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Monty Python's Flying Circus

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…

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Genre
Sketch comedy · Surreal humour · Satire · Black comedy
Animator
Terry Gilliam
Cinematography
James Balfour · Alan Featherstone
Composers
Neil Innes · Fred Tomlinson Singers
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Eric Idle · Terry Jones · Michael Palin

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related to Title · 36
Monty Python's Flying Circus → Baron Von Took's Circus, Barry Took, Basin, BBC, BBC's Head, Comedy, Eric Idle, Freiherr Manfred, German, Horse, It's Colin Plint, Jagdgeschwader, John Cleese, Lord Montgomery, Michael Mills, Monty, Monty Python, Ow, Owl Stretching Time, Python
related to Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus · 21
Monty Python's Flying Circus → Alfred Biolek, Art, BBC, Blödeln, Clowning Around, Deutschland, Distinguished English Way, English, Excited, German, Germany, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, October, Pythons, The, TV, Two, UK, WDR, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
related to Premise · 21
Monty Python's Flying Circus → Afterwards, And Now, Band, Berne Convention, Cleese, During, Eric Idle, Gilliam, Gilliam's, Graham Chapman, Grenadier Guards, It's, John Cleese, John Philip Sousa, Michael Palin, Something Completely Different, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, The, The Liberty Bell
related to Lost sketches · 17
Monty Python's Flying Circus → BBC, But Also, Cleese, David Frost, David Frost's, However, Margin, Not Only, On, Python, Q5, Sex, The, The Mouse Problem, The Pythons, TV, Violence
related to Legacy · 12
Monty Python's Flying Circus → Cleese, Dead Parrot, Douglas Adams, For, Galaxy, John Cleese, Lorne Michaels, Palin, Patient Abuse, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The Hitchhiker's Guide
related to French adaptation · 11
Monty Python's Flying Circus → Asseyez-vous, For, French, In, Language, My Face, Python, Rémy Renoux, Sit, The, Usually
related to External links · 10
Monty Python's Flying Circus → April, Archived, British Film Institute Screen, Broadcast Television, IMDbMuseum, Nostalgia Central, Official, OnlineMonty Python's Flying Circus, Python's Flying Circus, Wayback Machine
Starring · 7
Monty Python's Flying Circus → Carol Cleveland, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese (series 1–3), Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
related to Awards and honours · 7
Monty Python's Flying Circus → American Film Institute Star, Aspen, Award, BFI TV, British Film Institute, Monty Python Live, Recorded
Created by · 6
Monty Python's Flying Circus → Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

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series sketch show monty python also cleese sketches first python's bbc palin episode flying gilliam played pythons circus chapman often

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Monty Python's Flying CircusAnimatorTerry Gilliam1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCinematographyJames Balfour1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCinematographyAlan Featherstone1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusComposersNeil Innes1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusComposersFred Tomlinson Singers1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCreated byGraham Chapman1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCreated byJohn Cleese1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCreated byEric Idle1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCreated byTerry Jones1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCreated byMichael Palin1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusCreated byTerry Gilliam1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusDirected byIan MacNaughton1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusDirected byJohn Howard Davies1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusEditorsRay Millichope1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusEditorsRobert C. Dearberg1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusGenreSketch comedy1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusGenreSurreal humour1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusGenreSatire1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusGenreBlack comedy1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusNetworkBBC11.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusNetworkBBC21.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusNo. of episodes45 (list of episodes)1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusNo. of series41.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusOpening theme"The Liberty Bell" recorded by Band of the Grenadier Guards1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusProducersJohn Howard Davies (series 1)1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusProducersIan MacNaughton1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusProduction companyBBC1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusRelease5 October 1969 (1969-10-05) – 18 January 1973 (1973-01-18)1.00infobox
Monty Python's Flying CircusRelease31 October (1974-10-31) – 5 December 1974 (1974-12-05)1.00infobox

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