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Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1970 - 1970
Series 2 of the sketch show offers more surreal animation, sight gags, satiric songs and bizarre characters.
Episode 1
Face the Press
Tue, Sep 15, 1970 31 mins
A sketch about the Ministry of Silly Walks. Also: a British minister---attired in a pink tulle dress---talks about housing; 30 gas-company men investigate the installation of a stove; a giant hedgehog wanders London.
Episode 2
The Spanish Inquisition
Tue, Sep 22, 1970 31 mins
An offbeat look at the Spanish Inquisition; an unconventional version of "Wuthering Heights." Also: a jury plays charades while delivering its verdict; a man attempts to find one nontaxable pleasure.
Episode 3
Deja Vu
Tue, Sep 29, 1970 31 mins
A courteous hijacker agrees to be dropped from a plane and winds up on a bus that's ordered to Cuba by an American gunman; a woman seeks psychiatric treatment at a dairy; a Scot uses poetry to beg for money.
Episode 4
The Buzz Aldrin Show
Tue, Oct 20, 1970 31 mins
A supersleuth bishop investigates a suspicious insurance business; an elderly couple construct a house that has no walls.
Episode 5
Live from the Grill-o-Mat Snack Bar
Tue, Oct 27, 1970 31 mins
Contestants vie for incriminating photos in "The Blackmail Game"; a boxer spars with schoolgirls.
Episode 6
School Prizes
Tue, Nov 3, 1970 30 mins
An award ceremony erupts into pillage and carnage; a couple become first prize in a police lottery; Parliamentary battle breaks out between the Sensible and Silly parties.
Episode 7
The Attila the Hun Show
Wed, Nov 11, 1970 28 mins
Highlights of "The Attila the Hun Show"; a burlesque performance by government ministers; a documentary study of village idiots. Also: political groupies pursue MPs.
Episode 8
Archeology Today
Tue, Nov 17, 1970 30 mins
A dissatisfied bridegroom tries to exchange his spouse; hunters pursue a terrifying mosquito; domestic problems interrupt the work of Beethoven, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and other creative geniuses.
Episode 9
How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
Tue, Nov 24, 1970 31 mins
A University of Woolamaloo philosophy-department meeting---the members of which are all named Bruce; an exploding penguin; a radio version of "The Death of Mary Queen of Scots." Also: advice on how to pick up a cosmetic surgeon.
Episode 10
Scott of the Antarctic
Tue, Dec 1, 1970 31 mins
Foam-rubber snow and a stuffed lion are featured in a scene from "Scott of the Antarctic"; a football match is waged between gynecologists and Long John Silver impersonators.
Episode 11
How Not to Be Seen
Tue, Dec 8, 1970 30 mins
References to dead beasts are clues in a murder mystery; a religious fanatic wins converts by strong-arm tactics; a public-service film features 40 characters and ends with a massive explosion.
Episode 12
Spam
Tue, Dec 15, 1970 31 mins
World revolutionaries are quizzed about football scores; figures from works of art go on strike throughout galleries in England; the search continues for a cure for over-acting; Viking marauders kidnap Englishmen who ask for canned ham.
Episode 13
Royal Episode 13
Tue, Dec 22, 1970 31 mins
Miners brawl over historical facts; hospital patients serve the doctors; five shipwrecked mariners decide whom they will have for dinner.
