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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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Checked Sep 3, 2026
Monty Python's Flying Circus is available to stream on Peacock, Peacock Premium, Prime Video, Shout! Factory TV (Via Amazon Prime), Fubo, Plex, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, and The Roku Channel in United States. You can also buy it from Amazon and Apple TV. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Episode information updated Sep 18, 2026
John CleeseVarious / Announcer
Graham ChapmanVarious
Michael PalinVarious / "It's" man
Terry JonesVarious
Eric IdleVarious
Terry GilliamVarious
Ian Davidson
Carol ClevelandVarious
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