Monty Python's Flying Circus
- TV sketch show
- BBC Two / BBC One
- 1969 - 1974
- 45 episodes (4 series)
Highly influential off-the-wall 1970s sketch series, starring John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and Terry Jones. Also features Terry Gilliam and Carol Cleveland.
Key details
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 1969 - 1974
- Channels
- BBC Two, BBC One
- Episodes
- 45 (4 series), plus 1 highlights special
- Stars
- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Carol Cleveland
- Writers
- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin
- Directors
- John Howard Davies and Ian MacNaughton
- Producers
- John Howard Davies and Ian MacNaughton
- Companies
Surrealist, observational and curiously subversive, Monty Python's Flying Circus is a sketch show not quite like any other.
Mixing off-the-wall animated sequences, observational humour, innuendo and plain silliness, it often shines an inquisitive and mocking light on the established conventions and idiosyncrasies of British life, and accepted ideas and norms.
Some of the most celebrated and memorable Monty Python sketches include: "The Parrot Sketch", "The Spanish Inquisition", "Nudge Nudge", "The Lumberjack Song", "The Ministry of Silly Walks" and "The Cheese Shop".
Additional details
- Part of
- Also known as
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- Monty Python
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune is Liberty Bell by John Philip Sousa.
Website links
- Pythonline
The offical Monty Python website. - BBC Comedy Guide
A guide to the show made by the BBC. - The Roots Of Monty Python
From the BFI's screenonline website, "the definitive guide to Britain's film and TV history". - YouTube
- IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 5th October 1969 at 10:55pm on BBC One
- All previous repeats
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- Saturday 7th September 2019 at 11:00pm on BBC2 - Series 1, Episode 1
- Sunday 4th October 2009 at 9:00am on CC Extra
- Saturday 3rd October 2009 at 9:00am on CC Extra
Recording details
- BBC Television Centre
- London - Location sketches filmed largely in north-west London.