Episode guide
Monty Python's Flying Circus
45 episodes · 4 seasons · 1969–1974 · BBC
Season
Season 1
13 episodes
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S01E01 Whither Canada? Mozart presents famous deaths. Whizzo Butter is indistinguishable from dead crab. Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson has only one shed. A joke goes to war.
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S01E02 Sex and Violence Sheep attempt flight. Queen Victoria's slapstick past is discovered. Experts wrestle with a religious question. Investigating the "mouse problem."
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S01E03 How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away Inspector Dim cross-examines Cardinal Richelieu. In a world of Supermen, Bicycle Repairman is a hero. A pub patron inquires about candid photography.
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S01E04 Owl-Stretching Time A beachgoer seeks privacy for an outfit change. Self-defense class emphasizes fruit attacks. At the bookstore, there is definitely something going on.
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S01E05 Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century A team of experts is called upon to confuse a cat. A newsreader announces a newsreader's arrest. A management training interviewee receives top marks.
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S01E06 It's the Arts An arts program profiles a forgotten composer. The hygiene squad investigates Whizzo's new confection, Crunchy Frog. A stockbroker leads a dull life.
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S01E07 You're No Fun Anymore A camel spotter jealously guards his catchphrase. In a sinister plot to win Wimbledon, dessert-shaped aliens transform humans into Scotsmen.
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S01E08 Full Frontal Nudity Mobsters make the army an offer it categorically refuses. An ex-parrot is not "pining for the fjords." Grannies terrorize a once-peaceful village.
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S01E09 The Ant, an Introduction An expedition to Kilimanjaro appears doomed from the start. A lumberjack's song takes a confessional turn. Uninvited guests spoil an intimate evening.
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S01E10 Untitled Arthur Tree, who is a tree, hosts "It's a Tree." Chartered accountant Mr. Anchovy seeks a career change. Ron Obvious attempts to set a world record.
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S01E11 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom A murder mystery has no corpse until Inspector Tiger is killed. 18th-century social legislation gets an erotic spin. Housewives reenact Pearl Harbor.
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S01E12 The Naked Ant "Mr. Hilter" of the "Bocialists" runs for office. Competition is fierce for Upper-Class Twit of the Year. A minister falls through the Earth's crust.
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S01E13 Intermission A couple experiences restaurant abuse. Historical figures including Ivan the Terrible do impressions. The police utilize magic in crime prevention.
Season
Season 2
13 episodes
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S02E01 Dinsdale For quicker service, a housewife chooses death. The Ministry of Silly Walks fields a grant applicant. The crimes of the Piranha Brothers are recalled.
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S02E02 The Spanish Inquisition The Spanish Inquisition is unexpected and ill-equipped for torture. Semaphores perform "Wuthering Heights." A court case is conducted by charades.
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S02E03 Déjà Vu A look at the work of cash-strapped poet Ewan McTeagle. A milkman-psychiatrist provides diagnoses, cream and yogurt. "It's the Mind" examines déjà vu.
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S02E04 The Buzz Aldrin Show Action hero "The Bishop" tries to stop a series of vicar attacks. The Poet Board hopes to get a poet in every home. A nude man objects to titillation.
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S02E05 Live from the Grill-o-mat In a show hosted from the Grill-o-Mat, the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things disbands. A butcher is alternately rude and polite.
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S02E06 It's a Living A school prize ceremony is hijacked. A couple receives dung from the Book of the Month Club. Silly candidates sweep the Sensibles on election night.
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S02E07 The Attila the Hun Show Attila comes home to the wife and kids on "The Attila the Hun Show." Killer sheep are on a rampage. Village idiots provide a vital social function.
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S02E08 Archaeology Today Height is a critical factor in a showdown between archaeologists. Australian backwoodsmen hunt mosquitoes. Beethoven can't get a moment's peace.
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S02E09 How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body An Australian university's philosophy department -- all Bruces -- welcomes a Michael. "The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots" is performed on the radio.
