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.
Streaming rank this week: 690
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Attempt at world record for Gumby gathering
This event forms part of the official 50th Anniversary celebrations of Monty Python and will take place at the Roundhouse in north London, on Saturday 5 October 2019 from 10.30am, 50 years to the day since Monty Python's Flying Circus was first broadcast on the BBC.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th September 2019Monty 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 2019Terry Gilliam: I disagree with John Cleese's worldview
Gilliam, speaking to Radio Times magazine, said that the only public figure he can trust in the current political climate is Sir David Attenborough.
BT, 3rd September 2019John Cleese: UK journalists write off comedy success
The Monty Python star said the series is not 'going very strong' in the country where it was first launched.
BT, 3rd September 2019Eric Idle: 'I liked it better when we annoyed people'
Eric Idle has said it is disappointing that Monty Python is now viewed as "rather cuddly and lovely" as opposed to upsetting people as it once did.
Florence Snead, i Newspaper, 3rd September 2019John Cleese is ruining Python's legacy
Is Britain guilty of not showing enough enthusiasm for 50-year-old comedy sketches, or is Cleese just a bit out of touch?
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 3rd September 2019Photos from dropped Python sketches unearthed
Photos of axed sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus have been published for the first time to mark the television series' 50th anniversary.
Rhiannon Williams, i Newspaper, 26th August 2019How 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 2019Monty Python's 50th anniversary details
A range of new and re-released products have been announced to mark the 50th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus; plus a world record attempt; BFI and BBC Two seasons, an HD-restored box set, and more.
British Comedy Guide, 26th June 2019Michael Palin 'will probably be only knighted Python'
Michael Palin has predicted he will be the only Monty Python member to become a sir after being dubbed a knight by Prince William at Buckingham Palace.
BBC, 12th June 2019