The Complete and Utter History of Britain

Season 1
Monty Python's Terry Jones and Michael Palin blend the historical with the absurd as they humorously reimagine major events in British history.
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  1. S1 E1 - From the Dawn of History to the Norman Conquest

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    January 10, 1969
    25min
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    After a quick film survey of everyday life at the Dawn of History, the Narrator begins to guide through the ages. Covered in this episode is the patenting of the first chair and Caesar's Home Movies of the Invasion of Britain.
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  2. S1 E2 - Richard the Lionheart to Robin Hood

    January 17, 1969
    25min
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    The year 1066 was all action. A Saxon newsreader gives up-to-the-minute flashes from Hastings and the victorious King William is interviewed in the shower rooms after the battle.
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  3. S1 E3 - Edward the First to Richard the Last

    January 24, 1969
    25min
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    From Edward I’s famous last words - what were they again? - to Richard III, the world’s worst babysitter. This episode delves into both and everything in between; a little thing called the Hundred Years’ War.
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  4. S1 E4 - Perkin Warbeck to Bloody Mary

    January 31, 1969
    25min
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    Perkin Warbeck is revealed at last and the ghost of Anne Boleyn walks again. This episode digs into the familiar past of Henry VIII and his six wives and the Whizzo Collection of Early Tudor Treasures.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Great and Glorious Age of Elizabeth

    February 7, 1969
    25min
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    The Glories of Queen Elizabeth I (Ah! The glories of the Queen); all this is looked at in this episode, plus the wooing of the Virgin Queen. Also, Professor Weaver explains the Spanish Armada.
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  6. S1 E6 - James the McFirst to Oliver Cromwell

    February 14, 1969
    25min
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    In this final episode of the series the sketches included are: James the McFirst’s Christmas broadcast, the Pilgrim Fathers book passages to America, Charles I on the scaffold and a guide to witch spotting.
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