Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring the comedy group Monty Python. The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September and premiered on 5 October 1969 on BBC One, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV.
Lifeboat sketch
Monty Python's Lifeboat (Cannibalism) sketch appeared on "Monty Python's Flying Circus" in . It was also performed on the album, "Another Monty Python Record", retitled "Still No Sign Of Land". The sketch was inspired by the famous 1884 English criminal law case of "R v Dudley and Stephens" which involved survival cannibalism among castaways after a shipwreck.