(episode 1; aired 5 October 1969; recorded 7 September 1969)
It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Famous deaths
Italian lesson
Whizzo Butter
"It's the Arts"
Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson
Picasso/Cycling Race
The Funniest Joke in the World
2. Sex and Violence
(episode 2; aired 12 October 1969; recorded 30 August 1969)
Flying Sheep – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft
A Man with Three Buttocks
A Man with Two Noses
Musical Mice
Marriage Guidance Counsellor
The Wacky Queen
Working-class playwright
The Wrestling Epilogue – Written by Eric Idle
The Mouse Problem – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
(episode 3; aired 19 October 1969; recorded 14 September 1969) This episode had the longest title.
The Larch
Court Scene with Cardinal Richelieu
The Larch – Part 2
Bicycle Repair Man – Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones: In a town full of people dressed as Superman a man has the secret identity of "Bicycle Repair Man" with the impressive superpower of being able to repair a bicycle with his own hands.
Tirade Against Communists
Children's Stories
Restaurant Sketch
Seduced Milkmen
Stolen newsreader
The Horse Chestnut
Children's Interview
Nudge Nudge – Written by Eric Idle
(episode 4; aired 26 October 1969; recorded 21 September 1969)
Owl Stretching Time was a proposed name for the series itself.
BBC-1 began colour broadcasting officially on 15 November 1969. Since September 1969, however, they had been broadcasting colour programmes "unofficially", so while the whole of the first series was broadcast in colour, this episode was the first to be advertised as being in colour (source: Notes taken from BBC videotape operators and transmission managers made at the time).
Song: "Jerusalem (And did those feet)"
Art Gallery
Art Critic
It's a Dog's Life in the Modern Army
Undressing in Public
Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Secret Service Dentists
Many sketches in this episode are ended prematurely by Graham Chapman's army character ("The Colonel"), who protests rip offs of the British Army's slogan, "It's a Man's Life in the Modern Army"
Although the previous episodes had been made in colour, this was the first episode to be transmitted in colour, after BBC1 began colour broadcasting on 15 November 1969.
(episode 5; aired 16 November 1969; recorded 3 October 1969)
Confuse-a-Cat – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
The Smuggler
A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard (discussion)
Vox Pops on Smuggling
Police Raid
Letters and Vox Pops
Newsreader Arrested
Erotic film
Silly Job Interview – first appeared on How to Irritate People.
Careers Advisory Board
Burglar/Encyclopedia Salesman
(episode 6; aired 23 November 1969; recorded 5 November 1969)
Johann Gambolputty
Non-Illegal Robbery
Vox Pops
Crunchy Frog (Whizzo Chocolate Company)
The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker – Written by Graham Chapman & Eric Idle
Red Indian in Theatre
Policemen Make Wonderful Friends
A Scotsman on a Horse
Twentieth-Century Vole – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman: A parody of the Hollywood movie industry.
(episode 7; aired 30 November 1969; recorded 10 October 1969)
Camel Spotting
You're No Fun Any More
The Audit
Science Fiction Sketch
Man Turns Into Scotsman
Police station
Blancmanges Playing Tennis
(episode 8; aired 7 December 1969; recorded 25 November 1969)
Army Protection Racket
Vox Pops on Full Frontal Nudity
Art Critic – The Place of the Nude
Buying a Bed
Hermits
Dead Parrot sketch – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
The Flasher
Hell's Grannies
This episode repeats a running gag from episode 4: a female cast member delivers a terrible joke, and upon protest from fellow cast members wails "But it's my only line!"
Most sketches in this episode are ended prematurely by Graham Chapman's army character ("The Colonel") from the first sketch, who protests that they are "too silly."
