About this season
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 (7)
1. Episode 1
Aired 26 September 1967
Spiv Doctor (Doctor Trying to Sell Things) ꞏ Reptile Keeper Swallowed by Snake ꞏ Thief Hiding in Public Library ꞏ Joke Shop ꞏ Come Dancing Incomplete; 18:30 of video footage exists from compilations; missing Joke Shop and some of the links.
2. Episode 2
Aired 3 October 1967
Opening: Bringing New Meaning to the Word Yech ꞏ Shirt Shop ꞏ The Nosmo Claphanger Show (Game Show) ꞏ Insurance for an Accident Prone Man ꞏ Take Your Clothes Off! ꞏ Rowdy Scottish Ballet Supporters (Thuggish Ballet) Complete; kinescope from an almost complete compilation episode, except Clothes Off kinescope recovered from ABC Australia.
3. Episode 3
Aired 10 October 1967
Opening: The Story So Far ꞏ Pessimistic Customer (Only Buying One Shoe) ꞏ Meek Bouncer ꞏ Men's Club (Old Men Dying in Club) ꞏ Look at Science (Insecure Neurotic Scientist) ꞏ Sydney Lotterby Craves the Test Score ꞏ Shop for the Sight and Sound Impaired (Hearing Aid & Contact Lens Shop) Complete except missing end credits; kinescope recovered 1994.
4. Episode 4
Aired 17 October 1967
Discussion on Pornography ꞏ Teach Yourself a Foreign Language Record ꞏ Door-to-Door Undertaker ꞏ Unco-operative Burglars ꞏ Topic: Freedom of Speech ꞏ Programme Announcement (Repeats Report) ꞏ Studio Tour (Tour Through a Live Programme) Complete; recovered in 2015.
5. Episode 5
Aired 24 October 1967
Opening: Reluctant Choir (Choir Won't Sing Hymns) ꞏ Psychiatrist ꞏ Deadly Architectural Model (Edible Town Square Model) ꞏ Secret Service Cleaner ꞏ Footballer on Trial (Reprimanded Soccer Player) ꞏ The Pretty Way (Western Quickie) ꞏ Misunderstood magazine programme. Complete except missing end credits; recovered 2003.
6. Episode 6
Aired 31 October 1967
Police Banquet ꞏ Sydney Lotterbys' Renewed Acquaintance (Return of the Sydney Lotterbys) ꞏ The Chartered Accountant Dance ꞏ MI5 Banquet ꞏ Dentistry with a Difference ꞏ The Four Yorkshiremen Complete; recovered in 2010.
7. Episode 7
Aired 7 November 1967
Current Affairs Programme ꞏ Railway Carriage (Train Travelling Pest) ꞏ Pet Shop (The Pathos of Pet Shops) ꞏ The Rhubarb Tart Song Complete except missing Rhubarb Tart Song; recovered in 2014.