Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
Note: this print runs 44 minutes against a recorded 30 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland
Directed by Ian MacNaughton
Monty Python's Flying Circus (also known as simply Monty Python) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, who became known collectively as "Monty Python", or the "Pythons". The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September 1969 and premiered on 5 October on BBC1, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV. A feature film adaptation of several sketches, And Now for Something Completely Different, was released in 1971.
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