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Monty Python's Flying Circus

8.3/10 760 votes
Comedy

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

5 available

Season 2

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 7.8

Face the Press

1970-09-15 · 30m

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

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Episode 2

★ 7.9

The Spanish Inquisition

1970-09-22 · 30m

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

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Episode 3

★ 7.8

Déjà Vu

1970-09-29 · 30m

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.

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Episode 4

★ 7.9

The Buzz Aldrin Show

1970-10-20 · 30m

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

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Episode 5

★ 7.1

Live from the Grill-O-Mat

1970-10-27 · 29m

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

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Episode 6

★ 6.6

It's a Living

1970-11-03 · 29m

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.

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Episode 7

★ 7.6

The Attila the Hun Show

1970-11-11 · 27m

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

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Episode 8

★ 7.4

Archaeology Today

1970-11-17 · 29m

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

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Episode 9

★ 7.6

How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body

1970-11-24 · 30m

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.

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Episode 10

★ 7.2

Scott of the Antarctic

1970-12-01 · 29m

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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Episode 11

★ 7.5

How Not to Be Seen

1970-12-08 · 29m

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

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Episode 12

★ 7.9

Spam

1970-12-15 · 30m

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

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Episode 13

★ 7.6

Royal Episode 13

1970-12-22 · 30m

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

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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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