(episode 9; aired 14 December 1969; recorded 7 December 1969)
Llamas
A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Nose
Kilimanjaro Expedition (Double Vision) – Written by John Cleese & Eric Idle
A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Brother's Nose
Homicidal Barber – Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
The Lumberjack Song – Written by Michael Palin, Terry Jones & Fred Tomlinson
Letter and Britain's Joke for the Rubber Mac of Zurich Award
Gumby Crooner
The Refreshment Room at Bletchley
Ken Buddha and His Inflatable Knees
Brian Islam and Brucie (animation)
Hunting Film – Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
The Visitors
(episode 10; aired 21 December 1969; recorded 30 November 1969)
Walk-on Part in Sketch
Bank Robber in a Lingerie Shop
Trailer
It's A Tree
Vocational Guidance Counsellor
Ron Obvious
The First Man to Jump the Channel
Eating Chichester Cathedral
Tunnelling from Godalming to Java
Splitting a railway carriage with his nose
Running to Mercury
Most time being Underground
Pet Conversions – Written by Graham Chapman
Gorilla Librarian
Letters to Daily Mirror
Strangers in the night
This is the first episode not to show an episode title at the beginning of the closing credits.
(episode 11; aired 28 December 1969; recorded 14 December 1969)
Lavatorial Humour
Interruptions
Agatha Christie (Inspector Tiger)
Literary Football Discussion
Interesting People
Undertakers Film
Eighteenth-Century Social Legislation
The Battle of Trafalgar
Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour – Written by Eric Idle
Undertakers Film
(episode 12; aired 4 January 1970; recorded 21 December 1969)
Falling From Building
Spectrum – Talking About Things
Visitors From Coventry
Mr. Hilter and the Minehead by-election – Written by John Cleese & Michael Palin
Silly Voices at the Police station
Upper Class Twit of the Year – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Ken Shabby
How Far Can a Minister Fall?
Nobody Has Anything Else to Say
(episode 13; aired 11 January 1970; recorded 4 January 1970)
Short intermission (music: Theme from A Summer Place)
Restaurant Abuse/Cannibalism
Advertisements
Albatross
Come Back to My Place - Written by Graham Chapman
Me Doctor
Historical Impersonations
Quiz Programme: "Wishes"
Probe-Around on Crime
Stonehenge and Mr. Attila the Hun
Psychiatry - Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Operating theatre
(episode 14; aired 15 September 1970; recorded 9 July 1970)
Face the Press
New Cooker Sketch
Tobacconist's (Prostitute Advert)
The Ministry of Silly Walks – Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
La March Futile
Ethel the Frog/Piranha Brothers – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Introductory music of Ethel the Frog/Piranha Brothers: from Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius
(episode 15; aired 22 September 1970; recorded 2 July 1970)
Man-Powered Flight
The Spanish Inquisition – Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
Jokes and Novelties Salesman
Tax on Thingy
Vox Pops (including a rare piece of meaningful dialogue from the It's Man)
Photos of Uncle Ted
The Spanish Inquisition (continued)
The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights
Julius Caesar on an Aldis lamp
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Morse Code
Smoke signal version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Court Charades
Race Against the Credits (music: Devil's Galop by Charles Williams)
The Spanish Inquisitors (Palin, Jones, and Gilliam) appear 7 times throughout this episode.
(episode 16; aired 29 September 1970; recorded 16 July 1970)
A Bishop Rehearsing
Flying Lessons – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Hijacked Plane
The Poet Ewan McTeagle
Hand Trees (Animation)
Psychiatrist Milkman
Complaints
Déjà Vu
This episode introduces a running gag that is used for the next two episodes: A character says, "Walk this way." The character told this responds, "If I could walk that way..." only to be stopped when the first character warns them about finishing the punchline by raising a finger.
(episode 17; aired 20 October 1970; recorded 18 September 1970)
An apology
Gumby announcement
Architects Sketch - Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
How to Recognize a Mason
An apology/Another Gumby announcement
Motor Insurance Sketch
The Bishop
Living Room on Pavement
Poets
A Choice of Viewing
An Interview with a Nude Man
The Bishop...Again?!
An apology
Gumby Frog Curse/Another Another Gumby Announcement
Chemist Sketch
An Apology/Words Not to be Used Again
After-shave
Vox Pops
Police Constable Pan-Am
Another Apology
End Credits
Last Gumby announcement (The end)
Cardinal Ximénez makes a cameo appearance in this episode. Additionally, one character says "I didn't expect a Spanish Inquisition", but, being played by Michael Palin (as is Cardinal Ximénez), is told to shut up.
