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The Best Episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3

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A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 1 - Whicker's World
    7.8/10(916 votes)

    #1 - Whicker's World

    S3:E1

    Features gags and sketches such as Multiple Murderer Court Scene, Njorl's Saga and Whicker’s World.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  2. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 2 - Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
    7.9/10(912 votes)

    #2 - Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular

    S3:E2

    Features Emigration from Surbiton to Hounslow, The Fish Slapping Dance, SS Mother Goose, Trim-Jeans Theatre and some very famous guests.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  3. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 3 - The Money Programme
    8.2/10(927 votes)

    #3 - The Money Programme

    S3:E3

    Features The Money Programme, Erizabeth L, Dead Bishop, Jungle Restaurant and The Argument Skit.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  4. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 4 - Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
    8.0/10(900 votes)

    #4 - Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

    S3:E4

    Features gags and sketches such as Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror, The Man who Speaks in Anagrams and Pantomime Horses.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  5. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 5 - The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
    7.7/10(880 votes)

    #5 - The All-England Summarise Proust Competition

    S3:E5

    Featuring in this episode The All-England Summarise Proust Competition, Fire Brigade, Travel Agent and Party Hints with Veronica Smalls.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  6. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 6 - The War Against Pornography
    7.8/10(869 votes)

    #6 - The War Against Pornography

    S3:E6

    Sketches in this episode include Tory Housewives Clean-up Campaign, Gumby Brain Specialist, Expedition to Lake Pahoe and The Silliest Interview We've Ever Had.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  7. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 7 - Salad Days
    8.1/10(901 votes)

    #7 - Salad Days

    S3:E7

    Features gags and sketches such as Biggles Dictates a Letter, Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge Road, Lifeboat and The Cheese Shop.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  8. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 8 - The Cycling Tour
    8.2/10(965 votes)

    #8 - The Cycling Tour

    S3:E8

    This episode tells the story of Mr Pither as he embarks on his Cycling Tour.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  9. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 9 - The Nude Organist
    7.8/10(865 votes)

    #9 - The Nude Organist

    S3:E9

    Features gags and sketches such as Bomb on Plane, Mortuary Hour, The Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final, The Cheap Laughs and Prices on the Planet Algon.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  10. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 10 - E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
    7.9/10(843 votes)

    #10 - E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease

    S3:E10

    Sketches include The Tudor Jobs Agency, Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers, Thripshaw's Disease and The Man Who Says Words in the Wrong Order.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  11. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 11 - Dennis Moore
    8.1/10(892 votes)

    #11 - Dennis Moore

    S3:E11

    Features the sketches Dennis Moore, What the Stars Foretell, The Ideal Loon Exhibition, Off-Licence and Prejudice.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  12. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 12 - A Book at Bedtime
    7.9/10(846 votes)

    #12 - A Book at Bedtime

    S3:E12

    Features gags and sketches such as A Book at Bedtime, Kamikaze Scotsmen, No Time to Lose, Spot the Looney and Frontiers of Medicine-Penguins.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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  13. Monty Python's Flying Circus Season 3 Episode 13 - Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
    7.6/10(822 votes)

    #13 - Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)

    S3:E13

    Sketches include The Oscar Wilde Sketch, David Niven’s Fridge, Pasolini’s ‘The Third Test Match’, New Brain from Currys, Blood Donor and the Dirty Vicar Sketch.

    Director:Ian MacNaughton
    Writers:Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Whicker's World" is the best rated episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 916 votes. Directed by Ian MacNaughton and written by Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, it aired on 10/19/1972. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular".