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 ...

TV sketch show BBC Two / BBC One 1969 - 1974 45 episodes (4 series) Biblical movie satire focusing on the life of Brian Cohen, a man born into Roman-occupied Judea who reluctantly finds himself ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eric Idle will be joined by Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam for the performance of Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) – described as a "comic oratorio" based on Life of Brian. He ...

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 ...