This article is part of Yahoo's 'On This Day' series. The final episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired on BBC 1 this day 18 January, 1973, marking the end of an era for the most influential ...

Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on BBC One 55 years ago today (October 5). The iconic sketch comedy, written and starring John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones ...

Monty Don, 67, spoke of his sadness over the BBC no longer allowing “quality” comedy sketches such as Monty Python, which dominated the airwaves when it was shown in the 1970s, to be aired on their ...

The Lumberjack Song itself is fairly well-known, but the build-up to it is a perfect example of how the Pythons would regularly flow seemingly punchline-less sketches into one another, creating a far ...

Monty Python’s Flying Circus is returning to UK terrestrial television for the first time in almost 35 years. The cult comedy sketch series was created by the comedy group Monty Python, consisting of ...

Their waistlines have expanded along with the alimony payments, but 40 years after their television debut, the surviving members of the Monty Python crew were reunited on stage. The five surviving ...

"I suppose I'll be able to spend the remaining years of my life reading this over and over again, reminding myself of what a wonderful group of people we were and how we changed civilization," Monty ...

London - Monty Python's Flying Circus, the group which launched the Ministry of Silly Walks and the Parrot Sketch on an unsuspecting world, on Monday celebrated 40 years since the comedy sketch show ...

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He's always seemed to blend into the background. Don't get me wrong, Terry Jones is a very noticeable fellow, but when I think of the Python troupe, Jones' name is usually the last that I come up with ...

The comedy series was last repeated on the BBC in 1988. Repeats of Monty Python’s Flying Circus will be aired regularly on That’s TV (Python (Monty) (Pictures Limited/BBC/PA) Monty Python’s Flying ...