Monty Python's Flying Circus — Season 2
And now for something completely different...
About this season
A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
Episodes (13)
1. Face the Press
7.8Aired 15 September 1970 • 30 min
Featuring Doug and Dinsdale Piranha, Face the Press and the Ministry of Silly Walks. Mrs G Pinnet buys a new gas cooker.
2. The Spanish Inquisition
7.9Aired 22 September 1970 • 30 min
Featuring the Spanish Inquisition, courtroom charades and a semaphore interpretation of Wuthering Heights.
3. Déjà Vu
7.8Aired 29 September 1970 • 30 min
Featuring the work of the poet Euan McTeagle, a psychiatrist milkman and some exploding animals. A television presenter suffers from a severe case of deja vu.
4. The Buzz Aldrin Show
7.9Aired 20 October 1970 • 30 min
More surreal humour from the Monty Python team. Sketches include The Architects, How to Recognise a Mason, Poets and the Chemist sketch.
5. Live from the Grill-O-Mat
7.1Aired 27 October 1970 • 29 min
Featuring gameshow Blackmail, The Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and boxer Ken Clean-Air System.
6. It's a Living
6.5Aired 3 November 1970 • 29 min
Featuring It's a Living and a school prize-giving. Timmy Williams presents a new chat show and the fate of the Silly Party hangs in the balance in an Election Night Special.
7. The Attila the Hun Show
7.5Aired 11 November 1970 • 27 min
Featuring the Attila the Hun Show, a rat catcher, a village idiot, some killer sheep and news for parrots.
8. Archaeology Today
7.4Aired 17 November 1970 • 29 min
Featuring Mrs Beethoven, the Reverend Arthur Belling, some Australian Mosquito Hunters and a drink party with the Gits.
9. How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
7.5Aired 24 November 1970 • 30 min
Featuring a guide on how to recognise parts of the body, a singing policeman, an interview with a plastic surgeon, a camp soldiers' drill and the Verrifast Plane Company.
10. Scott of the Antarctic
7.2Aired 1 December 1970 • 29 min
Featuring a special report into the shooting of Scott of the Antarctic, from Paignton. Also, a man tries to purchase a fish licence.
11. How Not to Be Seen
7.5Aired 8 December 1970 • 29 min
Features gags and sketches such as Job Hunter, Railway Timetables, How Not to be Seen and Interview in a Filing Cabinet.
12. Spam
7.9Aired 15 December 1970 • 30 min
The sketches in this episode include Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook, World Forum-Communist Quiz, Hospital for Over-Actors and Spam.
13. Royal Episode 13
7.6Aired 22 December 1970 • 30 min
Sketches in this episode include How to Feed a Goldfish, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and Lifeboat.