
- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 1969 - 1974
- Channels
- BBC Two, BBC One
- Episodes
- 45 (4 series), plus 1 highlights special
- Starring
- 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
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".
- Part of
- Production company
- Also known as
- Monty Python
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune is Liberty Bell by John Philip Sousa.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 5th October 1969 on BBC One at 10:55pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 5th December 1974 on BBC Two at 9pm
- Last repeat
- Saturday 7th September 2019 at 11:00pm
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

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