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 ...

The 1960s satire boom opened up the way for a fresh, inventive generation of young comedy writer-performers to flourish on TV and to take comedy in a new and exciting direction. Among them were five ...

On 5th December it'll have been 50 years since the last episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was first aired on the BBC, and yet, the show continues to captivate audiences around the world. Despite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monty Python’s Flying Circus is returning to UK terrestrial television for the first time in almost 35 years. The cult comedy ...

On Sunday 5 October 1969 at 11pm (after most respectable people had gone to bed) the BBC broadcast the first episode of a show that changed the course of British comedy. Monty Python’s Flying Circus ...

It is 40 years since Monty Python's Flying Circus amused, confused and outraged British audiences for the first time. To mark the anniversary of the first BBC broadcast of the hugely influential ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Idle sometime gazes up into the heavens and wonders about something if we ever make contact with aliens: Will they have a sense of humor? “I think the answer must be yes, because ...

The Python catalogue, repackaged and remastered. Lovely plumage... Given their strong group identity, and their friendship with George Harrison, it’s not hard to see how the Monty Python has come to ...

10th June: John Cleese, Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam to reunite later this year 11th May: Rarely-seen Monty Python material coming to Blu-ray Surrealist, observational and curiously subversive, Monty ...

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 ...

The first episode of seminal comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, subtitled 'Whither Canada?', was broadcast just before 11pm on Sunday 5 October 1969. The Radio Times celebrated the launch ...

The writers and performers of Monty Python were assembled by Barry Took. Graham Chapman and John Cleese had previously worked together on At Last the 1948 Show. Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin ...