Episode
Monty Python's Flying Circus: It's the Arts
Overview
Featuring a gang of legal burglars, the Whizzo Quality Assortment, a Scottish wedding and a day in the life of a city stockbroker. Some film moguls try to impress their boss.
Details
- Series
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1969-11-23
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
It's the Arts is Episode 6 in Season 1 of Monty Python's Flying Circus. It aired on 1969-11-23. The runtime is 30 min.
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