Monty Python’s Flying Circus[ 20/11/1972]

Synopsis

British television comedy series. Includes a sketch, presented in newsreel style, satirising Mary Whitehouse’s campaign against pornography. A coach load of ‘pepperpots’ (middle-class grey-haired women with Mary Whitehouse-style glasses) race around Britain cleaning up the arts. On a theatre stage Desdemona lies on a bed with Othello. The pepperpots race onto the stage and pull him off.

Series

Monty Python’s Flying Circus

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Notes

Transcript available at http://www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode32.htm

Keywords

pornography; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Ian MacNaughton

Cast

Eric Idle
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Michael Palin
Terry Gilliam
Terry Jones

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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