Abigoliah Schamaun learns British comedy from Tom Salinsky
Past episodes…
All our past episodes are here.
1.1 Monty Python's Flying Circus Explained
Released 9 October 2025
The seminal comedy show which ran for 45 episodes between 1969 and 1974 on BBC1 (first three series) and BBC2 (final series). It made stars of writer-performers Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and animator Terry Gilliam. We watched series two, episode two and series three, episode ten.
0. All British Comedy Explained
Released 2 October 2025
To kick off our journey through British comedy, we surveyed our first set of eight shows, all LANDMARKS of the genre.
