Name: The Complete and Utter History of Britain
Released: 1969-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Wallace Eaton, Colin Gordon, Terry Jones

Available on ITVX

A forerunner to `Monty Python's Flying Circus', this sketch show looked at famous events in British history from a quirky perspective.

Comedy · 1969 · 25 min

Starring Wallace Eaton , Colin Gordon , Terry Jones

EPISODE 1

From the Dawn of History to the Norman Conquest

After a quick film survey of everyday life at the Dawn of History, the Narrator begins to guide through the ages. Covered in this episode is the patenting of the first chair and Caesar's Home Movies of the Invasion of Britain.

24 min · 1 Jan 1969
EPISODE 2

Richard the Lionheart to Robin Hood

The year 1066 was all action. A Saxon newsreader gives up-to-the-minute flashes from Hastings and the victorious King William is interviewed in the shower rooms after the battle.

24 min · 1 Jan 1969
EPISODE 3

Edward the First to Richard the Last

From Edward I's famous last words - what were they again? - to Richard III, the world's worst babysitter. This episode delves into both and everything in between; a little thing called the Hundred Years' War.

25 min · 1 Jan 1969
EPISODE 4

Perkin Warbeck to Bloody Mary

Perkin Warbeck is revealed at last and the ghost of Anne Boleyn walks again. Digging into the familiar past of Henry VIII and his six wives and the Whizzo Collection of Early Tudor Treasures.

24 min · 1 Jan 1969
EPISODE 5

The Great and Glorious Age of Elizabeth

The Glories of Queen Elizabeth I (Ah! The glories of the Queen); all this is looked at, plus the wooing of the Virgin Queen. Also, Professor Weaver explains the Spanish Armada.

24 min · 1 Jan 1969
EPISODE 6

James the McFirst to Oliver Cromwell

In this final episode of the series the sketches included are: James the McFirst's Christmas broadcast, the Pilgrim Fathers book passages to America, Charles I on the scaffold and a guide to witch spotting.

24 min · 1 Jan 1969