dec '74
      Sketches in this final episode include The Most Awful Family in Britain, Patient Abuse, Brigadier and Bishop and The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences.