8.5/101,117 votes#1 - Face the Press
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1970
Featuring Doug and Dinsdale Piranha, Face the Press and the Ministry of Silly Walks. Mrs G Pinnet buys a new gas cooker.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
8.9/101,325 votes#2 - The Spanish Inquisition
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1970
Featuring the Spanish Inquisition, courtroom charades and a semaphore interpretation of Wuthering Heights.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
8.1/10997 votes#3 - Déjà Vu
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1970
Featuring the work of the poet Euan McTeagle, a psychiatrist milkman and some exploding animals. A television presenter suffers from a severe case of deja vu.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
8.1/10988 votes#4 - The Buzz Aldrin Show
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1970
More surreal humour from the Monty Python team. Sketches include The Architects, How to Recognise a Mason, Poets and the Chemist sketch.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.9/10957 votes#5 - Live from the Grill-O-Mat
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1970
Featuring gameshow Blackmail, The Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and boxer Ken Clean-Air System.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.7/10942 votes#6 - It's a Living
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1970
Featuring It's a Living and a school prize-giving. Timmy Williams presents a new chat show and the fate of the Silly Party hangs in the balance in an Election Night Special.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.7/10937 votes#7 - The Attila the Hun Show
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1970
Featuring the Attila the Hun Show, a rat catcher, a village idiot, some killer sheep and news for parrots.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.9/10924 votes#8 - Archaeology Today
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1970
Featuring Mrs Beethoven, the Reverend Arthur Belling, some Australian Mosquito Hunters and a drink party with the Gits.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
8.0/10937 votes#9 - How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1970
Featuring a guide on how to recognise parts of the body, a singing policeman, an interview with a plastic surgeon, a camp soldiers' drill and the Verrifast Plane Company.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.6/10941 votes#10 - Scott of the Antarctic
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1970
Featuring a special report into the shooting of Scott of the Antarctic, from Paignton. Also, a man tries to purchase a fish licence.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
8.3/10942 votes#11 - How Not to Be Seen
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1970
Features gags and sketches such as Job Hunter, Railway Timetables, How Not to be Seen and Interview in a Filing Cabinet.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
8.6/10981 votes#12 - Spam
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1970
The sketches in this episode include Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook, World Forum-Communist Quiz, Hospital for Over-Actors and Spam.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
8.1/10903 votes#13 - Royal Episode 13
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1970
Sketches in this episode include How to Feed a Goldfish, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and Lifeboat.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
The Best Episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 2
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A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Face the Press" is the best rated episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" season 2. It scored 8.5/10 based on 1117 votes. Directed by Ian MacNaughton and written by Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, it aired on 9/15/1970. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Spanish Inquisition".