List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes

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This is a list of all 45 episodes from the television series Monty Python's Flyi
ng Circus:
Series Episodes Originally aired
First in the series Last in the series
1 13 5 October 1969 11 January 1970
2 13 15 September 1970 22 December 1970
3 13 19 October 1972 18 January 1973
4 6 31 October 1974 5 December 1974
Contents
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* 1 Series 1
o 1.1 1. Whither Canada?
o 1.2 2. Sex and Violence
o 1.3 3. How to Recognise Different Types of Trees From Quite a Long W
ay Away
o 1.4 4. Owl Stretching Time
o 1.5 5. Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Centu
ry
o 1.6 6. It's the Arts (or: The BBC Entry to the Zinc Stoat of Budapes
t)
o 1.7 7. You're No Fun Anymore
o 1.8 8. Full Frontal Nudity
o 1.9 9. The Ant, an Introduction
o 1.10 10. Untitled
o 1.11 11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
o 1.12 12. The Naked Ant
o 1.13 13. It's the Arts (or: Intermission)
* 2 Series 2
o 2.1 1. Face the Press (or: Dinsdale)
o 2.2 2. The Spanish Inquisition
o 2.3 3. Déjà Vu (or: Show 5)
o 2.4 4. The Buzz Aldrin Show (or: An Apology)
o 2.5 5. Live from the Grill-O-Mat
o 2.6 6. It's A Living (or: School Prizes)
o 2.7 7. The Attila the Hun Show
o 2.8 8. Archaeology Today
o 2.9 9. How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
o 2.10 10. Scott of the Antarctic
o 2.11 11. How Not to Be Seen
o 2.12 12. Spam
o 2.13 13. Royal Episode 13 (or: The Queen Will Be Watching)
* 3 Series 3
o 3.1 1. Whicker's World (or: Njorl's Saga)
o 3.2 2. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
o 3.3 3. The Money Programme
o 3.4 4. Blood, Devastation, Death, War, and Horror
o 3.5 5. The All-England Summarize Proust Competition
o 3.6 6. The War Against Pornography
o 3.7 7. Salad Days
o 3.8 8. The Cycling Tour
o 3.9 9. The Nude Organist (or: The Nude Man)
o 3.10 10. E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
o 3.11 11. Dennis Moore
o 3.12 12. A Book at Bedtime
o 3.13 13. Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
 * 4 Series 4
o 4.1 1. The Golden Age of Ballooning
o 4.2 2. Michael Ellis
o 4.3 3. The Light Entertainment War
o 4.4 4. Hamlet
o 4.5 5. Mr. Neutron
o 4.6 6. Party Political Broadcast
* 5 References
[edit] Series 1
It's...
[edit] 1. Whither Canada?
(episode 1; aired 5 October 1969; recorded 7 September 1969)
* It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Famous deaths
* Italian lesson
* Whizzo Butter
The word "Whizzo" would be used throughout the series as the title of va
rious companies and products, such as Whizzo's Finest Chocolates produced by the
Whizzo Chocolate Company, for the Crunchy Frog sketch of episode six.
* "It's the Arts"
* Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson
* Picasso/Cycling Race
* The Funniest Joke in the World
[edit] 2. Sex and Violence
(episode 2; aired 12 October 1969; recorded 30 August 1969)
* Flying Sheep
* French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft
* A Man with Three Buttocks
* A Man with Two Noses
* Musical Mice
* Marriage Guidance Counsellor
* The Wacky Queen
* Working-class playwright
* The Wrestling Epilogue
Real professional wrestlers portrayed an Anglican monsignor and a colleg
e professor who debate the existence of God by wrestling.
* The Mouse Problem
The sketch originally ended with an announcement that if any viewers suf
fered from the same problem they could dial a phone number that appeared on the
screen. The number turned out to be David Frost's number, and after he complaine
d the segment was wiped.
[edit] 3. How to Recognise Different Types of Trees From Quite a Long Way Away
(episode 3; aired 19 October 1969; recorded 14 September 1969) This episode had
the longest title.
