Monty Python's Flying Circus
TV Show · Classics · International

From the very beginning, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" demonstrated quite clearly that the group's six members were after something quite uncategorizable.

1969 · 31m
Starring John Cleese, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman
Director Ian MacNaughton

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Whither Canada?
    It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
    31m
  • EPISODE 2
    Sex And Violence
    Flying Sheep, French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft, A Man With Three Buttocks, A Man With Two Noses, Musical Mice, Marriage Guidance Counselor, The Wacky Queen, Working-Class Playwright, A Scotsman on a Horse, The Wrestling Epilogue, and The Mouse Problem.
    32m
  • EPISODE 3
    How To Recognise Different Types Of Trees From Quite A Long Way Away
    Court Scene, The Larch, Bicycle Repair Man, Children's Stories, Restaurant Sketch, Seduced Milkmen, Stolen News Reader, Children's Interview, and Nudge Nudge.
    30m
  • EPISODE 4
    Owl-Stretching Time
    A change from street clothes to swim trunks turns into a burlesque act; a karate class exercises defense tactics against fresh fruit; a man tries to buy a book about false teeth.
    29m
  • EPISODE 5
    Man's Crisis Of Identity In The Latter Half Of The 20th Century
    Confuse-a-Cat, The Smuggler, A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard, Vox Pops on Smuggling, Police Raid, Letters on Vox Pops, Newsreader Arrested, Erotic Film, Cartoon - Charles Fatless, Silly Job Interview, Careers Advisory Board, Burglar/Encyclopaedia Salesman
    28m
  • EPISODE 6
    It's The Arts / The BBC Entry For The Zinc Stoat Of Budapest
    Sketches include: a German composer with an extraordinarily long name; crooks plan an elaborate scheme to buy a watch; a chocolate-company owner markets "Crunchy Frog."
    26m

Related

Cast & Crew

  • John Cleese
    Actor
  • Terry Jones
    Actor
  • Graham Chapman
    Actor
  • Michael Palin
    Actor
  • Eric Idle
    Various
  • Terry Gilliam
    Various
  • I‌M
    Ian MacNaughton
    Director
  • I‌M
    Ian MacNaughton
    Producer
  • John Cleese
    Writer
  • Terry Gilliam
    Writer
  • Michael Palin
    Writer

About

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Classics

From the very beginning, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" demonstrated quite clearly that the group's six members were after something quite uncategorizable.

Information

Studio
cnn.com
Released
1969
Rated
PG
© 1969, 1970 Python (Monty) Pictures Limited, All Rights Reserved

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English, English (United Kingdom)
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Subtitles

English (CC)

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