Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)

1. S01E01Whither Canada?October 5, 1969 7.8Featuring 'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', an Italian lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur 'Two-Sheds' Jackson, a cycling race, and
2. S01E02Sex and ViolenceOctober 12, 1969 7.7Featuring some flying sheep, a man with three buttocks, a man with two noses, musical mice, a marriage guidance counsellor, a working-class
3. S01E03Season's bestHow to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way AwayOctober 19, 1969 8.0Featuring a court scene, the larch, Bicycle Repair Man, children's stories, a restaurant sketch, some seduced milkmen, an interview with som
4. S01E04Owl Stretching TimeOctober 26, 1969 7.6Featuring fresh fruit as self-defence, some folk-singing, an art gallery sketch and Lemming of the BDA. An Edwardian man struggles to undres
5. S01E05Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th CenturyNovember 16, 1969 7.9Featuring Confuse-a-Cat, discussion programme A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard, the arrest of a newsreader, an erotic film, a silly job interview
6. S01E06It's the ArtsNovember 23, 1969 7.1Featuring a gang of legal burglars, the Whizzo Quality Assortment, a Scottish wedding and a day in the life of a city stockbroker. Some film
7. S01E07Oh, You're No Fun AnymoreNovember 30, 1969 7.2Featuring camel-spotting, an embezzler at a board-meeting and a science fiction tale about a Scotsman and a tennis-playing blancmange.
8. S01E08Full Frontal NudityDecember 7, 1969 7.3Featuring an art critic, some hermits, Hell's Grannies and the dead parrot sketch. Some newlyweds attempt to buy a bed and the mafia offer p
9. S01E09The Ant, An IntroductionDecember 14, 1969 7.5Featuring Ken Buddha, a man with a tape-recorder up his nose and a hairdresser who always wanted to be a lumberjack.
10. S01E10UntitledDecember 21, 1969 7.3Featuring a bank robber in a lingerie shop, It's A Tree (with Arthur Tree), a vocational guidance counsellor, Ron Obvious and a gorilla libr
11. S01E11The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the BathroomDecember 28, 1969 7.1The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom, a footballer is interviewed and Batley Townswomen's Guild re-enact the invasion of Pe
12. S01E12The Naked AntJanuary 4, 1970 7.2Featuring the North Minehead by-election, the Upper Class Twit of the Year competition, Ken Shabby and a Party Political Broadcast on behalf
13. S01E13IntermissionJanuary 11, 1970 7.4Featuring some historical impersonations, a cinema usherette with a dead seabird, restaurant abuse and Probe Around On Crime.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Face the PressSeptember 15, 1970 7.8Featuring Doug and Dinsdale Piranha, Face the Press and the Ministry of Silly Walks. Mrs G Pinnet buys a new gas cooker.
2. S02E02The Spanish InquisitionSeptember 22, 1970 7.9Featuring the Spanish Inquisition, courtroom charades and a semaphore interpretation of Wuthering Heights.
3. S02E03Déjà VuSeptember 29, 1970 7.8Featuring the work of the poet Euan McTeagle, a psychiatrist milkman and some exploding animals. A television presenter suffers from a sever
4. S02E04Season's bestThe Buzz Aldrin ShowOctober 20, 1970 7.9More surreal humour from the Monty Python team. Sketches include The Architects, How to Recognise a Mason, Poets and the Chemist sketch.
5. S02E05Live from the Grill-O-MatOctober 27, 1970 7.1Featuring gameshow Blackmail, The Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and boxer Ken Clean-Air
6. S02E06It's a LivingNovember 3, 1970 6.6Featuring 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 bala
7. S02E07The Attila the Hun ShowNovember 11, 1970 7.6Featuring the Attila the Hun Show, a rat catcher, a village idiot, some killer sheep and news for parrots.
8. S02E08Archaeology TodayNovember 17, 1970 7.4Featuring Mrs Beethoven, the Reverend Arthur Belling, some Australian Mosquito Hunters and a drink party with the Gits.
9. S02E09How to Recognise Different Parts of the BodyNovember 24, 1970 7.6Featuring a guide on how to recognise parts of the body, a singing policeman, an interview with a plastic surgeon, a camp soldiers' drill an
