From Series 2, Show 2 (22/09/70) A field. A man with large mechanical wings, pulleys and gears contraption, running along trying to fly. Cut to him going faster. Cut to him going even faster. Cut to him even faster and suddenly he appears to take off, jumping off a dune or a hillock. Cut to him flying in slow motion so that it looks like he is gliding. He hits what seems to be a cliff. Camera twists round so that it is the right way up, showing that the flyer has fallen down a cliff onto a beach. It pans across from the wreck of the flyer. As it pans across the sand, various other would-be fliers can be seen, heads in the sand, legs kicking up in the air, amidst the broken debris of their planes. Camera continues to pan until it comes across an announcer in DJ sitting at his desk: ANNOUNCER And now for something completely different. Cut to...

	From Series 2, Show 4 (20/10/70) Animation: The Butterfly A grumpy old cartoon caterpiller in a dirty mac and hat crawls, grumbling along a leaf. He reaches a house (set on one of the leaves), enters a room, climbs into bed and falls asleep. Fade out Fade back in apparently some time later. An alarm clock rings and a showbizzy looking butterfly in a spangly suit leaps out, wings flapping. He flies off. Mix To...

	From Series 2, Show 5 (27/10/70) Cut to the word 'Blackmail' in letters four feet high, picked out in lightbulbs which flash on and off. Big showbiz music crashes in. Camera pulls back to reveal glittery showbiz set. A presenter in glittery showbiz jacket sits behind a glittery desk, with a telephone on it. PRESENTER Hello, good evening, and welcome to 'Blackmail'! And to start tonight's programme, we go to Preston in Lancashire, and Mrs Betty Teal! Cut to a slightly blurred black and white photo of a housewife with her face blotted out by a black oblong. PRESENTER Hello, Mrs Teal! Cut back to presenter. He picks up a letter and reads it. PRESENTER Now this is for £15 and it's to stop us revealing the name of your lover in Bolton. SUPERIMPOSED CAPTION: '£15' (which flashes on and off quickly) PRESENTER So Mrs Teal...if you send us £15 by return post, please, and your husband Trevor, and your lovely children, Diane, Janice and Juliet need never know the name of your lover in Bolton. Cut to a nude man (except for a collar and a tie) at organ (Gilliam). He plays a few stirring chords. Cut back to presenter. PRESENTER (as he speaks he holds up the various items) And now...a letter...a hotel registration book...and a series of photographs...which could add up to divorce, premature retirement, and possible criminal proceedings for a company director in Bromsgrove. He's a freemason, and prospective Tory MP.. that's Mr S. of Bromsgrove...£3,000... SUPERIMPOSED CAPTION: '£3000' (which flashes on and off) PRESENTER ...to stop us from revealing your name, the name of the three other people involved, the youth organization to which they belong, and the shop where you bought the equipment. Cut back to nude man at organ with chords again. Cut to still of two pairs of naked feet and lower legs. Organ music over this. Cut back to presenter. PRESENTER We'll be showing you more of that photograph later in the programme...unless we hear from Charles or Michael. And now it's time for our 'Stop the Film' spot! SUPERIMPOSED FLASHING CAPTION: 'STOP THE FILM' PRESENTER The rules are very simple. We have taken a film which contains compromising scenes and unpleasant details, which could wreck a man's career. But, the victim may phone me at any point and stop the film. But remember the money increases as the film goes on. So the longer you leave it...the more you have to pay! So now, with the clock at £300 this week 'Stop the Film' visited Thames Ditton... The following film is shot in murky 8mm. [This version is completely re-shot, and doesn't look at all murky. It's in black and white, but no flickering effects as per the original. It also incorporated the running joke of the line of gas men emerging from Mrs Pinnet's house. The stirring music on the soundtrack is the same as before but in a different edit, allowing us to hear a rather nice middle-eight.] As the film progresses we have a £ sign with numerals in one corner which increase. Shot of a residental street in Thames Ditton (sic). Another section of a street with a figure in a Robin Hood hat and raincoat - in the distance on the far side of the road, so we can't really make him out. Cut to slightly closer shot of him about to cross the road. Cut to suburban house. The man is standing at the door pressing the bell and looking round rather furtively. Again shot from some distance and over a hedge. Cut back to studio. The presenter looking at a monitor. Back to the film: a woman opens the door. She wears a dressing gown over lingerie. A shaky zoom in to reveal her clothing. Wide shot of the house with door shut. Jump cut to shot obviously taken from a window in the house. Shaky zoom in on window. We can see in the window...both the man and woman enter the bedroom. He goes out of shot, taking his coat off. [At this point there was originally a cut back to the studio with the 'Blackmail' host saying "He's being very brave here...". This doesn't feature on this edit, probably because it would have been difficult (with the new film and re-edited music) to incorporate the shot, dub-wise.] Close-up of upstairs window. A series of short jump cuts. She is undressing. She throws off her dressing gown. A jump and she's taking off her negligee. Underneath she wears black corsets. She produces a whip and seems to be beckoning to the man. Phone rings. Cut back to the studio. The presenter picks up the phone. PRESENTER Hello, sir, hello, yes. No sir, no, I'm sure you didn't. No, it's all right, sir, we don't morally censure, we just want the money....Yes, and here's the address to send it to: Cut To...