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S02E10 Scott of the Antarctic Contractual obligations trouble an epic film production. A pet owner seeks a fish license. Gynecologists vs. Long John Silver impersonators at soccer.
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S02E11 How Not to Be Seen A coffee ad campaign is a disaster. Crackpot Religions Ltd. has a variety of options. A government instructional film offers tips on not being seen.
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S02E12 Spam The world's great communist thinkers are quizzed about sports. A hospital caters to overactors. The Green Midget Café menu leans heavily towards Spam.
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S02E13 Royal Episode Thirteen The show awaits Her Majesty's royal viewing. Welsh coal miners dispute a fine point of history. Lifeboat survivors debate who they'd rather eat.
Season
Season 3
13 episodes
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S03E01 Whicker's World The great Icelandic saga of the Viking known as Erik Njorl carries him to North Malden. Whicker Island is overpopulated by television interviewers.
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S03E02 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular A couple embarks on an adventurous expedition. Classic theater performed in a slenderizing garment melts the pounds away. The BBC runs low on funding.
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S03E03 The Money Programme A film director is accused of impersonating Visconti. A husband requests meals with less rat. A client pays for a professional five-minute argument.
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S03E04 Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror A merchant banker tries to grasp the concept of charity. Nature's brutal competition is documented. A pantomime horse becomes an action movie hero.
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S03E05 The All-England Summarize Proust Competition Competitors summarize Proust in evening wear. The fire brigade phone keeps ringing off the hook. Anne Elk has a new theory about the brontosaurus.
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S03E06 The War Against Pornography Ordinary mums battle strikers, the left wing and artistic indecency. A Gumby's brain hurts. The groovy new Royal Navy insists it is cannibal-free.
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S03E07 Salad Days Fictional adventurer Biggles tries to dictate a letter. A cheese shop is oddly uncontaminated by cheese. Sam Peckinpah's new film is true to form.
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S03E08 The Cycling Tour On a cycling tour of Cornwall, clueless Mr. Pither ends up on a perilous journey accompanied by a traveling companion with multiple personalities.
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S03E09 The Nude Organist Flats built by hypnosis are perfectly safe as long as the residents believe in them. Paraguay is getting warmer during the Hide-and-Seek finals.
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S03E10 E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease The Tudor Jobs Agency hasn't placed anyone since 1625. Dr. E. Henry Thripshaw craves the glory and fame of having a disease named after him.
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S03E11 Dennis Moore Heavyweights fight to be named Oxford Professor of Fine Arts. Highway bandit Dennis Moore struggles with the complexity of redistributing wealth.
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S03E12 A Book at Bedtime Scottish soldiers train to be kamikazes. A man considers using the phrase "No time to lose." Theories of penguin intelligence lead to social change.
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S03E13 Grandstand Oscar Wilde and other society gadflies accuse each other of witty remarks. David Niven's fridge presents a prize at the British Show Biz Awards.
Season
Season 4
6 episodes
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S04E01 The Golden Age of Ballooning The surprising history of "The Golden Age of Ballooning" includes Ferdinand von Zeppelin's murderous insistence that his airship is not a balloon.
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S04E02 Michael Ellis It's hard to get good service at the ant counter. Her Majesty visits an ant poetry reading. A toupee-less gentleman wants to complain about his ant.
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S04E03 Light Entertainment War Heroes of World War II can't decipher fighter-pilot banter. TV programming executives decide the public are idiots. A gentleman enjoys "woody" words.
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S04E04 Hamlet Hamlet consults a psychiatrist. A boxer wins the championship despite his lack of a head. Queen Victoria pulls ahead in the Queen Victoria Handicap.
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S04E05 Mr. Neutron The search for Mr. Neutron, who plans to dominate the world, stretches from a London suburb to the Yukon, and results in the destruction of earthly civilization.
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S04E06 Party Political Broadcast A spoof of British political-party broadcasts includes the finals of "the worst family in Britain" contest, a violent cricket match, and a housewife who revolutionized beekeeping.