* Court Scene with Cardinal Richelieu
* The Larch
 * Bicycle Repair Man
* Tirade Against Communists
* Children's Stories
* Restaurant Sketch
* Seduced Milkmen
The woman is often said to be Carol Cleveland, but it is another woman w
ho is not credited. Cleveland does appear in a version of this sketch in the fil
m And Now For Something Completely Different.
* Stolen newsreader
* The Horse Chestnut
* Children's Interview
* Nudge Nudge
[edit] 4. Owl Stretching Time
(episode 4; aired 26 October 1969; recorded 21 September 1969)
Owl Stretching Time was a proposed name for the series itself.
BBC-1 began colour broadcasting officially on November 15th 1969, however since
September 1969 they had been broadcasting colour programmes "unnoficially", so w
hile the whole of the first series was broadcast in colour, this episode was the
first to be advertised as being in colour (source: Notes taken from BBC videota
pe operators and transmission managers made at the time).
* Song: "Jerusalem (And did those feet)"
* Art Gallery
* Art Critic
* It's a Dog's Life in the Modern Army
* Undressing in Public
* Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit
First appearance of the 16-Ton Weight.
* Secret Service Dentists
[edit] 5. Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
(episode 5; aired 16 November 1969; recorded 3 October 1969)
* Confuse-a-Cat
* The Smuggler
* A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard (discussion)
* Vox Pops on Smuggling
* Police Raid
* Letters and Vox Pops
* Newsreader Arrested
* Erotic film
* Silly Job Interview - first appeared on How to Irritate People.
* Careers Advisory Board
* Burglar/Encyclopedia Salesman
[edit] 6. It's the Arts (or: The BBC Entry to the Zinc Stoat of Budapest)
(episode 6; aired 23 November 1969; recorded 5 November 1969)
* It's the Arts
* Johann Gambolputty
 * Non-Illegal Robbery
* Vox Pops
* Crunchy Frog (Whizzo Chocolate Company)
* The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker
* Red Indian in Theatre
* Policemen Make Wonderful Friends
* A Scotsman on a Horse
* Twentieth-Century Vole
[edit] 7. You're No Fun Anymore
(episode 7; aired 30 November 1969; recorded 10 October 1969)
* Camel Spotting
* You're No Fun Any More
* The Audit
* Science Fiction Sketch
o Man Turns Into Scotsman
o Police station
o Blancmanges Playing Tennis
[edit] 8. Full Frontal Nudity
(episode 8; aired 7 December 1969; recorded 25 November 1969)
* Army Protection Racket
* Vox Pops on Full Frontal Nudity
* Art Critic - The Place of the Nude
* Buying a Bed
* Hermits
* Dead Parrot
* The Flasher
* Hell's Grannies
The theme song from the James Bond film Thunderball is heard.
This episode repeats a running gag from episode 4: a female cast member delivers
a terrible joke, and upon protest from fellow cast members wails "But it's my o
nly line!"
Most sketches in this episode are ended prematurely by Graham Chapman's army cha
racter ("The Colonel") from the first sketch, who protests that they are "too si
lly."
[edit] 9. The Ant, an Introduction
(episode 9; aired 14 December 1969; recorded 7 December 1969)
* Llamas
* A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Nose
* Kilimanjaro Expedition (Double Vision)
* A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Brother's Nose
* Homicidal Barber
* The Lumberjack Song
* Gumby Crooner
* The Refreshment Room at Bletchley
* Ken Buddha and His Inflatable Knees
* Brian Islam and Brucie (animation)
The music is "Banjoreno" by the Dixieland Jug Blowers.
 * Hunting Film
* The Visitors
[edit] 10. Untitled
(episode 10; aired 21 December 1969; recorded 30 November 1969)
* Walk-on Part in Sketch
* Bank Robber in a Lingerie Shop
* Trailer
* It's A Tree
* Vocational Guidance Counsellor
The larch from episode 3 reappears.
