Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a surreal sketch comedy that aired on BBC One from 1969 to 1974. The show was created by the comedy troupe of the same name - which consisted of stars such as John Cleese - and is renowned for its absurd sketches about the peculiarities of British life. The show was filmed in the BBC Television Centre in west London as well as on location across the UK including many spots in Norwich.
Here are five times Monty Python's Flying Circus featured our fine city. Mozart's son Colin can be seen cycling up Elm Hill at the end of episode 21 (Image: Monty Python's Flying Circus) The historic streets of Elm Hill are featured near the end of the Beethoven and Mozart rat catcher sketch, convincingly masquerading as those of 17th-century Munich. The sketch follows composer Mozart and his fictional son Colin who is tasked with exterminating rats that have infested Beethoven's piano - all while he composes the theme of the fifth symphony.
Colin Mozart can be seen cycling up the cobbled street before ringing the bell of Beethoven's house depicted by a door next to what is now the Elm Hill craft shop. Norwich Castle doubles as Edinburgh Castle in episode 38 (Image: Monty Python's Flying Circus) Masquerading as Edinburgh Castle, Norwich Castle features prominently throughout the Kamikaze Scotsmen sketch in episode 38 of the series. In the sketch, bagpipers are trained for the British Army's brand new Kamikaze Regiment - dubbed the Queen's Own McKamikaze Highlan.