	Newly Shot Sequence Animation. The 'Blackmail' address, white on black. The final 'n' in 'Station is slightly askew. VOICEOVER (CLEESE) Blackmail, Behind The Hot Water Pipes, Third Washroom Along, Victoria Station... A character walks into shot and notices the askew letter 'n'. He nudges it into place and the word 'Victoria' becomes askew. He nudges the word 'Victoria' in to place and the whole lot comes tumbling down. A tiny police car swerves to a halt next to him, drags him inside and speeds off. [At this point the animation film print suddenly goes very scratchy and weather-worn as if it's been rescued from Gilliam's skip. However the rest of the cartoon doesn't seem to have featured in any other Flying Circus shows. It's possible that it was created for the first series (the animation is quite rudimentary and much in the style of Gilliam's earlier stuff) but not used. Perhaps for reasons mentioned below...] The police car hits a wall which appears out of nowhere with a splat. The wall falls down, then opens up like a trap door. A massive policeman's face peers from under it, the police car pops out of his ear and continues on its journey. It drives over a giant reclining nude woman, falling temporarily out of sight around its leg-obscured pubic region (the woman sighs slightly, suggesting that perhaps the car is revving about inside her), then continues. Finally it lands in the mouth of a giant Ted Heath who turns to us, smiling Cut to...