10. S02E10Scott of the AntarcticDecember 1, 1970 7.2Featuring a special report into the shooting of Scott of the Antarctic, from Paignton. Also, a man tries to purchase a fish licence.
11. S02E11How Not to Be SeenDecember 8, 1970 7.5Features gags and sketches such as Job Hunter, Railway Timetables, How Not to be Seen and Interview in a Filing Cabinet.
12. S02E12SpamDecember 15, 1970 7.9The sketches in this episode include Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook, World Forum-Communist Quiz, Hospital for Over-Actors and Spam.
13. S02E13Royal Episode 13December 22, 1970 7.6Sketches in this episode include How to Feed a Goldfish, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and Lifeboat.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Whicker's WorldOctober 19, 1972 7.2Features gags and sketches such as Multiple Murderer Court Scene, Njorl's Saga and Whicker’s World.
2. S03E02Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford PopularOctober 26, 1972 7.3Features Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.
3. S03E03The Money ProgrammeNovember 2, 1972 6.6Features The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.
4. S03E04Blood, Devastation, Death, War and HorrorNovember 9, 1972 7.7Features gags and sketches such as Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror, The Man who Speaks in Anagrams and Pantomime Horses.
5. S03E05The All-England Summarise Proust CompetitionNovember 16, 1972 7.2Featuring in this episode The All-England Summarise Proust Competition, Fire Brigade, Travel Agent and Party Hints with Veronica Smalls.
6. S03E06The War Against PornographyNovember 23, 1972 7.4Sketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interv
7. S03E07Salad DaysNovember 30, 1972 7.6Features gags and sketches such as Biggles Dictates a Letter, Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road, Lifeboat and The Cheese Shop.
8. S03E08The Cycling TourDecember 7, 1972 6.9This episode tells the story of Mr Pither as he embarks on his Cycling Tour.
9. S03E09The Nude OrganistDecember 14, 1972 7.3Features gags and sketches such as Bomb on Plane, Mortuary Hour, The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final, The Cheap Laughs and Prices on the Planet
10. S03E10Season's bestE. Henry Thripshaw's DiseaseDecember 21, 1972 7.9Sketches include The Tudor Jobs Agency, Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers, Thripshaw's Disease and The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order
11. S03E11Dennis MooreJanuary 4, 1973 7.0Features the sketches Dennis Moore, What the Stars Foretell, The Ideal Loon Exhibition, Off-Licence and Prejudice.
12. S03E12A Book at BedtimeJanuary 11, 1973 7.7Features gags and sketches such as A Book at Bedtime, Kamikaze Scotsmen, No Time to Lose, Spot the Looney and Frontiers of Medicine-Penguins
13. S03E13Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)January 18, 1973 6.5Sketches include The Oscar Wilde Sketch, David Niven’s Fridge, Pasolini’s ‘The Third Test Match’, New Brain from Currys, Blood Donor and the

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01The Golden Age of BallooningOctober 31, 1974 6.7Features gags and sketches such as The Golden Age of Ballooning, Louis XVI, The Court of George III and a Party Political Broadcast on Behal
2. S04E02Season's bestMichael EllisNovember 7, 1974 7.1Features the sketches Department Store, Buying an Ant, At Home with the Ant and Other Pets and Toupee Department.
3. S04E03The Light Entertainment WarNovember 14, 1974 6.5More surreal gags and sketches including Up Your Pavement, RAF Banter, Court Martial, The Public Are Idiots and Woody and Tinny Words.
4. S04E04HamletNovember 21, 1974 6.5Sketches in this episode include Hamlet and Ophelia, Bogus Psychiatrists, Police Helmets, Boxing Match Aftermath and The Queen Victoria Hand
5. S04E05Mr. NeutronNovember 28, 1974 7.1Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.
6. S04E06Party Political BroadcastDecember 5, 1974 6.3Sketches in this final episode include The Most Awful Family in Britain, Patient Abuse, Brigadier and Bishop and The Man Who Finishes Other

Season 4 ranked & reviewed