The "Walk this way" gag is used again, but this time the punchline is said completely, resulting in the character saying it being taken away by a police constable.
(episode 18; aired 27 October 1970; recorded 10 September 1970)
Live From the Grill-o-Mat
The First Item...
Blackmail
Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
Escape from Film
The Next Item (or dish)...
Current Affairs
Continued from the Escape from Film
The Next Item (...Prawn Salad...?)...
Accidents Sketch (Prawn Salad Ltd.)
Interruption
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Butcher Who is Alternately Rude and Polite
The Last Item (coffee)...
Ken Clean-Air System
On the Bus (end credits)
The "Walk this way" gag is used for the last time, except the words "I" and "walk" are replaced with "we" (since it's a group of people) and "run", respectively.
(episode 19; aired 3 November 1970; recorded 10 September 1970)
"It's a Living"
The Time on BBC 1
School Prize-Giving
"if...." – a film by Mr Dibley
"Rear Window" – a film by Mr Dibley
"Finian's Rainbow" (starring the man from the off-licence)
The Foreign Secretary and Other News
Free Dung from the "Book of the Month" Club
Dead Indian
Timmy Williams interview
Raymond Luxury Yacht (Throat Wobbler Mangrove interview)
Marriage Registry office
Election Night Special
(episode 20; aired 10 November 1970; recorded 2 October 1970)
"The Attila the Hun Show"
Attila the Nun
Secretary of State Striptease
Vox Pops on Political Groupies
Ratcatcher
Wainscotting
Killer Sheep
The News for Parrots
The News for Gibbons
Today in Parliament
The News for Wombats
Attila the Bun
The Idiot in the Rural Society
Test Match Against Iceland
The Epsom Furniture Race
"Spot The Braincell"
(episode 21; aired 17 November 1970; recorded 9 October 1970)
Trailer
"Archaeology Today"
Silly Vicar and Leapy Lee
Registrar (wife swap)
Silly doctor sketch (immediately abandoned)
Mr. and Mrs. Git
Roy and Hank Spim – Mosquito hunters
Poofy Judges
Mrs. Thing and Mrs. Entity
Beethoven's Mynah Bird
Shakespeare
Michelangelo
Colin "Chopper" Mozart (ratcatcher)
Judges (end credits)
9. How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
(episode 22; aired 24 November 1970; recorded 25 September 1970)
"How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body"
Bruces sketch – Written by John Cleese & Eric Idle
Naughty Bits
The Man who Contradicts People
Cosmetic Surgery
Camp Square-Bashing
Killer Cars
Cut-Price Airline
Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the First Heart Transplant (Written by Eric Idle)
The First Underwater Production of Measure for Measure
The Death of Mary Queen of Scots
Exploding Penguin on the TV Set – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
There's Been a Murder
Sgt. Duckie's Song – Police entry for Eurovision Song Contest
"Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong" (song) – contest winner from Monaco
(episode 23; aired 1 December 1970; recorded 2 July 1970)
French Subtitled Film
Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Sahara
Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth (Animation)
Fish Licence
Derby Council v. All Blacks Rugby Match
Long John Silver Impersonators v. Bournemouth Gynaecologists
(episode 24; aired 8 December 1970; recorded 23 July 1970)
Conquistador Coffee Campaign
Repeating Groove
Ramsay MacDonald Striptease
Job Hunter
International Chinese Communist Conspiracy
Crelm Toothpaste / Shrill Petrol
Agatha Christie Sketch (railway timetables)
Mr Neville Shunte-Railroad Playwright
Gavin Millarrrrrrrrr Writes
Film Director/Dentist Martin Curry (teeth)
City Gents Vox Pops
Crackpot Religions Ltd
How Not to Be Seen
Crossing the Atlantic on a Tricycle
Interview in Filing Cabinet
"Yummy Yummy Yummy, I've Got Love in My Tummy"/Music Time
Monty Python's Flying Circus Again in Thirty Seconds
"And now for something completely different" and the opening sequence has a repeating groove.
