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Monty Python's Flying Circus — Season 3

And now for something completely different...

197213 episodes7.2/10 (132 votes)

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)

Whicker's World
E1

1. Whicker's World

7.2

Aired 19 October 1972 • 30 min

Features gags and sketches such as Multiple Murderer Court Scene, Njorl's Saga and Whicker’s World.

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
E2

2. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

7.3

Aired 26 October 1972 • 29 min

Features Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.

The Money Programme
E3

3. The Money Programme

6.6

Aired 2 November 1972 • 29 min

Features The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.

Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
E4

4. Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

7.7

Aired 9 November 1972 • 30 min

Features gags and sketches such as Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror, The Man who Speaks in Anagrams and Pantomime Horses.

The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
E5

5. The All-England Summarise Proust Competition

7.2

Aired 16 November 1972 • 30 min

Featuring in this episode The All-England Summarise Proust Competition, Fire Brigade, Travel Agent and Party Hints with Veronica Smalls.

The War Against Pornography
E6

6. The War Against Pornography

7.4

Aired 23 November 1972 • 28 min

Sketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had.

Salad Days
E7

7. Salad Days

7.6

Aired 30 November 1972 • 28 min

Features gags and sketches such as Biggles Dictates a Letter, Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road, Lifeboat and The Cheese Shop.

The Cycling Tour
E8

8. The Cycling Tour

6.9

Aired 7 December 1972 • 30 min

This episode tells the story of Mr Pither as he embarks on his Cycling Tour.

The Nude Organist
E9

9. The Nude Organist

7.3

Aired 14 December 1972 • 30 min

Features gags and sketches such as Bomb on Plane, Mortuary Hour, The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final, The Cheap Laughs and Prices on the Planet Algon.

E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
E10

10. E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease

7.9

Aired 21 December 1972 • 27 min

Sketches include The Tudor Jobs Agency, Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers, Thripshaw's Disease and The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order.

Dennis Moore
E11

11. Dennis Moore

7.0

Aired 4 January 1973 • 31 min

Features the sketches Dennis Moore, What the Stars Foretell, The Ideal Loon Exhibition, Off-Licence and Prejudice.

A Book at Bedtime
E12

12. A Book at Bedtime

7.7

Aired 11 January 1973 • 24 min

Features gags and sketches such as A Book at Bedtime, Kamikaze Scotsmen, No Time to Lose, Spot the Looney and Frontiers of Medicine-Penguins.

Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
E13

13. Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)

6.5

Aired 18 January 1973 • 26 min

Sketches include The Oscar Wilde Sketch, David Niven’s Fridge, Pasolini’s ‘The Third Test Match’, New Brain from Currys, Blood Donor and the Dirty Vicar Sketch.

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