7.2/10879 votes#1 - The Golden Age of Ballooning
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1974
Features gags and sketches such as The Golden Age of Ballooning, Louis XVI, The Court of George III and a Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Norwegian Party.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.6/10859 votes#2 - Michael Ellis
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/1974
Features the sketches Department Store, Buying an Ant, At Home with the Ant and Other Pets and Toupee Department.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.5/10815 votes#3 - The Light Entertainment War
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/1974
More surreal gags and sketches including Up Your Pavement, RAF Banter, Court Martial, The Public Are Idiots and Woody and Tinny Words.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.2/10792 votes#4 - Hamlet
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/1974
Sketches in this episode include Hamlet and Ophelia, Bogus Psychiatrists, Police Helmets, Boxing Match Aftermath and The Queen Victoria Handicap.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.3/10793 votes#5 - Mr. Neutron
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/1974
Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam
7.3/10785 votes#6 - Party Political Broadcast
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/1974
Sketches in this final episode include The Most Awful Family in Britain, Patient Abuse, Brigadier and Bishop and The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Douglas Adams
The Best Episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 4
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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 4 Ratings Summary
"The Golden Age of Ballooning" is the best rated episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 879 votes. Directed by Ian MacNaughton and written by Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, it aired on 10/31/1974. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Michael Ellis".