EPISODEABA Book at Bedtime1973
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A Book at Bedtime
From Monty Python's Flying Circus
A 27-minute satire episode from Monty Python's Flying Circus, Season 3, Episode 12.
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Series Progress: Episode 32 of 4571% Completed
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In this episode, dyslexic Sir Jeremy Toogood struggles to read Sir Walter Scott's The Red Gauntlet. The Queen's Own Kamikaze Highlanders go into training, with only one candidate surviving. A man from the No Time to Lose Advice Center tries to sell a used phrase. Terry Gilliam offers a 60-second animated remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Part II of "Frontiers of Medicine" reveals that penguins are more intelligent than BBC program planners. The sole surviving Scottish Kamikaze fails to explode upon hitting the Kremlin, resulting in a nail-biting visit from the Unexploded Scotsman Disposal Squad. The viewer is invited to "Spot the Looney" during an adaptation of Ivanhoe. And two documentary narrators duke it out over claiming rights to a discussion of Sir Walter Scott. The show ends (almost) with coming attractions of such BBC series as "Dad's Poovies" and "Limestone, Dear Limestone." "A Book at Bedtime" was originally telecast January 11, 1973.
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How long is A Book at Bedtime?
A Book at Bedtime runs for 27m for this episode.
What language is it available in?
The primary language listed for this title is English.
What kind of episode is this?
It is tagged under satire, comedy, cult classic.
How big is the series commitment?
This series currently shows 45 episodes across 4 seasons.
Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 22 hours 47 minutes (45 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 45 days
3 episodes/day: 15 days
5 episodes/day: 9 days
Episodes (45)
- - The British Showbiz Awards
- - It's a Living
- - John Cleese's Personal Best
- S01E01 - Whither Canada?
- S01E10 - Untitled
- S01E11 - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
- S01E12 - The Naked Ant
- S01E13 - Intermission
- S01E02 - Sex and Violence
- S01E03 - How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
- S01E04 - Owl Stretching Time
- S01E05 - Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century
- S01E06 - The BBC Entry for the Zinc Stoat of Budapest
- S01E07 - You're No Fun Any More
- S01E08 - Full Frontal Nudity
- S01E09 - The Ant, an Introduction
- S02E01 - Dinsdale
- S02E10 - Scott of the Antarctic
- S02E11 - How Not to Be Seen
- S02E12 - Spam
- S02E13 - Royal Episode 13
- S02E02 - The Spanish Inquisition
- S02E03 - Deja Vu
- S02E04 - The Buzz Aldrin Show
- S02E05 - Live from the Grill-o-Mat Snack Bar
- S02E07 - The Attila the Hun Show
- S02E08 - Archeology Today
- S02E09 - How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
- S03E01 - Whicker's World
- S03E10 - E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
- S03E11 - Dennis Moore
- S03E12 - A Book at Bedtime Viewing
- S03E03 - The Money Programme
- S03E04 - Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
- S03E05 - The All-England Summarize Proust Competition
- S03E06 - The War Against Pornography
- S03E07 - Salad Days
- S03E08 - The Cycling Tour
- S03E09 - The Nude Organist
- S04E01 - The Golden Age Of Ballooning
- S04E02 - Michael Ellis
- S04E03 - The Light Entertainment War
- S04E04 - Hamlet
- S04E05 - Mr. Neutron
- S04E06 - Party Political Broadcast
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