This episode featured many famous characters from different episodes including Arthur Name (Nudge Nudge), and Ken Shabby. Terry Gilliam also reprised his role as the nude organist (Blackmail), a character usually played by Terry Jones.
(Episode 25; aired 15 December 1970; recorded 25 June 1970)
"The Black Eagle"
Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook - Written by John Cleese
Court (phrasebook)
World Forum – Communist Quiz
"Ypres 1914" (abandoned)
Art Gallery Strikes
"Ypres 1914" - Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
Hospital for Over-Actors
Gumby Flower Arranging
Spam - Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
(episode 26; aired 22 December 1970; recorded 16 October 1970)
The Queen Will Be Watching
Coal Mine in Llanddarog Carmarthen
The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way
Commercials
How to Feed a Goldfish
The Man Who Collects Birdwatcher's Eggs
Insurance Sketch
Hospital Run by RSM
Mountaineer
Exploding Version of "The Blue Danube"
Girls Boarding School
Submarine
A Man with a Stoat Through His Head
Lifeboat (cannibalism)
Undertaker sketch – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
This episode includes a reference to Episode 14: Spiny Norman, appears from behind Trafalgar Square and says, "Dinsdale!"
In this season (only), the opening sequence begins with a nude organist, John Cleese saying "and now," and the "It's" Man.
(episode 27; aired 19 October 1972; recorded 14 January 1972)
Njorl's Saga/Opening Credits
Multiple Murderer Court Scene
Investigating the body
Njorl's Saga – part II
A Terrible Mess
Njorl's Saga – part II: North Malden?
Starting Over
Njorl's Saga – part II: Invest in Malden?
Phone conversation about the word "Malden" in the saga
Eric Njorl Court Scene (Njorl's Saga – part III)
Stock Exchange Report
Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion at the Launderette – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion at North Malden – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Back to the saga...
Njorl's Saga – part IV: Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion visit Sartre in Paris
Whicker's World
2. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
(episode 28; aired 26 October 1972; recorded 28 January 1972)
Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow
Schoolboys' Life Assurance Company
How to Do It
Mrs. Niggerbaiter Explodes
Vicar/Salesman
Farming Club
"Life of Tschaikowsky"
Trim-Jeans Theatre
The Fish-Slapping Dance
World War II (Animation)
Titanic Sinking
The BBC is Short of Money
SS Mother Goose
It's Man Show
(episode 29; aired 2 November 1972; recorded 4 December 1971)
The Money Programme
Money Song – Written by Eric Idle & John Gould
Erizabeth L
Fraud Film Director Squad
Hands Up (Animation)
Dead Bishop, AKA Church Police or Salvation Fuzz
Jungle Restaurant
Apology for Violence and Nudity
Ken Russell's "Gardening Club"
The Lost World of Roiurama
Six More Minutes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Argument Skit – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Hitting on the Head Lessons
Inspector Flying Fox of the Yard
One More Minute of Monty Python's Flying Circus
4. Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
(episode 30; aired 9 November 1972; recorded 11 December 1971)
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
The Man Who Speaks in Anagrams – Written by Eric Idle
Anagram Quiz
Merchant Banker – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Pantomime Horses
Life and Death Struggles
Househunters
Mary Recruitment Office
Bus Conductor Sketch
The Man Who Makes People Laugh Uncontrollably
Army Captain as Clown
Gestures to Indicate Pauses in a Televised Talk
Neurotic Announcers
The News with Richard Baker (vision only)
The Pantomime Horse is a Secret Agent
Anagrams appear throughout this episode: "Tony M. Nyphot's Flying Risccu" for Monty Python's Flying Circus; "Chamran Knebt" for Merchant Bank, "Mary Recruitment Office" for Army Recruitment Office. The end credits are all in anagrams.
Richard Baker has also done gestures to indicate pauses in the news.
