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Complete & Utter History Of Britain : Episode 1 (Part 1)

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Uploaded by on May 18, 2008

Originally broadcast on 12 January 1969 this pre-Monty Python series was written by and starred Michael Palin and Terry Jones.

This clip is part 1 of the first episode (unfortunately it is missing the first couple of minutes).

The National Film Theatre in London is showing three episodes of The Complete And Utter History Of Britain on Wednesday 25 June 2008. I'm not sure which three episodes will be shown though. Michael Palin and Terry Jones will be introducing the screening and will also take part in a Question & Answer session.

More details at http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/events

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  • What a gem of a series. I think John Cleese was a bit hasty when he told Michael Palin he should do no more and maybe meet to do something else ( which of course was Circus). Is this out on DVD?

  • Complete And Utter History is not currently available on DVD. 7 episodes were originally made but the first two were edited together to make one show results in 6 shows being broadcast. The first three shows (of the original 7) still survive as do film clips from the other shows. Check out YouTube profile for themontypythonmuseum for more clips from this show!

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  • Very Pythonesque!

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  • Hope this comes out on dvd.Won't hold my breath though.

  • Does anyone know where i can find" the nearly complete and utter history of anything", 1999, i can´t find it anywhere, martin clunes doing King henry V, is priceless. pleaseee someone :)))

  • Love the Liberace Edgar!

  • @renatoavatarian Haha, yes I do agree. ... oops, I forgot ... I am Swedish ... but never mind. I must have an English heart. ;-)

    Love this!

  • @renatoavatarian Haha, yes I do agree. ... oops, I forgot ... I am Swedish ... but never mind. I must have an English heart. ;-)

  • for brits only

  • Excellent stuff - you can see the Python in them just starting to emerge!

  • Thanks for posting! I've been only reading about this series, and it's great to finally watch them.

  • "From this little shard, you can see how beautiful this drinking vessel must have been... Before I dropped it, on the way to the studio."

  • Isn't this opne of the only two episodes surviving?

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