* Ron Obvious: The First Man to Jump the Channel
* Tunnelling from Godalming to Java
* Pet Conversions
* Gorilla Librarian
* Letters to Daily Mirror
* Strangers in the night
This is the first episode not to show an episode title at the beginning of the c
losing credits.
[edit] 11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
(episode 11; aired 28 December 1969; recorded 14 December 1969)
* Lavatorial Humour
The RPO performs the opening of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in th
e bathroom.
* Interruptions
* Agatha Christie (Inspector Tiger)
* Literary Football Discussion
* Interesting People
* Undertakers Film
* Eighteenth-Century Social Legislation
* The Battle of Trafalgar
* Batley Townswomans Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour
* Undertakers Film
[edit] 12. The Naked Ant
(episode 12; aired 4 January 1970; recorded 21 December 1969)
* Falling From Building
* Spectrum - Talking About Things
* Visitors From Coventry
* Mr. Hilter and the Minehead by-election
* Silly Voices at the Police station
* Upper Class Twit of the Year
* Ken Shabby
* How Far Can a Minister Fall?
[edit] 13. It's the Arts (or: Intermission)
(episode 13; aired 11 January 1970; recorded 4 January 1970)
 * Restaurant Abuse/Cannibalism
* Advertisements
* Albatross
* Come Back to My Place
* Me Doctor
* Historical Impersonations
* Quiz Programme: "Wishes"
* Probe-Around on Crime
* Stonehenge and Mr. Attila the Hun
* Psychiatry
* Operating theatre
[edit] Series 2
And now for something completely different.
It's...
[edit] 1. Face the Press (or: Dinsdale)
(episode 14; aired 15 September 1970; recorded 9 July 1970)
* Face the Press
* New Cooker Sketch
* Tobacconist's (Prostitute Advert)
* The Ministry of Silly Walks
* La March Futile
* Piranha Brothers: introductory music: from Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius
[edit] 2. The Spanish Inquisition
(episode 15; aired 22 September 1970; recorded 2 July 1970)
* Man-Powered Flight
* The Spanish Inquisition
* Jokes and Novelties Salesman
* Tax on Thingy
* Vox Pops
* Photos of Uncle Ted
* The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights
* Julius Caesar on an Aldis lamp
* Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Morse Code
* Smoke signal Version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
* Court Charades
The Spanish Inquisitors (Palin, Jones, and Gilliam) appear 7 times throughout th
is episode.
[edit] 3. Déjà Vu (or: Show 5)
(episode 16; aired 29 September 1970; recorded 16 July 1970)
* A Bishop Rehearsing
* Flying Lessons
* Hijacked Plane
* The Poet McTeagle
* Psychiatrist Milkman
Graham Chapman's character changes from Mrs. Ratbag to Mrs. Pim.
* Complaints
* Déjà Vu
[edit] 4. The Buzz Aldrin Show (or: An Apology)
(episode 17; aired 20 October 1970; recorded 18 September 1970)
* An apology
* Gumby announcement
* Architects Sketch
* How to Recognize a Mason
* An apology/Another Gumby announcement
* Motor Insurance Sketch
* The Bishop
The Peter Gunn Theme by Henry Mancini is prominent.
* Living Room on Pavement
* Poets
* A Choice of Viewing
* An Interview with a Nude Man
* The Bishop...Again?!
* An apology
* Gumby Frog Curse/Another Another Gumby Announcement
* Chemist Sketch
* An Apology/Words Not to be Used Again
* After-shave
* Vox Pops
* Police Constable Pan-Am
* Another Apology
* End Credits
* Last Gumby announcement (The end)
Cardinal Ximénez makes a cameo appearance in this episode. Additionally, one chara
cter says "I didn't expect a Spanish Inquisition", but, being played by Michael
Palin (as is Cardinal Ximènez), is told to shut up.
[edit] 5. Live from the Grill-O-Mat
(episode 18; aired 27 October 1970; recorded 10 September 1970)
* Live From the Grill-o-Mat
* The First Item...
* Blackmail
Terry Gilliam replaces Terry Jones as the Nude Organist.
* Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
* Escape from Film
* The Next Item (or dish)...
* Current Affairs
* Continued from the Escape from Film
* The Next Item (...Prawn Salad...?)...
* Accidents Sketch (Prawn Salad Ltd.)
* Interruption
* Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
* The Butcher Who is Alternately Rude and Polite
* The Last Item (coffee)...
* Ken Clean-Air System
* On the Bus (end credits)
[edit] 6. It's A Living (or: School Prizes)
(episode 19; aired 3 November 1970; recorded 10 September 1970)
 * "It's a Living"
* The Time on BBC 1
* School Prize-Giving
* "if...." - a film by Mr Dibley
* "Rear Window" - a film by Mr Dibley
* "Finian's Rainbow" (starring the man from the off-licence)
* The Foreign Secretary and Other News
* Free Dung from the "Book of the Month" Club
* Dead Indian
* Timmy Williams interview
* Raymond Luxury Yacht (Throat Wobbler Mangrove interview)
* Marriage Registry office
* Election Night Special
[edit] 7. The Attila the Hun Show
(episode 20; aired 10 November 1970; recorded 2 October 1970)
* "The Attila the Hun Show"
Parody of The Debbie Reynolds Show (1969), recreating the opening credit
s shot for shot and using a knockoff of the theme "With A Little Love".
The opening sequence appears after this sketch.
* Attila the Nun
* Secretary of State Striptease
* Vox Pops on Political Groupies
* Ratcatcher
* Wainscotting
* Killer Sheep
* The News for Parrots
* The News for Gibbons
* Today in Parliament
* The News for Wombats
* Attila the Bun
* The Idiot in the Rural Society
* Test Match Against Iceland
* The Epsom Furniture Race
* "Spot The Braincell"
[edit] 8. Archaeology Today
(episode 21; aired 17 November 1970; recorded 9 October 1970)
* Trailer
* "Archaeology Today"
* Silly Vicar and Leapy Lee
* Registrar (wife swap)
* Silly doctor sketch (immediately abandoned)
* Mr. and Mrs. Git
* Roy and Hank Spim - Mosquito hunters
* Poofy Judges
* Mrs. Thing and Mrs. Entity
* Beethoven's Mynah Bird
* Shakespeare
* Michelangelo
* Colin "Chopper" Mozart (ratcatcher)
* Judges
[edit] 9. How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
(episode 22; aired 24 November 1970; recorded 25 September 1970)
* "How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body"
* Bruces sketch
* Naughty Bits
* The Man who Contradicts People
* Cosmetic Surgery
* Camp Square-Bashing
* Killer Cars
* Cut-Price Airline
* Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the First Heart Transplant
* The First Underwater Production of "Measure for Measure"
* The Death of Mary Queen of Scots
* Exploding Penguin on the TV Set
* There's Been a Murder
* Sgt. Duckie's Song - Police entry for Eurovision Song Contest
* "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bang" (song) - contest winner from Monaco
[edit] 10. Scott of the Antarctic
(episode 23; aired 1 December 1970; recorded 2 July 1970)
* French Subtitled Film
* Scott of the Antarctic
* Scott of the Sahara
The opening sequence appears after this sketch, seventeen and a half min
utes into the show (out of about thirty).
* Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth
* Fish Licence
* Derby Council v. All Blacks Rugby Match
* Long John Silver Impersonators v. Bournemouth Gynaecologists
[edit] 11. How Not to Be Seen
(episode 24; aired 8 December 1970; recorded 23 July 1970)
* Conquistador Coffee Campaign
* Repeating Groove
* Ramsay MacDonald Striptease
* Job Hunter
* International Chinese Communist Conspiracy
* Crelm Toothpaste / Shrill Petrol
* Agatha Christie Sketch (railway timetables)
* Mr Neville Shunte-Railroad Playwright
* Gavin Millarrrrrrrrr Writes
* Film Director/Dentist Martin Curry (teeth)
* City Gents Vox Pops
* Crackpot Religions Ltd
A scene at the end, with crosses that are actually telegraph poles, was
cut out but can be seen at the end of the episode when the whole show is repeate
d.
