"That was the name of a fictional forward line from a John Cleese soccer monologue," reads the diary, "and the current name for what was later to become Monty Python’s Flying Circus." ...

Why it’s worth watching: The legendary comedy troupe Monty Python offers some of its most wonderful weirdness in its “Flying Circus ... announcing a soccer match between Greek and German ...

The first episode of seminal comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, subtitled 'Whither Canada?', was broadcast just before 11pm on Sunday 5 October 1969. The Radio Times celebrated the launch ...