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How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Michael Palin explains the inspiration for the name of the famous comedy sketch group.

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  1. How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
    03:11
    How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
  2. Why I've grown a moustache
    02:16
    Why I've grown a moustache
  3. Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
    01:17
    Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
  4. Susan Calman on growing up gay
    02:42
    Susan Calman on growing up gay
  5. Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
    02:56
    Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
  6. Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
    01:24
    Did Shakespeare really write his plays?
  7. George Monbiot on the definition of neoliberalism
    02:23
    George Monbiot on the definition of neoliberalism
  8. Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
    01:35
    Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
  9. Much ado about characters
    01:16
    Much ado about characters
  10. Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
    02:00
    Eleanor Tomlinson: 'You don't have a social life when you film Poldark'
  11. Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
    00:26
    Kamila Shamsie: "Are we living our lives according to rules Shakespeare set up?"
  12. Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
    03:58
    Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
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