A groundbreaking, splendidly silly, surreal sketch comedy series written by and starring The Goodies' Tim Brooke-Taylor, Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and comedy legend Marty Feldman.
Episodes
Episode 1
Opening: Leave Tim Alone ꞏ Doctor Sketch (Man with Skinny Legs) ꞏ Witch (Restaurant Quickie) ꞏ Self-Wrestling (One-Man Wrestling) ꞏ Secret Service Chief Interview (Hit by Balls) ꞏ There's a Man in my Soup (Fly Noises) ꞏ Treasure Trove ꞏ Public Opinion (Vox Pop). Complete except missing end credits; recovered in 2014.
Episode 2
Opening: John in Bath ꞏ Foggy Spain Link ꞏ The Four Sydney Lotterbys ꞏ Lucky Gypsy Clothes Pegs ꞏ Judge Not. Incomplete; only first 5:45 of video footage and about a minute of 'Judge Not' exists from compilations. Full audio is available commercially, accompanied by images of original scripts.
Episode 3
Opening: Flying into New York ꞏ Bookshop ꞏ Visitors for the Use of... ꞏ Job Description (Do You Match This Description?) ꞏ Sheepdog Trials ꞏ Sleep Starvation ꞏ Mice Laugh Softly ꞏ Charlotte (Captured Spy). Complete; recovered in 2015.
Episode 4
Someone Has Stolen the News ꞏ Grublian Holidays (Grublia Tourist Office) ꞏ Jack the Ripper Song ꞏ Memory Training Course (Word Association) ꞏ One Man Battalion ꞏ Ministerial Breakdown (Minister Who Falls to Pieces) ꞏ Engine Driver Spriggs ꞏ Plain Clothes Police(wo)men (Undercover Policemen). Complete; kinescope recovered in 1994.
Episode 5
Rural Farm (Gentleman Farmer Dialect) ꞏ The Wonderful World of the Ant ꞏ Judo ꞏ John and Mary in Malaya ꞏ Top of the Form Complete; kinescope recovered in 2003.
Episode 6
Opening: Six Girls and Exhibit A ꞏ Televisione Italiano Presenta: Let's Speak-a English ꞏ Headmaster ꞏ Raid on a Crinolene Frock (The Siege in the Frock) ꞏ Real Life Drama (Choristers Repetition) ꞏ Chinese Restaurant ꞏ Beekeeping ꞏ The Ferret Song. Complete; kinescope.
Top Cast
John Cleese
Graham Chapman
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Marty Feldman
Aimi MacDonald
Bill Oddie
Eric Idle
Barry Cryer
Dick Vosburgh
Jo Kendall
