Monty Python's flying circus. The complete series 1-4, fully restored.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Davies, John Howard, 1939-2011, producer.
• MacNaughton, Ian, 1925-2002, producer.
• Chapman, Graham, 1941-1989, screenwriter, actor.
• Cleese, John, screenwriter, actor.
• Gilliam, Terry, screenwriter, actor.
• Idle, Eric, screenwriter, actor.
• Jones, Terry, 1942-2020, screenwriter, actor.
• Palin, Michael, screenwriter, actor.
• Cleveland, Carol, 1942- actor.
• Booth, Connie, actor.
• Cryer, Barry, 1935-2022, actor.
• Universal Pictures (Firm), publisher.
• Studio Distribution Services (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Monty Python (Comedy troupe)--Performances.
• English wit and humor.
• Satire--Drama.
• Monty Python (Comedy troupe).
• Performances.
• Satire.

Genre:

• Drama.
• Fiction television programs.
• Sketch comedy television programs.
• Television comedies.
• Television series.

Physical Description:

7 videodiscs (approximately 22 hr., 40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Distribution:

[Universal City, California] : Studio Distribution Services

Place of Publication:

Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2022]

System Details:

• DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full frame (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
• digital
• optical
• mono
• Dolby Digital 2.0
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Summary:

• A set of 7 DVDs containing all four seasons' 45 episodes of the television series, Monty Python's flying circus, along with a variety of special features from the archive, with all fully restored in high definition and with all previously edited sketches restored to their original length.
• The ground-up restoration has been produced from the best available materials, painstakingly restored, and includes just the right amount of lovely spam, wonderful spam. Previously edited sketches have been returned to their original length while filmed sequences and Terry Gilliam's animations have been newly scanned in High Definition, adding unimaginable depth and clarity to classic moments.

Contents:

• Series 1. Disc 1. Whither Canada? ; Sex and violence ; How to recognise different types of trees from quite a long way away ; Owl-stretching time ; Man's crisis of identity in the latter half of the 20th century ; It's the arts ; You're no fun anymore
• Disc 2. Full frontal nudity ; The ant, an introduction ; Untitled ; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra goes to the bathroom ; The naked ant ; Intermission ; Special features.
• Series 2. Disc 1. Face the press ; The Spanish Inquisition ; Deja vu ; The Buzz Aldrin show ; Live from the Grill-O-Mat ; It's a living ; The Attila the Hun show
• Disc 2. Archaeology today ; How to recognise different parts of the body ; Scott of the Antarctic ; How not to be seen ; Spam ; Royal episode 13 ; Special features.
• Series 3. Disc 1. Whicker's world ; Mr. & Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford popular ; The money programme ; Blood, devastation, death, war and horror ; The All-England summarize Proust competition ; The war against pornography ; Salad days
• Disc 2. The cycling tour ; the nude organist ; E. Henry Thripshaw's disease ; Dennis Moore ; A book at bedtime ; Grandstand ; Special features.
• Series 4. The golden age of ballooning
• Michael Ellis
• LE war
• Hamlet
• Mr. Neutron
• Party political broadcast
• Special features.

Participant:

Performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones. Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, Barry Cryer.

Credits:

Conceived and written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin ; produced by John Howard Davies and Ian MacNaughton.

Notes:

• A set of 7 DVDs containing all four seasons' 45 episodes of the television series, Monty Python's flying circus, along with a variety of special features from the archive, with all fully restored in high definition and with all previously edited sketches restored to their original length.
• Title and credits from container.
• Videodisc release of the forty-five individual episodes originally broadcast on television.
• "The following program is being presented as it was originally created. The program was produced over 40 years ago and contains outdated cultural depictions and/or offensive stereotypes that do not reflect modern standards or the views of the distributor"--Container insert.

Contains:

Container of: Monty Python's flying circus (Television program)

OCLC:

1347123991

Publisher Number:

• 191329233108
• 1000819834 Universal Studios (set container)
• 3000092126 Universal Studios (set container)
• 1199833 Universal Studios (Series 1, disc 1 label)
• 2000178140 Universal Studios (Series 1, disc 1 label)
• 1199834 Universal Studios (Series 1, disc 2 label)
• 2000178142 Universal Studios (Series 1, disc 2 label)
• 1199835 Universal Studios (Series 2, disc 1 label)
• 2000178146 Universal Studios (Series 2, disc 1 label)
• 1199836 Universal Studios (Series 2, disc 2 label)
• 2000178143 Universal Studios (Series 2, disc 2 label)
• 1199837 Universal Studios (Series 3, disc 1 label)
• 2000178144 Universal Studios (Series 3, disc 1 label)
• 1199838 Universal Studios (Series 3, disc 2 label)
• 2000178145 Universal Studios (Series 3, disc 2 label)
• 1199842 Universal Studios (Series 4 disc label)
• 2000178141 Universal Studios (Series 4 disc label)