Rent Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 1 (1969)
3.4 of 5 from 29 ratings
6h 7min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
- In the beginning...Television was dull. Then, God created 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and there was much rejoicing. Outrageously off-the-wall and side-splittingly funny, the Pythons revolutionised comedy and changed the course of human history. Now, through the miracle of video, you can watch, authenticated and utterly Complete First Series of this groundbreaking show, including such divinely inspired madness as "The Dead Parrot", "Nudge Nudge" and "The Lumberjack Song" (rumoured to be God's personal favourite).
- Actors:
- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Terry Gilliam, Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, Ian Davidson, Donna Reading, Dick Vosburgh, Katya Wyeth, Richard Nixon, Sheila Sands, Rita Davies, Ewa Aulin, Connie Booth, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, Barry Cryer, Carolae Donoghue
- Directors:
- Ian MacNaughton, John Howard-Davies
- Producers:
- John Howard Davies, Irving C. Saltzberg, Ian MacNaughton
- Narrated By:
- Eric Idle
- Writers:
- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/11/2019
- Run Time:
- 393 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Sex and Violence: Reinstated content, studio outtakes
- Full Frontal Nudity: Studio outtakes
- The Ant, an Introduction: Studio outtakes
- Untitled: Extended Ron Obvious filmed material and clean end titles footage
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Whither Canada?
2. Sex and Violence
3. How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
4. Owl-Stretching Time
5. Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
6. The BBC Entry for the Zinc Stoat of Budapest/It's the Arts
7. You're No Fun Anymore - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
8. Full Frontal Nudity
9. The Ant, an Introduction
10. Untitled
11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
12. The Naked Ant
13. Intermission
- Special Features
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Reviews (1) of Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 1
A mould breaker. - Monty Python's Flying Circus: Series 1 review by JD
Just because it helped to change the face of comedy doesn't mean you have to revisit this era. The style is very Narcissistic public school tom foolery. A psychiatrist who has become bored with his job for example could not now be used as the main tenet of humour unless it was done with great finesse. It wasn't then, because it was enough to be done at all. The highlights are the opening animation with the famous German marching band backing and Michael Palin rushing to camera only to say "Its". The good sketches in the official review are not in this DVD.
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