5. The All-England Summarize Proust Competition
(episode 31; aired 16 November 1972; recorded 24 April 1972
Summarize Proust Competition
Hairdressers Climb Up Mount Everest
A Magnificent Festering
Fire Brigade
Our Eamonn
"Party Hints" with Veronica Smalls
Language Laboratory
Travel Agent – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman, Eric Idle
Watney's Red Barrel
Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
(episode 32; aired 23 November 1972; recorded 21 January 1972)
Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign
Gumby Brain Specialist
Molluscs – "Live" TV Documentary
Report on the Minister reports
Tuesday Documentary
Children's Story
Match of the Day
An Apology
Expedition to Lake Pahoe
The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had
The Silliest Sketch We've Ever Done
(episode 33; aired 30 November 1972; recorded 7 January 1972)
Biggles Dictates a Letter
Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road
Lifeboat
Old lady snoopers
Storage Jars
The Show so Far
Cheese Shop sketch – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Philip Jenkinson on Cheese Westerns
Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"
Apology
The News with Richard Baker
Seashore Interlude Film
(episode 34; aired 7 December 1972; recorded 4 May 1972)
Mr. Pither
Mr. Gulliver (who thinks he is Clodagh Rodgers)
Trotsky
Smolensk
Bingo-Crazed Chinese
Not Secret Police
Trotsky / Eartha Kitt
Firing Squad
Eartha Kitt / Edward Heath
This episode is the first episode of Flying Circus to feature a full length story.
This is the first episode that doesn't have a formal opening sequence; instead, a simple caption "The Cycling Tour" appears at the beginning of the episode.
John Tomiczek, Graham Chapman's adopted son, makes a brief non-speaking appearance as an autograph seeker.
The episode was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones with the exception of the last third which was re-written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman. Michael Palin and Terry Jones play exactly one character throughout the whole show.
The music to which Mr. Pither cycles is the Waltz from Act II of Faust by Charles Gounod.
(episode 35; aired 14 December 1972; recorded 11 May 1972)
Bomb on Plane
A Naked Man
Ten Seconds of Sex
Housing Project Built by Characters from Nineteenth-century English Literature
M1 Interchange Built by Characters from 'Paradise Lost'
Mystico and Janet – Flats Built by Hypnosis
Mortuary Hour
The Olympic Hide-and-seek Final
The Cheap-Laughs
Bull-fighting
The British Well-Basically Club
Prices on the Planet Algon
Mr. Badger Reads the Credits
(episode 36; aired 21 December 1972; recorded 25 May 1972)
Tudor Jobs Agency
Pornographic Bookshop
Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers
Silly Disturbances
The Free Repetition of Doubtful Words Sketch
'Is There?'... Life after Death?
The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order
Thripshaw's Disease
Silly Noises
Sherry-drinking Vicar
The BBC censored this episode probably more than any other, cutting three sketches (Big Nosed Sculptor, Revolting Cocktails, Wee-Wee Wine Cellar) as well as much of Gilliam's animation.
(episode 37; aired 4 January 1973; recorded 17 April 1972)
"Boxing Tonight" – Jack Bodell v. Sir Kenneth Clark
Dennis Moore – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
What the Stars Foretell – Written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
Doctor
TV4 or Not TV4 Discussion
Lupins – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Ideal Loon Exhibition
Off-Licence
Dennis Moore Rides Again – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Prejudice
Redistribution of Wealth – Written by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
(episode 38; aired 11 January 1973; recorded 18 December 1971)
Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed) †
A Book at Bedtime – "Redgauntlet"
Kamikaze Scotsmen
No Time to Lose
Frontiers of Medicine – Penguins
BBC programme planners
Unexploded Scotsmen
Spot the Looney
Rival Documentaries
Dad's Doctors, Dad's Pooves and Other Interesting Stories
"Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)" and "Dad's Doctors, Dad's Pooves and Other Interesting Stories" have been cut out in many versions of this episode. A clip of "Party Political Broadcast (Choreographed)" has surfaced on YouTube, stated to have been found in Canada by David Morgan. It originates from WNED in Buffalo, New York; an identification card is seen at the beginning of the clip, and a "Support Channel 17" phone number shows up at the bottom of the screen. There is also a clip of the last sketch originating from German network WDR with German subtitles. "Dad's Doctors" has been restored to the iTunes version of the show as well as added to the Netflix streaming video version of the series.
13. Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
(episode 39; aired 18 January 1973; recorded 18 May 1972)
This is the second episode without a formal opening sequence.
Thames TV Introduction, with (the real) David Hamilton
"Light Entertainment Awards" with Dickie Attenborough
Dickie Attenborough
The Oscar Wilde Sketch
Charwoman
David Niven's Fridge
Pasolini's Film "The Third Test Match"
New Brain from Currys
Blood Donor
International Wife-Swapping
Credits of the Year
The Dirty Vicar Sketch
John Cleese was not interested in doing more of the series, so the rest of the troupe decided to do one last, shortened season under the simple banner, Monty Python (although the old full title, Monty Python's Flying Circus, is displayed at the beginning of the opening sequence). Cleese did receive writing credits on some episodes that featured material he'd written for the first draft of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (particularly in the Michael Ellis episode).
(episode 40; aired 31 October 1974; recorded 12 October 1974)
This is the third episode without a formal opening sequence.
The Montgolfier Brothers
Montgolfier Brothers in Love (Not with each other, obviously)
Louis XVI
The Court of George III
Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party (subtitled)
Zeppelin
The Golden Age of Colonic Irrigation
Almost the entire episode was written by Michael Palin himself.
(episode 41; aired 11 November 1974; recorded 19 October 1974)
This is the second episode to feature a full length story. It was mainly written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman with some help from Michael Palin and a little bit from Neil Innes.
The end credits appear immediately after the opening sequence.
Department Store
Buying an Ant
At Home with the Ant and Other Pets
Documentary on Ants
Ant Complaints
Ant Poetry Reading
Toupee Department
Different Endings
(episode 42; aired 14 November 1974; recorded 26 October 1974)
The Nude Organist and the It's Man appear for the last time, in footage taken from the Dennis Moore episode. Most of the sketches of the episode have a shared theme (World War II) yet no apparent narrative.
Up Your Pavement (the title and announcer call it "Up Your Sidewalk")
RAF Banter
Trivializing the War
Court-martial
Basingstoke in Westphalia
"Anything Goes" (song)
Film Trailer
The Public Are Idiots
Programme Titles Conference
The Last Five Miles (8 km) of the M4
Woody and Tinny Words
Show-Jumping
Newsflash
"When Does a Dream Begin?" (song)
(episode 43; aired 21 November 1974; recorded 2 November 1974)
Bogus Psychiatrists
Nationwide
Police helmets
Father-in-Law
Hamlet and Ophelia
Boxing Match Aftermath
Boxing Commentary
Piston Engine (a Bargain)
A Room in Polonius's House
Dentists
Live from Epsom – Jockey Interviews
Queen Victoria Handicap
And then...
(episode 44; aired 28 November 1974; recorded 9 November 1974)
This is the third episode to feature a full length story ("Cycling Tour" and "Michael Ellis" being the earlier two).
Post-Box Ceremony
Mr. Neutron
F.E.A.R. / Mr. Neutron Is Missing!
Teddy Salad
Secretary of State and Prime Minister
Bombing
Mrs. Scum
Teddy Salad Explodes
Mr. Neutron Escapes
Conjuring Today
With the exception of "Post-box Ceremony," nearly the entire episode was co-written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
(episode 45; aired 5 December 1974; recorded 16 November 1974)
Most Awful Family in Britain (co-written by Neil Innes)
Icelandic Honey Week
Patient Abuse – Written by Graham Chapman & Douglas Adams
Brigadier and Bishop
Appeal on Behalf of Extremely Rich People (written by Neil Innes)
The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences
David Attenborough
The Walking Trees of Dahomey
Batsmen of the Kalahari
Cricket Match (assegais)
BBC News (handovers)
As the episode opens and closes, there are announcements related to the "Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Liberal Party."