	Newly Shot Sequence Ted Heath's smiling face on a monitor. Pull back to reveal a news studio. The Newscaster is in mid-flow. [This is a slightly rewritten and reperformed version of a sketch which appeared in Series 1, Show 5 (16/11/69)] NEWSREADER (as if it's the fourth item) ...and the shop where he bought the equipment. (On the monitor we see a photo of a jewellers) In Fulham this morning a jeweller's shop was broken into and ear-rings to the value of £2,000 stolen. [Originally it was simply "jewelry" that was stolen.] Police have issued this picture of a man they wish to interview. (on the screen behind, him, there appears an identical picture of him, sitting at his newsreader desk) The man is in his late twenties wearing a grey suit, a white shirt and a floral tie. (on the screen behind, police come in and remove the newsreader) Will anyone who sees this man or can give any information about his whereabouts please contact their nearest police station. Sport! In the se... (he is handed a piece of paper) Ah! We've just heard that police have detained the man they wished to interview in connection with the jewel robbery. Ah, but after questioning police have ruled him out of their enquiries and released him. (the other newsreader appears back on the screen and sits down) Sport. (he is handed another piece of paper) Ah, they say, however, that acting on his information they now wish to interview a newsreader in the central London area. Ah, police are concentrating their enquiries on the British Broadcasting Corp ... (a policeman comes in, and removes newsreader in the foreground) Excuse me a minute... Camera pans into the screen. Mix through to film. The newsreader on the screen behind continues. OTHER NEWSREADER We understand a man is now helping police with their enquiries. And that is the end of the news. (he clips a piece of jewellery on to his ear) And now, 'Match of the Day'. 'Match of the Day' music. We see a couple. They are in bed in the throes of passion. They kiss ecstaticaly. After a few seconds there is the sound of a car drawing up. The crunch of footsteps on gravel and the sound of a door opening. The newsreader comes into shot. NEWSREADER Ah, I, Um terribly sorry it's not in fact 'Match of the Day'-, it is in fact edited highlights of tonight's romantic movie. Er. Sorry. (he goes out of shot; the two clinch again; after a second he pops back into shot) Ooh, I'm sorry, on BBC2 Joan Bakewell will be talking to Michael Dean about what makes exciting television. (pops out of shot, then pops in again) Ah, sorry about all that. And now back to the movie. (he goes) The couple continue to neck. SHE (CLEVELAND) Oh, Bevis. BEVIS (JONES) Oh, Elspeth SHE Oh oh, Bevis. BEVIS Oh, Elspeth SHE Oh Bevis. (Bevis moves in for the kill) Be gentle with me. Pan camera upwards. Fade to film montage. Collapsing factory chimney in reverse motion; pan up tall soaring poplars in the wind; waves crashing; fish in shallow water fountains; exploding fireworks; volcano erupting with lava; rocket taking off, express train going into a tunnel; dam bursting; battleship broadside; lion leaping through flaming hoop; Richard Nixon smiling; milking a cow; planes refuelling in mid-air; Women's Institute applauding; tossing the caber; plane falling in flames; tree crashing to the ground; the lead shot tower collapsing (normal motion). [For this version we also get a shot of John Cleese doing a silly walk. And a completely different punchline:] Cut back to the bed. A post coital cigarette. The newsreader is lying there between them NEWSREADER (satisfied) And now for something completely different. Cut to...

	From Series 1, Show 11 (28/12/69) The Batley Towswomen's Guild doing their reinterpretation of the 'Battle Of Pearl Harbour'. A whistle blows and the two sides set about each other with handbags etc., speeded up 50% just to give it a bit of edge. [No intro or explanations - just the film itself. Over which the credits run.]

	CREDITS MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS was conceived, written and performed by GRAHAM CHAPMAN JOHN CLEESE ERIC IDLE TERRY JONES MICHAEL PALIN TERRY GILLIAM Also appearing CAROL CLEVELAND DAVID BALLANTYNE HELENA CLAYTON DAPHNE DAVEY JOHN HUGHMAN STANLEY MASON Research PATRICIA HOULIHAN Make-up PENNY NORTON MADELAINE GAFFNEY ELIZABETH ROWELL Costumes HAZEL PETHIG Animations by TERRY GILLIAM Graphics BOB BLAGDEN Visual Effects Designer JOHN HORTON Videotape Editor HOWARD DELL Film Cameraman JAMES BALFOUR Film Editor RAY MILLICHOPE Sound PETER ROSE LANCE ANDREWS Lighting OTIS EDDY JAMES PURDIE ROBBIE ROBINSON Designers ROBERT BERK KEN SHARP RICHARD HUNT PAUL JOEL Produced by IAN MACNAUGHTON BBC TV Cut to...

	From Series 2, Show 11 (08/12/70) Stock film of Ramsay MacDonald arriving at Number 10 Downing Street and any others of that period. VOICEOVER (CLEESE) 1929. Stanley Baldwin's Conservative Government is defeated and Ramsay MacDonald becomes, for the second time, Prime Minister of England. MacDonald walks into an empty room - black and white film. RAMSAY MacDONALD (PALIN) My, it's hot in here. He proceeds to take off his clothes, strips down to black garter belt and suspenders and stocking. Fade out.

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