--- title: Monty Python's Flying Circus | TIME description: If not for the efforts of five Britons (and one American animator), paid for by the BBC and imported by PBS, nerds the world over would still have to impress each other by quoting the periodic table of the elements canonical: https://time.com/video/mp80jtoY/ og:title: Monty Python's Flying Circus og:description: If not for the efforts of five Britons (and one American animator), paid for by the BBC and imported by PBS, nerds the world over would still have to impress each other by quoting the periodic table of the elements og:url: https://time.com/video/mp80jtoY/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mp80jtoY/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Monty Python's Flying Circus twitter:description: If not for the efforts of five Britons (and one American animator), paid for by the BBC and imported by PBS, nerds the world over would still have to impress each other by quoting the periodic table of the elements twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mp80jtoY/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Monty Python's Flying Circus ## Video: Monty Python's Flying Circus [Watch (HLS stream): Monty Python's Flying Circus](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mp80jtoY.m3u8) (0:36)  _Published 2007-09-04. If not for the efforts of five Britons (and one American animator), paid for by the BBC and imported by PBS, nerds the world over would still have to impress each other by quoting the periodic table of the elements_ --- Jul 25, 2023 4:21 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [](/video/5bMzvV4j/) 00:54 ### Monty Python Star Terry Jones Dies at 77 [](/video/zULiRoyV/) 01:29 ### The Most Expensive Elements on the Periodic Table [](/video/2cl3NtpN/) 00:33 ### Monty Python Star Diagnosed with Dementia --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Monty Python's Flying Circus","description":"If not for the efforts of five Britons (and one American animator), paid for by the BBC and imported by PBS, nerds the world over would still have to impress each other by quoting the periodic table of the elements","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mp80jtoY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2007-09-04T21:48:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mp80jtoY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/mp80jtoY/","duration":"PT36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/mp80jtoY/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```