Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Monty Python's Flying Circus

BAFTA TV AWARDS® 1X nominee in 1975
From the very beginning, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" demonstrated quite clearly that the group's six members were after something quite uncategorizable. The first episode broadcast presented a surreal mix of violence, TV commercial and interview programme parodies, bizarre cut-out animations, and a shout-out to titans of modern art – all linked by pigs.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Whither Canada?

    October 4, 1969
    31min
    TV-14
    It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
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  2. S1 E2 - Sex & Violence

    October 11, 1969
    33min
    TV-MA
    A shepherd muses about sheep nesting in trees; the commercial viability of ovine aviation; profiles of men who lead double lives as mice; a playwright clashes with his coal-miner son; a wrestling match over the existence of God.
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  3. S1 E3 - How To Recognise Different Types Of Trees From Quite A Long Way Away

    October 18, 1969
    31min
    TV-14
    Court Scene, The Larch, Bicycle Repair Man, Children's Stories, Restaurant Sketch, Seduced Milkmen, Stolen News Reader, Children's Interview, and Nudge Nudge.
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  4. S1 E4 - Owl-Stretching Time

    October 25, 1969
    29min
    TV-14
    A change from street clothes to swim trunks turns into a burlesque act; a karate class exercises defense tactics against fresh fruit; a man tries to buy a book about false teeth.
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  5. S1 E5 - Man's Crisis Of Identity In The Latter Half Of The 20th Century

    November 15, 1969
    29min
    TV-14
    Confuse-a-Cat, The Smuggler, A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard (Discussion), Vox Pops on Smuggling, Police Raid, Letters on Vox Pops, Newsreader Arrested, Erotic Film, Cartoon - Charles Fatless, Silly Job Interview, Careers Advisory Board, Burglar/Encyclopaedia Salesman
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  6. S1 E6 - It's the Arts

    November 22, 1969
    30min
    TV-14
    Sketches include: a German composer with an extraordinarily long name, crooks plan an elaborate scheme to buy a watch, a chocolate-company owner markets "Crunchy Frog."
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  7. S1 E7 - You're No Fun Anymore

    November 29, 1969
    30min
    TV-MA
    Invaders from another galaxy turn Englishmen into Scotsmen. Also: a comedy about camels, a corporate board meeting.
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  8. S1 E8 - Full Frontal Nudity

    December 6, 1969
    29min
    16+
    A pet-shop customer returns his dead parrot, a gang of female senior citizens attacks a town's young men, a young army officer who joined the service to water-ski tries to resign.
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  9. S1 E9 - The Ant, an Introduction

    December 13, 1969
    29min
    TV-14
    A man with double vision organizes a mountain-climbing expedition, llamas are celebrated in a rousing Spanish song, a barber is afraid to cut hair, a couple's romantic evening is ruined by uncouth visitors.
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  10. S1 E10 - Untitled

    January 1, 1969
    31min
    TV-14
    Sketches include: Bank Robber in Lingerie Shop, It's a Tree, Ron Obvious, Pet Conversations, Gorilla Librarian, Strangers in the Night
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  11. S1 E11 - The Royal Philharmnic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom

    December 27, 1969
    31min
    TV-14
    A half-inch-tall man appears on a talk show, a town's women's guild reenacts Pearl Harbor, the entire Royal Philharmonic Orchestra retires to the restroom.
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  12. S1 E12 - The Naked Ant

    January 3, 1970
    32min
    TV-MA
    The 127th annual Twit of the Year Show. Also: Hitler and Himmler are guests for tea in a boarding house, a BBC broadcast is interrupted when a British minister falls into a fissure.
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  13. S1 E13 - Intermission

    January 10, 1970
    29min
    TV-14
    Among "historical" impersonations are Cardinal Richelieu as Petula Clark and Julius Caesar as Eddie Waring. Also: a police fairy tale; a vegetarian restaurant's menu, featuring a naked man with an apple in his mouth.
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