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Mr and Mrs Brian Norris' Ford Popular

S3 : E2

TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 10.26.72

A couple investigate the cultural similarities between two London districts, seven miles apart; schoolboys' extracurricular activities are examined.

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From the very beginning, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" demonstrated quite clearly that the group's six members were after something quite uncategorizable. The first episode broadcast presented a surreal mix of violence, TV commercial and interview programme parodies, bizarre cut-out animations, and a shout-out to titans of modern art – all linked by pigs.

Cast

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland

Executive Producers

Ian MacNaughton

full-episodes (13)

Whither Canada?

S1 : E1 | TV-MA | 32 min | Aired: 10.02.69

It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
Sex and Violence

S1 : E2 | TV-MA | 34 min | Aired: 10.12.69

Flying Sheep, French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft, A Man With Three Buttocks, A Man With Two Noses, Musical Mice, Marriage Guidance Counselor, The Wacky Queen.
How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away

S1 : E3 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 10.19.69

Court Scene, The Larch, Bicycle Repair Man, Children's Stories, Restaurant Sketch, Seduced Milkmen, Stolen News Reader, Children's Interview, and Nudge Nudge.
Owl-Stretching Time

S1 : E4 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 10.26.69

A change from street clothes to swim trunks turns into a burlesque act; a karate class exercises defense tactics against fresh fruit; a man tries to buy a book about false teeth.
Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century

S1 : E5 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 11.16.69

Confuse-a-Cat, The Smuggler, A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard (Discussion), Vox Pops on Smuggling, Police Raid, Letters on Vox Pops, Newsreader Arrested, Erotic Film.
The BBC Entry to the Zinc Stoat of Budapest

S1 : E6 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 11.23.69

Sketches include: a German composer with an extraordinarily long name; crooks plan an elaborate scheme to buy a watch; a chocolate-company owner markets "Crunchy Frog."
You're No Fun Anymore

S1 : E7 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 11.30.69

Invaders from another galaxy turn Englishmen into Scotsmen. Also: a comedy about camels; a corporate board meeting.
Full Frontal Nudity

S1 : E8 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 12.07.69

A pet-shop customer returns his dead parrot; a gang of female senior citizens attacks a town's young men; a young army officer who joined the service to water-ski tries to resign.
The Ant: An Introduction

S1 : E9 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 12.14.69

A man with double vision organizes a mountain-climbing expedition; llamas are celebrated in a rousing Spanish song; a barber is afraid to cut hair; a couple's evening is ruined.
Untitled

S1 : E10 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 12.21.69

Sketches include: Bank Robber in Lingerie Shop, It's a Tree, Ron Obvious, Pet Conversations, Gorilla Librarian, Strangers in the Night.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom

S1 : E11 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 12.28.69

A half-inch-tall man appears on a talk show; a town's women's guild reenacts Pearl Harbor; the entire Royal Philharmonic Orchestra retires to the restroom.
The Naked Ant

S1 : E12 | TV-MA | 32 min | Aired: 01.04.70

The 127th annual Twit of the Year Show. Hitler and Himmler are guests for tea in a boarding house; a BBC broadcast is interrupted when a British minister falls into a fissure.
Intermission

S1 : E13 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 01.11.70

Among "historical" impersonations are Cardinal Richelieu as Petula Clark and Julius Caesar as Eddie Waring. Also: a police fairy tale; a vegetarian restaurant's menu.
Dinsdale!

S2 : E1 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 09.15.70

A sketch about the Ministry of Silly Walks. Also: a British minister-attired in a pink tulle dress-talks about housing; 30 gas-company men investigate the installation of a stove.
The Spanish Inquisition

S2 : E2 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 09.22.70

An offbeat look at the Spanish Inquisition; an unconventional version of "Wuthering Heights." A jury plays charades while delivering its verdict.
Deja Vu

S2 : E3 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 09.29.70

Sketches include: Flying Lessons, Hijacked Plane, Psychiatrist Milkman, Complaints, Déjà vu.
The Buzz Aldrin Show

S2 : E4 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 10.20.70

A supersleuth bishop investigates a suspicious insurance business; an elderly couple construct a house that has no walls.
Live From the Grill-O-Mat Snack Bar

S2 : E5 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 10.27.70

Contestants vie for incriminating photos in "The Blackmail Game"; a boxer spars with schoolgirls.
It's a Living

S2 : E6 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 11.03.70

Sketches include: The time on BBC 1, School Prize Giving, Films by Mr. Dibley, Timmy Williams Interview, Election Night Special.
The Attila the Hun Show

S2 : E7 | TV-MA | 28 min | Aired: 11.10.70

"The Attila the Hun Show"; a burlesque performance by government ministers; a documentary study of village idiots. Also: political groupies pursue MPs.
Archaeology Today

