📺 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' Sunday 05 October 1969 - BBC1: 22:55 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' is broadcast for the first time. Manic, unstructured, at times incomprehensible and often, most certainly in the worst possible taste, Monty Python became perhaps the biggest cult hit ever seen on television. By turns irreverent, surreal, chaotic and at times simply silly in a way which is uniquely and quintessentially British, its comedic influence echoing down the decades and in the process he

In 1975, The King undertook a formative trip to the Canadian Arctic - taking in dog sledding, embracing freezing temperatures, and learning about the local culture. Now Steve Backshall retraces His Majesty’s steps and uncovers the impact of climate change, 50 years on. Watch ‘Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge’ on ITV1 on 18th December at 8.30pm | ITV

🔥 Fawlty Towers – Fire Drill Fiasco 🔥 Basil Fawlty: “Don’t mention the war!” Also Basil Fawlty: accidentally sets off the wrong alarm and panics the entire hotel. 😂 From “The Germans” (1975), one of the most famous episodes of Fawlty Towers — British comedy at its absolute best with John Cleese as the chaotic hotel manager who just can’t catch a break. #reels #reelitfeelit #reelsinstagram #england #comedygold #britishcomedy #classictv #FawltyTowers #JohnCleese #ClassicBritishTV #RetroLaughs #