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

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Monty Python's Terry Jones and Michael Palin blend the historical with the absurd as they humorously reimagine major events in British history.

Comedy · 1969 · 25 min

Estrelando Wallace Eaton , Colin Gordon , Terry Jones

EPISÓDIO 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 de jan. de 1969
EPISÓDIO 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 de jan. de 1969
EPISÓDIO 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 de jan. de 1969
EPISÓDIO 4

Perkin Warbeck to Bloody Mary

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

24 min · 1 de jan. de 1969
EPISÓDIO 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 in this episode, plus the wooing of the Virgin Queen. Also, Professor Weaver explains the Spanish Armada.

24 min · 1 de jan. de 1969
EPISÓDIO 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 de jan. de 1969