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Add MS 89284/1/46
- Record Id:
- 040-003389892
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100051693871.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/1/46
- Title:
- 'Monty Python's Flying Circus. BBC Scripts' - Part 3: Assorted Sketches
- Scope & Content:
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Scripts for sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus, as follows:
- 'The Refreshment Room at Bletchley' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 3 pages, undated;
- 'Hermits' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 6 pages, undated;
- 'Silly Job Interview' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 7 pages, undated;
- 'Working-Class Playwright' - clean copy typescript, 6 pages, undated;
- 'Coal Mine in Llanddarog Carmarthen' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 6 pages, undated;
- 'TV4 or Not TV4 Discussion' - typescript draft with holograph corrections and annotations, 2 pages, undated;
- 'Literary Football Discussion' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 4 pages, undated;
- 'Ken Shabby' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 5 pages, undated;
- End credits (in anagrams) to episode 30 - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 2 pages, 23 Sept 1971;
- 'Sycophancy' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 3 pages, undated;
- 'The Bavarian Restaurant' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 10 pages, undated;
- 'Woody and Tinny Words' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 9 pages, undated;
- 'Boxing Commentary' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 5 pages, undated;
- 'The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 6 pages, undated;
- 'The Brilliant Sketch' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 3 pages, undated (this is the 'Wee-wee Wine Cellar' which was taken out of the episode by the BBC);
- 'Sherry-drinking Vicar' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 9 pages, undated;
- ''Is There?'... Life after Death?' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 1 page, undated;
- 'Report on the Minister Reports' - photocopy of clean copy typescript, 5 pages, undated;
- 'Election Night Special' - typescript draft with holograph corrections and annotations, 7 pages, undated;
The file also includes: letter from the BBC to viewers from the Alleyn's School in response to their petition to show Monty Python's Flying Circus early, explaining that it is not a programme meant for children, hence the late showing, 16 Jan 1973; photocopy of an internal BBC memo from Michael Mills, Head of Comedy, to Miss Sandra Coombs (and Barry Took copied in), asking her to 'arrange for the representatives of John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michal Palin and Eric Idle to provide us with material for six half-hour shows, recordings of which start on the 31st August', 7 May 1969.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003389350
037-003389891
040-003389892 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects
Add MS 89284/1/44-46 : Michael Palin Archive: 'Monty Python's Flying Circus. BBC Scripts. Series 3. Shows 12-13. Assorted Loose…
Add MS 89284/1/46 : 'Monty Python's Flying Circus. BBC Scripts' - Part 3: Assorted Sketches - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0029]/037-003389891[0003]/040-003389892
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1971
- End Date:
- 1974
- Date Range:
- 1971-1974
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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A photocopy of the letter from the BBC to Alleyn's School and a photocopy of the BBC internal memo from Michal Mills are also included in file Add MS 89284/1/28.
- Names:
- Coombs, Sandra, broadcaster, fl 1940-2016
Mills, Michael, television producer and director, 1919-1988
Took, Barry, writer and broadcaster, 1928-2002