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.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Golden Age of Ballooning
Oct 31, 1974
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
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
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
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
Featuring the story of Mr. Neutron and sketches including Post-Box Ceremony and Teddy Salad.
Party Political Broadcast
Dec 5, 1974
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.