Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python's Flying Circus (aka Flying Circus or MPFC, known during the fourth season as Monty Python) was the popular BBC sketch comedy show from Monty Python.

Related Topics:
Sketch comedy - Monty Python

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The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was recorded September 7, 1969, and broadcast on October 5 of the same year on BBC One.

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September 7 - 1969 - October 5 - BBC One

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The shows often targeted the idiosyncrasies of British life (especially professionals), and was at times politically charged. The members of Monty Python were highly educated (Oxford and Cambridge graduates), and their comedy was often pointedly intellectual with numerous references to philosophers and literary figures. It followed and elaborated upon the style initially used by Spike Milligan in his series Q5, rather than the traditional sketch show format. The Monty Python team intended the style be impossible to categorise, and succeeded so completely that the adjective Pythonesque had to be created to categorise it and later material like it; Terry Jones once commented that the fact that "Pythonesque" is a word in the dictionary shows how miserably they failed.

Related Topics:
Oxford - Cambridge - Philosopher - Literary - Spike Milligan - Q5

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This article discusses the series itself. For information about the formation of the group and the conception of the series, see the main Monty Python article.

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