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Review: Monty Python's Flying Circus, series 1 Blu-Ray

The 50th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus is celebrated with the release of the first series on high-definition Blu-ray, restored by Network Distributing...

Dan Owen, Frame Rated, 22nd November 2019

Sitcoms were better in the days of Only Fools & Horses

David Jason talks to Chris Harvey about fame, censorship and being spurned by Monty Python.

Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 18th October 2019

Margaret Thatcher meets Monty Python

In 1989, as part of the Liberals rebrand as the Liberal Democrats, they adopted a bird as their logo. And one of Thatcher's speech-writers had the bright idea of mocking it by referencing Monty Python's dead parrot sketch. But Mrs Thatcher had never seen the sketch and had never heard of Monty Python.

Ferdie Rous, The Oldie, 10th October 2019

West Sussex couple in Monty Python-themed wedding

To mark the 50th anniversary of Monty Python's first broadcast, superfans John Wood and his bride Gemma Harris decided to theme their wedding on the classic comedy. Python actress Carol Cleveland was among those who attended.

BBC, 9th October 2019

It's... Genome's Monty Python 50th anniversary quiz

To celebrate half a century of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Genome indulges in a little light quizzing - how well do you know your Pythons?

Andrew Martin, BBC, 5th October 2019

Monty Python at 50

In this rare glimpse inside the BBC archives, we reveal the exasperated internal memos, the furious letters from wing commanders - and David Frost's bid to bring them down.

Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 4th October 2019

Monty Python at 50: they're still comedy legends

Monty Python's 50th anniversary proves they're still comedy legends.

Fansided, 3rd October 2019

Monty Python Box Set Release Postponed Due To New Finds

Following on from the announcement at the end of July celebrating the release of the newly restored Monty Python's Flying Circus Norwegian Blu-ray Edition the release date has had to be delayed.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2019

How Monty Python saved my life (maybe)

Monty Python - punk before the Sex Pistols - remains the greatest television comedy of all time, writes Aidan Smith.

Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 13th August 2019

Horrible Histories: The Movie review

I liked a line about gladiators giving 'CX per cent'. But there's nothing here that hasn't been done before, more engagingly, by Monty Python and even the Carry On team.

Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 27th July 2019

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