The first episode of seminal comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, subtitled 'Whither Canada?', was broadcast just before 11pm on Sunday 5 October 1969. The Radio Times celebrated the launch ...

You know, rarely has there been a closer relationship between a comedy troupe and a chopped and formed meat product than Monty Python and Spam. Their fortunes became inextricably linked after a ...

It took the bedraggled castaway 52 seconds to wade out of the sea, collapse on the sand, crawl towards the camera and say: “It’s…” before the opening credits rolled. So began the iconoclastic ...

It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

Terry Gilliam's Personal Best selected, written and performed by Terry Gilliam. Produced by John Goldstone. Monty Python's Flying Circus conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese ...

Windows users: right-click and choose "save as." Mac users: hold down the control key, click and choose "save as." “Monty Python’s Personal Best,” a series of six outrageous one-hour specials ...

The 1960s satire boom opened up the way for a fresh, inventive generation of young comedy writer-performers to flourish on TV and to take comedy in a new and exciting direction. Among them were five ...

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