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.
Streaming rank this week: 1,901
Press clippings Page 7
Michael Palin blasts Melton's Monty Python plaque thief
Monty Python legend Michael Palin has slammed the apparent theft of a Melton plaque honouring his late co-star Graham Chapman as 'stupid and selfish'.
Melton Times, 16th October 2015Terry Gilliam: The other Pythons intimidate me
Terry Gilliam has revealed how he still feels intimidated by the quick verbal wit of his Monty Python colleagues.
Chortle, 8th October 2015Monty Python's 25 funniest quotes
The Telegraph selects its favourite Monty Python quotes, presented in picture gallery format.
The Telegraph, 15th August 2015Michael Palin: Monty Python is not dead, just resting
While there are no plans for further (full) Monty Python live concerts, Palin said he was relieved at the positive response from fans and it has inspired the team to start thinking about new material.
Chris Hook, Australian Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2015Czech silly walkers pay tribute to Monty Python
An 80-strong group did the fourth annual Silly Walk March in the southern Czech city of Brno, inspired by a 1970 Monty Python sketch featuring John Cleese with a bowler hat, briefcase and goofy gait.
Luxemburger Wort, 20th January 2015John Cleese chooses his top 5 sketches
In the course of John Cleese's interview this week for TIME's 10 Questions, the British comedy icon named the top five sketches he has written and/or performed in.
Time Magazine, 8th November 2014What have the Pythons ever done for you?
Watching the Greatest Hits show, what really interested me was how it fitted in to the comedy scene in 2014. What does it mean for those of you starting on the road to making a living in the profession?
Dave Cohen, , 24th July 2014Eddie Izzard recalls Monty Python's first US airing
In Izzard's current tour, he finds facts about the towns he performs in. In Dallas, someone submitted the fact that it was the first town in the USA to show Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 26th June 2014Opinion: The missing Monty Python link
There was a different appearance from Eric Idle's "Nudge-Nudge" character which I can't find anywhere. It was in a TV advert for Breakaway chocolate bars which also featured Idle's blazered buffoon, though this time, if my memory is correct, he wouldn't shut up about the chocolate and crispy biscuit combination.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st May 2014Was Gilliam right to call Python reunion depressing?
Are the Python's comments damagingly off-message or warming us up for shows that will be more than a cynical nostalgia fest?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th May 2014