S2 : E8 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 11.17.70

A bridegroom tries to exchange his spouse; hunters pursue a mosquito; domestic problems interrupt the work of Beethoven, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and other creative geniuses.
How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body

S2 : E9 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 11.24.70

A University of Woolamaloo philosophy-department meeting---the members of which are all named Bruce; an exploding penguin; a radio version of "The Death of Mary Queen of Scots."
Scott of the Antarctic

S2 : E10 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 12.01.70

Foam-rubber snow and a stuffed lion are featured in a scene from "Scott of the Antarctic"; a football match is waged between gynecologists and Long John Silver impersonators.
How Not to Be Seen

S2 : E11 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 12.08.70

Conquistador coffee campaign; Repeating groove; Ramsey MacDonald striptease; Job hunter; International Chinese Communist Conspiracy; Crelm Toothpaste/Shrill petrol.
Spam

S2 : E12 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 12.15.70

World revolutionaries are quizzed about football scores; figures from works of art go on strike throughout galleries in England; the search continues for a cure for over-acting.
Royal Episode 13

S2 : E13 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 12.22.70

Miners brawl over historical facts; hospital patients serve the doctors; five shipwrecked mariners decide whom they will have for dinner.
Whicker's World

S3 : E1 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 10.19.72

A courteous murderer wins a suspended sentence by virtue of his charm; a search for Paris by way of Iceland is interrupted by a plane crash and a shipwreck.
Mr and Mrs Brian Norris' Ford Popular

S3 : E2 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 10.26.72

A couple investigate the cultural similarities between two London districts, seven miles apart; schoolboys' extracurricular activities are examined.
The Money Program

S3 : E3 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 11.02.72

"The Money Program" features a Swiss banker, a city accountant and a song of praise.
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

S3 : E4 | TV-MA | 30 min | Aired: 11.09.72

A program called "Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror," featuring a man who speaks exclusively in anagrams; a timorous TV announcer.
The All-England Summarize Proust Competition

S3 : E5 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 11.16.72

Contestants in "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" are judged in swimsuit and evening-gown categories; an irate customer confronts his travel agent.
The War Against Pornography

S3 : E6 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 11.23.72

Surgical tools applied to a mildly anesthetized patient include a power drill and a mallet; a TV program features a lecture on gastropods, highlighted by the visit of a whelk.
Salad Days

S3 : E7 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 11.30.72

A climbing expedition negotiates a hazardous London road; an attempt is made to determine whether an urban dwelling is a house or a lifeboat.
The Cycling Tour

S3 : E8 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 12.07.72

Mr Pither; Clodagh Rogers; Trotsky; Smolensk; Bingo-crazed Chinese (British Ambassador); 'Jack in a Box'.
The Nude Man

S3 : E9 | TV-MA | 32 min | Aired: 12.14.72

A housing project induced by hypnosis stands---as long as the tenants believe in it.
E Henry Tripshaw's Disease

S3 : E10 | TV-MA | 28 min | Aired: 12.21.72

A police investigator is mistaken for Sir Philip Sidney in a Tudor-period job agency, which actually deals in pornography
Dennis Moore

S3 : E11 | TV-MA | 32 min | Aired: 01.04.73

A highwayman steals "lupins" from the rich and tries to give them to the poor. Also: the first episode in a tatty
A Book at Bedtime

S3 : E12 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 01.11.73

A Book at Bedtime'; 'Red Gauntlet'; Kamikaze Highlanders; No time to lose; Penguins; BBC pro-gramme planners
Grandstand

S3 : E13 | TV-MA | 27 min | Aired: 01.18.73

Oscar Wilde, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, George Bernard Shaw and the future Edward VII exchange epigrams at an evening party
The Golden Age of Ballooning

S4 : E1 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 10.31.74

The Montgolfier brothers prepare for the first balloon flight.
Michael Ellis

S4 : E2 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 11.07.74

In this episode, Chris Quinn enters a department store and demands to buy an ant named Marcus.
Light Entertainment War

S4 : E3 | TV-MA | 33 min | Aired: 11.14.74

A parody of war includes the invasion of Norway by tutu-clad commandos and a plea to the public to treat the war seriously.
Hamlet

S4 : E4 | TV-MA | 28 min | Aired: 11.21.74

Hamlet undergoes psychoanalysis; eight Queen Victorias compete in the Queen Victoria handicap race; a boxing contender gets his head knocked off.
Mr Neutron

S4 : E5 | TV-MA | 31 min | Aired: 11.28.74

The search for Mr. Neutron, who plans to dominate the world, stretches from a London suburb to the Yukon, and results in the destruction of earthly civilization.
Party Political Broadcast

S4 : E6 | TV-MA | 29 min | Aired: 12.05.74

A spoof of British political-party broadcasts includes the finals of "the worst family in Britain" contest, a violent cricket match and a housewife who revolutionized beekeeping.

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