Monty Python's Flying Circus
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And now for something completely different - and how. The brainy members of the Python troupe present sketches from the absurd to the obscure, and milk humour out of anything they come across.

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

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Whither Canada?
    Sketches include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart taking a look at famous deaths, and an American professor performing Italian lessons.
    31 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Sex and Violence
    Features, `Flying Sheep', `A Man With Three Buttocks', `A Man With Two Noses', `The Wacky Queen', `Working Class Playwright' and `The Mouse Problem'.
    32 min
  • EPISODE 3
    How to Recognise Different Types of Trees From Quite a Long Way Away
    A look at how to recognise different trees, a society filled with Supermen, children's stories, and a courtroom plea for leniency.
    30 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Owl-Stretching Time
    Features, `And Did Those Feet', `Art Gallery', `It's A Man's Life In The Modern Army', `Undressing in Public' and `Self-Defence Against Fruit'.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
    Features, `Confuse-A-Cat', `The Smuggler', `Newsreader Arrested', `Silly Job Interview' and `Burglar'.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 6
    The BBC Entry to the Zinc Stoat of Budapest
    Features, `Non-Illegal Robbery', `Crunchy Frog', `Red Indian In Theatre', `A Scotsman On A Horse' and `Twentieth Century Vole'.
    26 min

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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

And now for something completely different - and how. The brainy members of the Python troupe present sketches from the absurd to the obscure, and milk humour out of anything they come across.

Information

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

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

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