* How Not to Be Seen
* Crossing the Atlantic on a Tricycle
* Interview in Filing Cabinet
* "Yummy Yummy Yummy, I've Got Love In My Tummy"/Music Time
 * Monty Python's Flying Circus Again in Thirty Seconds
A recap of the episode.
"And now for something completely different" and the opening sequence has a repe
ating groove.
This episode featured many famous characters from different episodes including T
he Nudge Man (Nudge Nudge), Cardinal Ximenez (The Spanish Inquisition), Ken Shab
by, etc. Terry Gilliam also reprised his role as the nude organist (Blackmail),
a character usually played by Terry Jones.
[edit] 12. Spam
(Episode 25; aired 15 December 1970; recorded 25 June 1970)
* "The Black Eagle"
* Opening credits
* Dirty Hungarian phrasebook
* Court (phrasebook)
Includes a reference to the UK game show Take Your Pick, where the prose
cutor gongs Alexander Yalt (Michael Palin) for answering "yes" during a series o
f questions.
* World Forum - Communist Quiz
* "Ypres 1914" (abandoned)
* Art Gallery Strikes
* "Ypres 1914"
* Hospital for Over-Actors
Includes a Richard III Ward, due in part to many exaggerations on the ch
aracter over the years.
* Gumby Flower Arranging
* Spam
[edit] 13. Royal Episode 13 (or: The Queen Will Be Watching)
(episode 26; aired 22 December 1970; recorded 16 October 1970)
* The Queen Will Be Watching
In honor of Her Majesty the Queen, a shortened opening sequence plays "P
omp and Circumstance March No. 1" in place of "The Liberty Bell".
* Coal Mine in Llandarogh Carmarthen
* The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way
* The Man Who Speaks Only the Ends of Words
* The Man Who Speaks Only the Beginnings of Words
* The Man Who Speaks Only the Middles of Words
* Commercials
* How to Feed a Goldfish
* The Man Who Collects Birdwatcher's Eggs
* Insurance Sketch
* Hospital Run by RSM
* Mountaineer
* Exploding Version of "The Blue Danube"
* Girls Boarding School
* Submarine
* A Man with a Stoat Through His Head
 * Lifeboat (cannibalism)
* Undertaker's sketch
At one point a scrolling subtitle reports that the Queen is still watching The V
irginian.
[edit] Series 3
And now,
It's...
In this season (only), the opening sequence begins with a nude organist, John Cl
eese saying "and now," and the "It's" Man.
[edit] 1. Whicker's World (or: Njorl's Saga)
(episode 27; aired 19 October 1972; recorded 14 January 1972)
* Njorl's Saga/Opening Credits
* Multiple Murderer Court Scene
* Investigating the body
* Njorl's Saga - part II
* A Terrible Mess
* Njorl's Saga - part II: North Malden?
* Starting Over
* Njorl's Saga - part II: Invest in Malden?
* Phone conversation about the word "Malden" in the saga
* Eric Njorl Court Scene (Njorl's Saga - part III)
* Stock Exchange Report
* Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion at the Launderette
* Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion at North Malden
* Back to the saga...
* Njorl's Saga - part IV: Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion visit Sartre in P
aris
* Whicker's World
[edit] 2. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
(episode 28; aired 26 October 1972; recorded 28 January 1972)
* Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow
The opening sequence follows this sketch.
* Schoolboys' Life Assurance Company
* How to Do It
* Mrs. Niggerbaiter Explodes
* Vicar/Salesman
* Farming Club
* "Life of Tschaikowsky"
* Trim-Jeans Theatre
* The Fish-Slapping Dance
* World War Two (Animation)
* Titanic Sinking
* The BBC is Short of Money
* SS Mother Goose
* It's Man Show
Shown after the closing credits. Lulu and Ringo Starr appear as themselv
es. This is one of the few times you can hear the man say something besides "It'
s".
