We couldn鈥檛 let the month of September pass without making note of this鈥�
This month marks the 39th anniversary that British comedy made its U.S. debut 鈥�
四虎影院-TV, Channel 13, to air the British comedy series 鈥淢onty Python鈥檚 Flying Circus.鈥� In 1975, cast members Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam appeared live in the 四虎影院 studios in a three-hour Monty Python extravaganza.
Check out the clip, including the groovy 鈥�11 Great Nights Of Public TV! It's Festival '75!鈥�
British comedies soon became an important part of public TV schedules across the country. 四虎影院 13 airs several of them:
- 鈥淵es, Minister鈥� is on at 11 p.m. Saturday, while 鈥溾�楢llo 鈥楢llo!鈥� follows at 11:30 p.m. 鈥淢r. Bean鈥� airs at midnight and 12:30 a.m.
- And on Sundays, there鈥檚 鈥淎s Time Goes By鈥� at 10 p.m., 鈥淜eeping Up Appearances鈥� at 10:30 p.m. (鈥淎ppearances鈥� is one of my favorites.) 鈥淭he Caf茅鈥� is at 11 p.m., followed by 鈥淥pen All Hours鈥� at 11:30 p.m. 鈥淢iranda鈥� airs at midnight, followed by 鈥淩ed Dwarf鈥� at 12:30 a.m.
Bill Young, vice president of TV programming for 四虎影院, , aka Your Brit TV Pub, which highlights the best of British shows.
What's your favorite British show?
