Monty Python's Flying Circus (disambiguation)
Monty Python's Flying Circus is a British comedy sketch television series originally broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
John Cleese left the show after the third series and did not appear in the six episodes of the fourth and final series. (However, he did receive writing credits for sketches derived from the writing sessions for the film of "Holy Grail"). Neil Innes and Douglas Adams are the only two non-Pythons to get writing credits in the show – Innes for songs in episodes 40, 42 and 45 (and for contributing to a sketch in episode 45), and Adams for contributing to a sketch about a doctor whose patients are stabbed by his nurse, in episode 45. (He also had walk-on acting parts in episodes 42 and 44.) Innes frequently appeared in the Pythons' stage shows and can also be seen as Sir Robin's lead minstrel in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and (briefly) in "Life of Brian". Adams had become friends with Graham Chapman, and they later went on to write the failed sketch show pilot "Out of the Trees".