[edit] 3. The Money Programme
(episode 29; aired 2 November 1972; recorded 4 December 1971)
* The Money Programme
* Money Song
* Erizabeth L
* Fraud Film Director Squad[1]
* Hands Up (Animation)
* Dead Bishop, AKA Church Police or Salvation Fuzz
* Jungle Restaurant
* Apology for Violence and Nudity
* Ken Russell's "Gardening Club"
* The Lost World of Roiurama
* Six More Minutes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
* The Argument Skit
* Hitting on the Head Lessons
* Inspector Flying Fox of the Yard
* One More Minute of Monty Python's Flying Circus
[edit] 4. Blood, Devastation, Death, War, and Horror
(episode 30; aired 9 November 1972; recorded 11 December 1971)
* Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
* The Man Who Speaks in Anagrams
The opening sequence follows this sketch.
* Anagram Quiz
* Merchant Banker
* Pantomime Horses
* Life and Death Struggles
* Househunters
* Mary Recruitment Office
* Bus Conductor Sketch
* The Man Who Makes People Laugh Uncontrollably
* Army Captain as Clown
* Gestures to Indicate Pauses in a Televised Talk
* Neurotic Announcers
* The News with Richard Baker (vision only)
* The Pantomime Horse is a Secret Agent
Anagrams appear throughout this episode: "Tony M. Nyphot's Flying Risccu" for Mo
nty Python's Flying Circus; "Chamran Knebt" for Merchant Bank, "Mary Recruitment
Office" for Army Recruitment Office. The end credits are all in anagrams.
Richard Baker has also done gestures to indicate pauses in the news.
[edit] 5. The All-England Summarize Proust Competition
(episode 31; aired 16 November 1972; recorded 24 April 1972
* Summarize Proust Competition
The end credits appear here.
* Hairdressers Climb Up Mount Everest
* Fire Brigade
* Our Eamonn
* "Party Hints" with Veronica Smalls
* Language Laboratory
 * Travel Agent
* Watney's Red Barrel
* Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses
[edit] 6. The War Against Pornography
(episode 32; aired 23 November 1972; recorded 21 January 1972)
* Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign
* Gumby Brain Specialist
* Molluscs - "Live" TV Documentary
* Report on the Minister reports
* Tuesday Documentary
* Children's Story
* Match of the Day
* An Apology
* Expedition to Lake Pahoe
* The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had
* The Silliest Sketch We've Ever Done
[edit] 7. Salad Days
(episode 33; aired 30 November 1972; recorded 7 January 1972)
* Biggles Dictates a Letter
In some video editions, a technical glitch cut some of the dialogue; but
the complete original does exist.
* Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road
* Lifeboat
* Old lady snoopers
* Storage Jars
* The Show so Far
* Cheese Shop sketch
* Philip Jenkinson on Cheese Westerns
* Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"
* Apology
* The News with Richard Baker
* Seashore Interlude Film
[edit] 8. The Cycling Tour
(episode 34; aired 7 December 1972; recorded 4 May 1972)
* Mr. Pither
* Mr. Gulliver and Clodagh Rogers
* Trotsky
* Smolensk
* Bingo-Crazed Chinese
* Not Secret Police
* Trotsky / Eartha Kitt
* Firing Squad
* Eartha Kitt / Edward Heath
This episode is the first episode of Flying Circus to feature a full length stor
y.
This is the first episode that doesn't have a formal opening sequence; instead,
a simple caption "The Cycling Tour" appears at the beginning of the episode.
John Tomiczek, Graham Chapman's adopted son, makes a brief non-speaking appearan
ce as an autograph seeker.
The entire episode was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones; they each play
exactly one character throughout the whole show.
The music to which Mr. Pither cycles is the Waltz from Act II of Faust by Charle
s Gounod.
