Monty Python's Flying Circus
- TV sketch show
- BBC Two / BBC One
- 1969 - 1974
- 45 episodes (4 series)
Highly influential off-the-wall 1970s sketch series, starring John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and Terry Jones. Also features Terry Gilliam and Carol Cleveland.
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Silly walk has not stood up well to the march of time
Monty Python was fun while it lasted but a realistic comedies have a better chance of enduring, argues Michael Deacon.
Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 11th April 2011Audio: Terry Gilliam, the man behind Python's animation
Terry Gilliam, who was the man behind the animations in Monty Python - the giant feet and open heads - recalls his Flying Circus days which began in October 1969 when the programme first aired.
BBC News, 10th April 2011A Peek at Python
Describing Monty Python in one article is like summarising Shakespeare in a media-friendly soundbite, or spending three days in the lap of the gods then writing a letter about it to the Reader's Digest.
Michael Monkhouse, Giggle Beats, 31st March 2011'Monty Python' casual games in the works
Featuring contributions from the Pythons themselves, the first game in the series will be released via Facebook as well as appearing elsewhere on the web.
Mark Langshaw, Digital Spy, 20th November 2010Video: Monty Python team caught on early home video
In the early days of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the team had no idea how big the show would become, so Terry Jones wanted to capture the moment on film.
He tells Kirsty Wark he was keen to find out just what the camera could do, an early indication of his eventual role directing the Monty Python films.
This and many other home videos will be featured in the Great British Home Movie Roadshow which begins on Friday 6 August at 2100 BST on BBC Two.
Kirsty Wark, BBC News, 6th August 2010It's not surprising that Monty Python faced the axe
The comedy series was not alone in being at the whim of frightened TV executives, says David Quantick.
David Quantick, The Telegraph, 4th August 2010How Monty Python was formed
Terry Jones recounts the absurdist playwrights who shaped unique Monty Python humour.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 4th August 2010BBC nearly killed off Monty Python, says Terry Jones
Monty Python was nearly killed off by BBC executives who feared it would never make money, according to Terry Jones.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 3rd August 2010Why Eric Idle is happy to revisit his Python past
At the height of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric Idle made a promise to himself. When the performers went their separate ways in 1983, and when the Ministry of Silly Walks had been closed for good, he would in the spirit of the show prepare to do something completely different. As it turned out, things didn't quite work out that way.
Sarah Freeman, The Yorkshire Post, 12th July 2010Michael Palin: I'm very proud of fish-slapping dance
Michael Palin, 67, is best known for being part of the Monty Python comedy team and for travel documentaries.
Andrew Williams, Metro, 6th July 2010