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Overview

The Complete And Utter History Of Britain was a 1969 television comedy sketch show. It was created and written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones between the two series of Do Not Adjust Your Set. It was produced for and broadcast by London Weekend Television but was not shown in other ITV regions.

The idea was to replay history as if television had been around at the time. Sketches included interviews with the vital characters in the dressing-room after the Battle of Hastings, Samuel Pepys presenting a TV chat-show and an estate agent trying to sell Stonehenge to a young couple looking for their first home.

Seven programmes were written and produced, but LWT amalgamated the first two episodes into a single "stronger" episode, resulting in a six-part series.

For many years the entire series was believed to have been wiped. However, copies of the first two episodes have now been found, as have the complete first two episodes as produced. As of June 2008, none are known to have been repeated on television or released on DVD.

Terry Jones has expressed dissatisfaction with the show, complaining after a showing of surviving episodes that the pacing was off and the soundtrack all wrong.

  1. Michael Palin

    Creator

  2. Terry Jones

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Michael Palin as

    Michael Palin

    6 Episodes

  2. Diana Quick as

    Diana Quick

    6 Episodes

  3. Colin Gordon as

    Colin Gordon

    6 Episodes

  4. Terry Jones as

    Terry Jones

    6 Episodes

  5. Roddy Maude-Roxby as

    Roddy Maude-Roxby

    6 Episodes

  6. Wallas Eaton as

    Wallas Eaton

    6 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 1

1969 • 6 Episodes

Season 1 of The Complete and Utter History of Britain premiered on January 12, 1969.

James the McFirst to Oliver Cromwell

(1x6, February 16, 1969) Season Finale

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The Complete and Utter History of Britain

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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