[edit] 9. The Nude Organist (or: The Nude Man)
(episode 35; aired 14 December 1972; recorded 11 May 1972)
* Bomb on Plane
* A Naked Man
* Ten Seconds of Sex
* Housing Project Built by Characters from Nineteenth-century English Litera
ture
* M1 Interchange Built by Characters from 'Paradise Lost'
* Mystico and Janet - Flats Built by Hypnosis
* Mortuary Hour
* The Olympic Hide-and-seek Final
* The Cheap-Laughs
* Bull-fighting
* The British Well-Basically Club
* Prices on the Planet Algon
* Mr. Badger Reads the Credits
[edit] 10. E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
(episode 36; aired 21 December 1972; recorded 25 May 1972)
* Tudor Jobs Agency
* Pornographic Bookshop
* Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers
* Silly Disturbances
* The Free Repetition of Doubtful Words Sketch
* 'Is There?'... Life after Death?
* The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order
* Thripshaw's Disease
The footage representing the movie version of Thripshaw's Disease was ta
ken from a 1960 Polish movie The Knights of the Cross.
* Silly Noises
* Sherry-drinking Vicar
The BBC censored this episode probably more than any other, cutting three sketch
es (Big Nosed Sculptor, Revolting Cocktails, Wee-Wee Wine Cellar) as well as muc
h of Gilliam's animation.
This was the last episode recorded with John Cleese.
[edit] 11. Dennis Moore
(episode 37; aired 4 January 1973; recorded 17 April 1972)
* "Boxing Tonight" - Jack Bodell v. Sir Kenneth Clark
* Dennis Moore
* What the Stars Foretell
* Doctor
 * TV4 or Not TV4 Discussion
* Lupins
* Ideal Loon Exhibition
* Off-Licence
* Dennis Moore Rides Again
* Prejudice
* Redistribution of Wealth
[edit] 12. A Book at Bedtime
(episode 38; aired 11 January 1973; recorded 18 December 1971)
* Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)
* A Book at Bedtime - "Redgauntlet"
* Kamikaze Scotsmen
* No Time to Lose
* Frontiers of Medicine - Penguins
* BBC programme planners
* Unexploded Scotsmen
* Spot the Looney
* Rival Documentaries
* Dad's Doctors, Dad's Pooves and Other Interesting Stories
"Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)" and "Dad's Doctors, Dad's Pooves and
Other Interesting Stories" have been cut out in many versions of this episode.[
2] A clip of "Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)" has surfaced on YouTube
, stated to have been found in Canada by David Morgan. It originates from WNED i
n Buffalo, New York; an identification card is seen at the beginning of the clip
, and a "Support Channel 17" phone number shows up at the bottom of the screen.[
3] There is also a clip of the last sketch originating from German network WDR w
ith German subtitles. [4]
[edit] 13. Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
(episode 39; aired 18 January 1973; recorded 18 May 1972)
This is the second episode without a formal opening sequence.
* Thames TV Introduction
* "Light Entertainment Awards" with Dickie Attenborough
* Dickie Attenborough
* The Oscar Wilde Sketch
* Charwoman
* David Niven's Fridge
* Pasolini's Film "The Third Test Match"
* New Brain from Curry's
* Blood Donor
* International Wife-Swapping
* Credits of the Year
The moment when the two men are discovered in bed together is John Clees
e's last appearance in the series.
* The Dirty Vicar Sketch
[edit] Series 4
On screen the final series was titled simply Monty Python although the full titl
e, Monty Python's Flying Circus, is displayed at the beginning of the opening se
quence. John Cleese is not in this series, except in the first episode uncredite
d. He also helped write all the episodes.
[edit] 1. The Golden Age of Ballooning
(episode 40; aired 31 October 1974; recorded 12 October 1974)
This episode has no opening sequence.
* The Montgolfier Brothers
* Montgolfier Brothers in Love
* Louis XVI
* The Court of George III
The end credits appear here.
* Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party (subtitled)
* Zeppelin
[edit] 2. Michael Ellis
(episode 41; aired 7 November 1974; recorded 19 October 1974)
This is the second episode to feature a full length story.
The end credits appear immediately after the opening sequence.
