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

8.5/10 · 1,565 votesOct 19, 196931 min

Ranked #2 of 13 in Season 1•+0.5 vs season avg

Featuring a court scene, the larch, Bicycle Repair Man, children's stories, a restaurant sketch, some seduced milkmen, an interview with some children and a stolen newsreader.

Season 1 Episodes13

E1 7.9

Whither Canada?

E2 7.7

Sex and Violence

E3 8.5Now viewing

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

E4 7.9

Owl Stretching Time

E5 8.1

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

E6 7.9

It's the Arts

E7 7.7

Oh, You're No Fun Anymore

E8 8.6

Full Frontal Nudity

E9 8.3

The Ant, An Introduction

E10 7.6

Untitled

E11 7.7

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom

E12 8.3

The Naked Ant

E13 7.9

Intermission

Cast6

John Cleese

Various / Announcer

Graham Chapman

Various

Michael Palin

Various / "It's" man

Terry Jones

Various

Eric Idle

Various

Terry Gilliam

Various

Crew8

Ian MacNaughton

Director

Graham Chapman

Writer

Michael Palin

Writer

Eric Idle

Writer

John Cleese

Writer

Terry Gilliam

Writer

Terry Jones

Writer

John Howard Davies

Director

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Episode Summary

"How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away" is episode 3 of Monty Python's Flying Circus season 1. It scored 8.5/10 from 1,565 votes, ranking #2 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies and written by Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, it aired on October 19, 1969.

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

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Season 1 Episodes13

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