TV Show

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

4 seasons

45 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1969

Rating

TV Show

8.2/10

664 votes • HD

Season 1

13 episodes
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Whither Canada?
Episode 1

Whither Canada?

Episode 1 • Oct 05, 1969

Featuring '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.

7.7
31m
Sex and Violence
Episode 2

Sex and Violence

Episode 2 • Oct 12, 1969

Featuring 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.

7.6
33m
How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
Episode 3

How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away

Episode 3 • Oct 19, 1969

Featuring 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.

7.9
31m
Owl Stretching Time
Episode 4

Owl Stretching Time

Episode 4 • Oct 26, 1969

Featuring 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.

7.5
29m
Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
Episode 5

Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century

Episode 5 • Nov 16, 1969

Featuring 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.

7.8
29m
It's the Arts
Episode 6

It's the Arts

Episode 6 • Nov 23, 1969

Featuring 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.

7.4
30m
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Season 2

13 episodes
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Face the Press
Episode 1

Face the Press

Episode 1 • Sep 15, 1970

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

7.6
30m
The Spanish Inquisition
Episode 2

The Spanish Inquisition

Episode 2 • Sep 22, 1970

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

8.1
30m
Déjà Vu
Episode 3

Déjà Vu

Episode 3 • Sep 29, 1970

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.

7.8
30m
The Buzz Aldrin Show
Episode 4

The Buzz Aldrin Show

Episode 4 • Oct 20, 1970

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

7.8
30m
Live from the Grill-O-Mat
Episode 5

Live from the Grill-O-Mat

Episode 5 • Oct 27, 1970

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

6.9
29m
It's a Living
Episode 6

It's a Living

Episode 6 • Nov 03, 1970

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.

6.3
29m
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Season 3

13 episodes
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Whicker's World
Episode 1

Whicker's World

Episode 1 • Oct 19, 1972

Features gags and sketches such as Multiple Murderer Court Scene, Njorl's Saga and Whicker’s World.

7.0
30m
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
Episode 2

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

Episode 2 • Oct 26, 1972

Features Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.

7.2
29m
The Money Programme
Episode 3

The Money Programme

Episode 3 • Nov 02, 1972

Features The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.

7.0
29m
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
Episode 4

Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

Episode 4 • Nov 09, 1972

Features gags and sketches such as Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror, The Man who Speaks in Anagrams and Pantomime Horses.

7.7
30m
The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
Episode 5

The All-England Summarise Proust Competition

Episode 5 • Nov 16, 1972

Featuring in this episode The All-England Summarise Proust Competition, Fire Brigade, Travel Agent and Party Hints with Veronica Smalls.

7.1
30m
The War Against Pornography
Episode 6

The War Against Pornography

Episode 6 • Nov 23, 1972

Sketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had.

7.3
28m
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Season 4

6 episodes
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The Golden Age of Ballooning
Episode 1

The Golden Age of Ballooning

Episode 1 • Oct 31, 1974

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.

6.8
28m
Michael Ellis
Episode 2

Michael Ellis

Episode 2 • Nov 07, 1974

Features the sketches Department Store, Buying an Ant, At Home with the Ant and Other Pets and Toupee Department.

7.0
28m
The Light Entertainment War
Episode 3

The Light Entertainment War

Episode 3 • Nov 14, 1974

More surreal gags and sketches including Up Your Pavement, RAF Banter, Court Martial, The Public Are Idiots and Woody and Tinny Words.

6.3
30m
Hamlet
Episode 4

Hamlet

Episode 4 • Nov 21, 1974

Sketches in this episode include Hamlet and Ophelia, Bogus Psychiatrists, Police Helmets, Boxing Match Aftermath and The Queen Victoria Handicap.

6.5
27m
Mr. Neutron
Episode 5

Mr. Neutron

Episode 5 • Nov 28, 1974

Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.

7.2
27m
Party Political Broadcast
Episode 6

Party Political Broadcast

Episode 6 • Dec 05, 1974

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.

6.3
28m