* Department Store
* Buying an Ant
* At Home with the Ant and Other Pets
* Documentary on Ants
* Ant Complaints
* Ant Poetry Reading
* Toupee Department
* Different Endings
[edit] 3. The Light Entertainment War
(episode 42; aired 14 November 1974; recorded 26 October 1974)
The Nude Organist and the It's Man appear for the last time, in footage taken fr
om the Dennis Moore episode. Most of the sketches of the episode have a shared t
heme (World War II) yet no apparent narrative.
* Up Your Pavement
Theme music is a variant of "When Does A Dream Begin?" and based very mu
ch on the theme tune to Steptoe and Son, a popular BBC sitcom of the time. A lit
tle later in this sequence, the Blue Peter theme tune can be heard very briefly.
* RAF Banter
Sketch opens with Eric Idle climbing out of Hawker Hurricane Mk. I, L159
2, now on display at the Science Museum, London.
* Trivializing the War
* Courtmartial
* Basingstoke in Westphalia
* "Anything Goes" (song)
* Film Trailer
Opening titles appear here.
 * The Public Are Idiots
* Programme Titles Conference
* The Last Five Miles (8 km) of the M4
* Woody and Tinny Words
* Show-Jumping
Features Olympic silver medal-winning showjumper Marion Mould (see also
Stroller (horse)).
* Newsflash
* "When Does a Dream Begin?" (song)
Written and performed by Neil Innes, singing to Maggie Weston, the Pytho
n make-up girl, and future wife of Terry Gilliam.
Douglas Adams made a brief appearance as a doctor treating a man suffering from
lumbago.
[edit] 4. Hamlet
(episode 43; aired 21 November 1974; recorded 2 November 1974)
* Bogus Psychiatrists
* Nationwide
* Police helmets
* Father-in-Law
Opening titles appear here.
* Hamlet and Ophelia
* Boxing Match Aftermath
* Boxing Commentary
* Piston Engine (a Bargain)
* A Room in Polonius' House
* Dentists
* Live from Epsom - Jockey Interviews
* Queen Victoria Handicap
[edit] 5. Mr. Neutron
(episode 44; aired 28 November 1974; recorded 9 November 1974)
This is the third episode to feature a full length story.[citation needed]
* Post-box Ceremony
* Mr. Neutron
* F.E.A.R. / Mr. Neutron is Missing!
* Teddy Salad
* Secretary of State and Prime Minister
* Bombing
* Mrs. Scum
* Teddy Salad Explodes
* Mr. Neutron Escapes
* Conjuring Today
With the exception of "Post-box Ceremony," nearly the entire episode was co-writ
ten by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
[edit] 6. Party Political Broadcast
(episode 45; aired 5 December 1974; recorded 16 November 1974)
 * Most Awful Family in Britain (co-written by Neil Innes)
* Icelandic Honey Week
Opening sequence appears here.
* Patient Abuse (co-written by Douglas Adams)
* Brigadier and Bishop
* Appeal on Behalf of Extremely Rich People
* The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences
* David Attenborough
* The Walking Trees of Dahomey
* Batsmen of the Kalahari
* Cricket Match (assegais)
End credits appear here.
* BBC News (handovers)
Announcements related to the party political broadcast on behalf of the
Liberal Party.
[edit] References
1. ^ Chapman, Graham; Cleese, John; Gilliam, Terry; Idle, Eric; Jones, Terry;
Palin, Michael (1990) [1989]. "Twenty-nine". Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just
the Words. Volume Two. London: Mandarin. p. 78. ISBN 0-7493-0226-7. "I am Inspe
ctor Leopard of Scotland Yard, Special Fraud Film Director Squad."
2. ^ http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sotcaa/pythonpages/python_tv_06.html
3. ^ "Political Choreography" on Youtube
4. ^ "Dad's Pooves" on Youtube
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" · "The Lumberjack Song" · "Never Be Rude to an Arab" · "Oliver Cromwell" · "Penis Song
(Not the Noel Coward Song)" · "Bruces' Philosophers Song" · "Sit on My Face"
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