Episodes 13

1 Face the Press

September 15, 1970

30m

Featuring Doug and Dinsdale Piranha, Face the Press and the Ministry of Silly Walks. Mrs G Pinnet buys a new gas cooker.

2 The Spanish Inquisition

September 22, 1970

30m

Featuring the Spanish Inquisition, courtroom charades and a semaphore interpretation of Wuthering Heights.

3 Déjà Vu

September 29, 1970

30m

Featuring the work of the poet Euan McTeagle, a psychiatrist milkman and some exploding animals. A television presenter suffers from a severe case of deja vu.

4 The Buzz Aldrin Show

October 20, 1970

30m

More surreal humour from the Monty Python team. Sketches include The Architects, How to Recognise a Mason, Poets and the Chemist sketch.

5 Live from the Grill-O-Mat

October 27, 1970

29m

Featuring gameshow Blackmail, The Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and boxer Ken Clean-Air System.

6 It's a Living

November 3, 1970

29m

Featuring It's a Living and a school prize-giving. Timmy Williams presents a new chat show and the fate of the Silly Party hangs in the balance in an Election Night Special.

7 The Attila the Hun Show

November 11, 1970

27m

Featuring the Attila the Hun Show, a rat catcher, a village idiot, some killer sheep and news for parrots.

8 Archaeology Today

November 17, 1970

29m

Featuring Mrs Beethoven, the Reverend Arthur Belling, some Australian Mosquito Hunters and a drink party with the Gits.

9 How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body

November 24, 1970

30m

Featuring a guide on how to recognise parts of the body, a singing policeman, an interview with a plastic surgeon, a camp soldiers' drill and the Verrifast Plane Company.

10 Scott of the Antarctic

December 1, 1970

29m

Featuring a special report into the shooting of Scott of the Antarctic, from Paignton. Also, a man tries to purchase a fish licence.

11 How Not to Be Seen

December 8, 1970

29m

Features gags and sketches such as Job Hunter, Railway Timetables, How Not to be Seen and Interview in a Filing Cabinet.

12 Spam

December 15, 1970

30m

The sketches in this episode include Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook, World Forum-Communist Quiz, Hospital for Over-Actors and Spam.

13 Royal Episode 13

December 22, 1970

30m

Sketches in this episode include How to Feed a Goldfish, The Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and Lifeboat.

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