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.

Seasons

4

Episodes aired

45

Latest aired

S04E06

Total runtime

21h 54min

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 October 1969 – January 1970 13 episodes
2. Season 2 September 1970 – December 1970 13 episodes
3. the show was away for 1 year and 10 months
4. Season 3 October 1972 – January 1973 13 episodes
5. the show was away for 1 year and 9 months
6. Season 4 October 1974 – December 1974 6 episodes

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  S02E01 Face the Press

  September 15 · 30min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E02 The Spanish Inquisition

  September 22 · 30min find the promo

  Show synopsis

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

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  S02E03 Déjà Vu

  September 29 · 30min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E04 The Buzz Aldrin Show

  October 20 · 30min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E05 Live from the Grill-O-Mat

  October 27 · 29min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E06 It's a Living

  November 3 · 29min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E07 The Attila the Hun Show

  November 11 · 27min find the promo

  Show synopsis

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

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  S02E08 Archaeology Today

  November 17 · 29min find the promo

  Show synopsis

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

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  S02E09 How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body

  November 24 · 30min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E10 Scott of the Antarctic

  December 1 · 29min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E11 How Not to Be Seen

  December 8 · 29min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E12 Spam

  December 15 · 30min find the promo

  Show synopsis

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

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  S02E13 Royal Episode 13

  December 22 · 30min find the promo

  Show synopsis

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