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The Worst Episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus

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The Worst Episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

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  1. 6.1/10(9 votes)

    #1 - The Light Entertainment War

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    S4:E3

    More surreal gags and sketches including Up Your Pavement, RAF Banter, Court Martial, The Public Are Idiots and Woody and Tinny Words.

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  2. 6.2/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)

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    S3:E13

    Sketches include The Oscar Wilde Sketch, David Niven’s Fridge, Pasolini’s ‘The Third Test Match’, New Brain from Currys, Blood Donor and the Dirty Vicar Sketch.

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  3. 6.2/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Party Political Broadcast

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    S4:E6

    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.

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  4. 6.3/10(11 votes)

    #4 - It's a Living

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    S2:E6

    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.

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  5. 6.4/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Hamlet

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    S4:E4

    Sketches in this episode include Hamlet and Ophelia, Bogus Psychiatrists, Police Helmets, Boxing Match Aftermath and The Queen Victoria Handicap.

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  6. 6.7/10(9 votes)

    #6 - The Cycling Tour

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    S3:E8

    This episode tells the story of Mr Pither as he embarks on his Cycling Tour.

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  8. 6.8/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Dennis Moore

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    S3:E11

    Features the sketches Dennis Moore, What the Stars Foretell, The Ideal Loon Exhibition, Off-Licence and Prejudice.

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  9. 6.8/10(8 votes)

    #8 - The Golden Age of Ballooning

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    S4:E1

    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.

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  10. 6.9/10(14 votes)

    #9 - Live from the Grill-O-Mat

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    S2:E5

    Featuring gameshow Blackmail, The Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and boxer Ken Clean-Air System.

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  11. 7.0/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Whicker's World

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    S3:E1

    Features gags and sketches such as Multiple Murderer Court Scene, Njorl's Saga and Whicker’s World.

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  12. 7.0/10(9 votes)

    #11 - The Money Programme

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    S3:E3

    Features The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.

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  13. 7.0/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Michael Ellis

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    S4:E2

    Features the sketches Department Store, Buying an Ant, At Home with the Ant and Other Pets and Toupee Department.

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  14. 7.1/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Scott of the Antarctic

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    S2:E10

    Featuring a special report into the shooting of Scott of the Antarctic, from Paignton. Also, a man tries to purchase a fish licence.

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  15. 7.1/10(8 votes)

    #14 - The All-England Summarise Proust Competition

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    S3:E5

    Featuring in this episode The All-England Summarise Proust Competition, Fire Brigade, Travel Agent and Party Hints with Veronica Smalls.

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  16. 7.1/10(7 votes)

    #15 - The Nude Organist

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    S3:E9

    Features gags and sketches such as Bomb on Plane, Mortuary Hour, The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final, The Cheap Laughs and Prices on the Planet Algon.

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  17. 7.1/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Mr. Neutron

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    S4:E5

    Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.

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  18. 7.2/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

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    S3:E2

    Features Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.

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  19. 7.3/10(11 votes)

    #18 - How Not to Be Seen

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    S2:E11

    Features gags and sketches such as Job Hunter, Railway Timetables, How Not to be Seen and Interview in a Filing Cabinet.

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  20. 7.4/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Archaeology Today

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    S2:E8

    Featuring Mrs Beethoven, the Reverend Arthur Belling, some Australian Mosquito Hunters and a drink party with the Gits.

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  21. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #20 - The War Against Pornography

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    S3:E6

    Sketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had.

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  22. 7.5/10(11 votes)

    #21 - The Attila the Hun Show

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    S2:E7

    Featuring the Attila the Hun Show, a rat catcher, a village idiot, some killer sheep and news for parrots.

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  23. 7.5/10(11 votes)

    #22 - How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body

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    S2:E9

    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.

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  24. 7.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #23 - Untitled

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    S1:E10

    Featuring a bank robber in a lingerie shop, It's A Tree (with Arthur Tree), a vocational guidance counsellor, Ron Obvious and a gorilla librarian.

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  25. 7.6/10(11 votes)

    #24 - Royal Episode 13

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    S2:E13

    Sketches in this episode include How to Feed a Goldfish, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and Lifeboat.

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  26. 7.6/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Salad Days

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    S3:E7

    Features gags and sketches such as Biggles Dictates a Letter, Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road, Lifeboat and The Cheese Shop.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Light Entertainment War" is the worst rated episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus". It scored 6.1/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Ian MacNaughton and written by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, it aired on 11/14/1974. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)".