Series

Watch Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) Online

8.3737 votes1969TV-14EndedComedy

Synopsis

“And now for something completely different...”

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

Episodes

Season 1

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1. Whither Canada?Now viewing1969-10-0531m7.8Featuring 'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', an Italian lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur 'Two-Sheds' Jackson, a cycling race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
2. Sex and Violence1969-10-1233m7.7Featuring some flying sheep, a man with three buttocks, a man with two noses, musical mice, a marriage guidance counsellor, a working-class playwright and The Wrestling Epilogue.
3. How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away1969-10-1931m8.0Featuring a court scene, the larch, Bicycle Repair Man, children's stories, a restaurant sketch, some seduced milkmen, an interview with some children and a stolen newsreader.
4. Owl Stretching Time1969-10-2629m7.6Featuring fresh fruit as self-defence, some folk-singing, an art gallery sketch and Lemming of the BDA. An Edwardian man struggles to undress on the beach.
5. Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century1969-11-1629m7.9Featuring Confuse-a-Cat, discussion programme A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard, the arrest of a newsreader, an erotic film, a silly job interview and a burglar/encyclopaedia salesman.
6. It's the Arts1969-11-2330m7.1Featuring a gang of legal burglars, the Whizzo Quality Assortment, a Scottish wedding and a day in the life of a city stockbroker. Some film moguls try to impress their boss.
7. Oh, You're No Fun Anymore1969-11-3030m7.2Featuring camel-spotting, an embezzler at a board-meeting and a science fiction tale about a Scotsman and a tennis-playing blancmange.
8. Full Frontal Nudity1969-12-0729m7.3Featuring an art critic, some hermits, Hell's Grannies and the dead parrot sketch. Some newlyweds attempt to buy a bed and the mafia offer protecting to the army.
9. The Ant, An Introduction1969-12-1429m7.5Featuring Ken Buddha, a man with a tape-recorder up his nose and a hairdresser who always wanted to be a lumberjack.
10. Untitled1969-12-2130m7.3Featuring a bank robber in a lingerie shop, It's A Tree (with Arthur Tree), a vocational guidance counsellor, Ron Obvious and a gorilla librarian.
11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom1969-12-2831m7.1The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom, a footballer is interviewed and Batley Townswomen's Guild re-enact the invasion of Pearl Harbour.
12. The Naked Ant1970-01-0431m7.2Featuring the North Minehead by-election, the Upper Class Twit of the Year competition, Ken Shabby and a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Wood Party.
13. Intermission1970-01-1129m7.4Featuring some historical impersonations, a cinema usherette with a dead seabird, restaurant abuse and Probe Around On Crime.

Cast

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Graham Chapman
Various
Michael Palin
Various / "It's" man
Terry Jones
Various
Eric Idle
Various
Terry Gilliam
Various

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Is Monty Python's Flying Circus available to watch online?

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How many seasons does Monty Python's Flying Circus have?

Monty Python's Flying Circus has 4 seasons and 45 episodes.

When did Monty Python's Flying Circus first air?

Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired in 1969.

Is Monty Python's Flying Circus still running?

Monty Python's Flying Circus's status on TMDB is: Ended.

What genre is Monty Python's Flying Circus?

Monty Python's Flying Circus is classified as Comedy.