The BBC reportedly wanted to erase beloved episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, leaving the troupe in fear the genre-defining series would be lost to time. Flying Circus aired 55 years ago in ...

Eric Idle puts words into Barry Norman's mouth, in this impartial review of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This clip is from Film 75. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 25 March 1975. 1975: Monty ...

John Cleese has been mocked online for asking why the BBC hasn't shown Monty Python "for a couple of decades". The actor and comedian, 83, appeared to ask the question in all innocence - forgetting ...

Monty Python alum John Cleese blasted the BBC in an interview this week, declaring he would not allow his new Faulty Towers followup to air on the network because they’ve become too politically ...

Monty Don, 67, spoke of his sadness over the BBC no longer allowing “quality” comedy sketches such as Monty Python, which dominated the airwaves when it was shown in the 1970s, to be aired on their ...

It's been more than 30 years since the last proper Python project as David Sillito reports All of the surviving members of comedy group Monty Python are to reform for a stage show, one of the Pythons, ...

John Cleese gave fresh voice to a familiar grudge on Tuesday, raging at the BBC for not showing repeats of Monty Python. The 83-year-old actor and comedian asked his 5.6M Twitter followers: “Can ...

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Monty Python’s Flying Circus was almost taken off the air because BBC bosses felt it was ‘disgusting’, ‘cruel’ and ‘unacceptable’. Newly released documents reveal that the first show bombed in the ...

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