Monty Python's Flying Circus: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Golden Age of Ballooning
Oct 31, 1974 · 28 min
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.
Michael Ellis
Nov 7, 1974 · 28 min
Features the sketches Department Store, Buying an Ant, At Home with the Ant and Other Pets and Toupee Department.
The Light Entertainment War
Nov 14, 1974 · 30 min
More surreal gags and sketches including Up Your Pavement, RAF Banter, Court Martial, The Public Are Idiots and Woody and Tinny Words.
Hamlet
Nov 21, 1974 · 27 min
Sketches in this episode include Hamlet and Ophelia, Bogus Psychiatrists, Police Helmets, Boxing Match Aftermath and The Queen Victoria Handicap.
Mr. Neutron
Nov 28, 1974 · 27 min
Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.
Party Political Broadcast
Dec 5, 1974 · 28 min
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.