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A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
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A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
Cast, crew and production details
John CleeseVarious / Announcer
Graham ChapmanVarious
Michael PalinVarious / "It's" man
Terry JonesVarious
Eric IdleVarious
Terry GilliamVarious
Ian Davidson
Connie BoothVarious
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
BBCUnited KingdomWatch options above are for the show and may vary by season or episode.
Episode 1
Featuring 'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', an Italian lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur 'Two-Sheds' Jackson, a cycling race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
Directed by John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle
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Episode 2
Featuring some flying sheep, a man with three buttocks, a man with two noses, musical mice, a marriage guidance counsellor, a working-class playwright and The Wrestling Epilogue.
Directed by John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Carol Cleveland, Terry Medlicott
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Episode 3
Featuring a court scene, the larch, Bicycle Repair Man, children's stories, a restaurant sketch, some seduced milkmen, an interview with some children and a stolen newsreader.
Directed by John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Ian Davidson, Carol Cleveland
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Episode 4
Featuring fresh fruit as self-defence, some folk-singing, an art gallery sketch and Lemming of the BDA. An Edwardian man struggles to undress on the beach.
Directed by John Howard Davies, Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Carol Cleveland, Dick Vosburgh
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Episode 5
Featuring Confuse-a-Cat, discussion programme A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard, the arrest of a newsreader, an erotic film, a silly job interview and a burglar/encyclopaedia salesman.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Carol Cleveland
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Episode 6
Featuring a gang of legal burglars, the Whizzo Quality Assortment, a Scottish wedding and a day in the life of a city stockbroker. Some film moguls try to impress their boss.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle
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Episode 7
Featuring camel-spotting, an embezzler at a board-meeting and a science fiction tale about a Scotsman and a tennis-playing blancmange.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle
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Episode 8
Featuring an art critic, some hermits, Hell's Grannies and the dead parrot sketch. Some newlyweds attempt to buy a bed and the mafia offer protecting to the army.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Carol Cleveland, Ewa Aulin, Katya Wyeth, Rita Davies
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Episode 9
Featuring Ken Buddha, a man with a tape-recorder up his nose and a hairdresser who always wanted to be a lumberjack.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Connie Booth
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Episode 10
Featuring a bank robber in a lingerie shop, It's A Tree (with Arthur Tree), a vocational guidance counsellor, Ron Obvious and a gorilla librarian.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Ian Davidson, Barry Cryer, Carolae Donoghue
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Episode 11
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom, a footballer is interviewed and Batley Townswomen's Guild re-enact the invasion of Pearl Harbour.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Maureen Flanagan
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Episode 12
Featuring the North Minehead by-election, the Upper Class Twit of the Year competition, Ken Shabby and a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Wood Party.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric IdleGuest stars Connie Booth, Maureen Flanagan
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Episode 13
Featuring some historical impersonations, a cinema usherette with a dead seabird, restaurant abuse and Probe Around On Crime.
Directed by Ian MacNaughtonWritten by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle
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