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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What have the Pythons ever done for you?
Watching the Greatest Hits show, what really interested me was how it fitted in to the comedy scene in 2014. What does it mean for those of you starting on the road to making a living in the profession?
Dave Cohen, 24th July 2014A Revolution In The Head: The Other Side Of Monty Python
There is, or was, another side to Monty Python. Back in the day, that celebrated silliness was only part of the picture; this was adversarial humour, part of the counterculture (in effect, if not necessarily by intention). Very rarely was Python political, but it was a protest all right - a protest against bullshit and bullying, sloppy thinking and humbug, a gleeful assault on philistinism and pseudery.
Taylor Parkes, The Quietus, 1st July 2014Eddie Izzard recalls Monty Python's first US airing
In Izzard's current tour, he finds facts about the towns he performs in. In Dallas, someone submitted the fact that it was the first town in the USA to show Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 26th June 2014Opinion: The missing Monty Python link
There was a different appearance from Eric Idle's "Nudge-Nudge" character which I can't find anywhere. It was in a TV advert for Breakaway chocolate bars which also featured Idle's blazered buffoon, though this time, if my memory is correct, he wouldn't shut up about the chocolate and crispy biscuit combination.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st May 2014Was Gilliam right to call Python reunion depressing?
Are the Python's comments damagingly off-message or warming us up for shows that will be more than a cynical nostalgia fest?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th May 2014Michael Palin interview
Michael Palin tells HuffPostUK why 'Monty Python has never really happened since'.
Caroline Frost, The Huffington Post, 28th April 2014Monty Python reinvented British comedy
Michael Palin is typically self-deprecating about the Pythons' work. Their gleaming jewels more than make up for any 'dross'.
Natalie Haynes, The Guardian, 10th April 2014Arlene Phillips is ready to unveil John Cleese's body
Arlene Phillips says there will be flesh on display when the members of the Monty Python team appear in their reunion show in July.
Tim Walker, The Telegraph, 9th April 2014Michael Palin: A lot of Monty Python was 'crap'
Michael Palin announces his first solo tour of Britain, as he discloses the highlights and lowlights of his long career and admits a lot of Monty Python was c--p.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 9th April 2014Michael Palin interview
After hitting the stage with Monty Python in July, Michael Palin is to embark on his first ever one-man theatre tour.
BBC News, 9th April 2014