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All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Whither Canada?

    • October 5, 1969
    • BBC One

    It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson – written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, Whizzo Butter, It's the Arts Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson – written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman, Picasso / Cycling Race, The Funniest Joke in the World, First appearance of The Colonel

  • S01E02 Sex and Violence

    • October 12, 1969
    • BBC One

    Flying Sheep – written by Cleese and Chapman, French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft, A Man with Three Buttocks, First appearance of the phrase 'And now for something completely different'. A Man with Two Noses, Musical Mice, Marriage Guidance Counsellor – written by Eric Idle, The Wacky Queen, Working-Class Playwright, The Wrestling Epilogue (written by Eric Idle), The Mouse Problem (written by Cleese and Chapman)

  • S01E03 How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away

    • October 19, 1969
    • BBC One

    The Larch, Court Scene with Cardinal Richelieu – written by Cleese and Chapman, The Larch – Part 2, Bicycle Repair Man – written by Palin and Jones, Children's Stories, Restaurant Sketch, Seduced Milkmen, Stolen Newsreader, The Horse Chestnut, Children's Interview, Candid Photography

  • S01E04 Owl-Stretching Time

    • October 26, 1969
    • BBC One

    Song: "Jerusalem (And did those feet)", Art Gallery, Art Critic, It's a Dog's Life in the Modern Army, Undressing in Public – written by Palin and Jones, Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit – written by Cleese and Chapman, first appearance of the 16-Ton Weight, Secret Service Dentists

  • S01E05 Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century

    • November 16, 1969
    • BBC One

    Confuse-a-Cat – written by Cleese and Chapman, The Smuggler, A Duck, A Cat and A Lizard (discussion), Vox Pops on Smuggling, Police Raid, Letters and Vox Pops, Newsreader Arrested, Erotic Film, Silly Job Interview, Careers Advisory Board, Burglar/Encyclopedia Salesman

  • S01E06 It's the Arts

    • November 23, 1969
    • BBC One

    Johann Gambolputty, Non-Illegal Robbery, Vox Pops on Burglary, Crunchy Frog (Whizzo Chocolate Company), The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker, Red Indian in Theatre, Policemen Make Wonderful Friends, A Scotsman on A Horse, 20th Century Vole – written by Cleese and Chapman