CULTURE RE-VIEW: Monty Python’s final episode airs on the BBC

Monty Python salutes the flying circus © EVERETT COLLECTION

December 5, 1973: The last episode of Monty Python airs on the BBC.

The beloved sketch series Monty Python’s Flying Circus aired its final episode on this day in 1973.

The groundbreaking, surreal and often satirical show ran for five years on the BBC and the last, 45th episode, included sketches such as ‘The Most Horrible Family in Britain’, ‘Patient Abuse’, ‘An Appeal on Behalf of extremely rich” and “The man who finishes other people’s sentences’.

Here’s a favorite:

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