COMING UP.WATCH IT! Monty Python Monty Python('s Flying Circus) British comedy troupe. The innovative group, formed in the early 1960s, came to prominence in the 1970s, first on television and later in films. Night Saturday, BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. 2 9.15pm, THERE cannot be many people of a certain age who hasn't got a favourite Monty Python moment. It may be The Lumberjack Song, The Spam Song, The Spanish Inquisition sketch or The Dead Parrot. Love 'em or loathe 'em, the Python crew became TV ambassadors for a whole new wave of comics. They were far removed from the traditional music hall variety acts such as Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe OBE and Ernie Wise OBE. The act lasted four decades until Morecambe's death in 1984. Widely considered to be the most successful double act in Britain for generations. and Les Dawson and were the trendsetters for a whole new generation. Tonight BBC2 devotes three hours to the classic sketches featuring the likes of (from left) Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin and John Cleese. And did you know, the name was one of the team's big bugbears? It took ages to come up with the title, after rejecting others such as Owl Stretching Time. FAST FORWARD Emma, Sunday, BBC1,9pm ANOTHER classic costume drama from the masters at the Beeb. Unknown actress Romola Garai (left) stars as Jane Austen's heroine in this new four-part series, described by critics as a lively adaptation of the romantic weepie weep·ie n. Informal A work, especially a film or play, that is excessively sentimental. , with a laugh or two. RECORD IT! Criminal Justice Monday, BBC1, 9pm MAXINE Peake - who played Myra Hindley in the 2006 TV adaptation based on the Moor Murders - is used to demanding roles. Here she stars as a barrister's wife caught up in domestic violence and tensions. LEAVE IT! Farmer Wants A Wife Wednesday, C5, 9pm POOR little rich boys with more money than sense turn to TV for love. Ridiculous. Neil Atkinson |
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