All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

1.1: Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Released 9 October 2025

The seminal comedy show which ran for 45 episodes between 1969 and 1974 on BBC1 (first three series) and BBC2 (final series). It made stars of writer-performers Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and animator Terry Gilliam. We watched series two, episode two and series three, episode ten.

Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

• allbritishcomedy@gmail.com
• https://allbritishcomedy.com
• https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained
• https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod
• https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

• https://abigoliah.com
• https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah
• https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah
• https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

• https://tomsalinsky.co.uk
• https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky
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• https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972
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• https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

Join us next time for The Young Ones. We’ll be watching series one, episode two Oil, and series two, episode one, Bambi.

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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

Episode 0: In the Beginning.

To kick off our journey through British comedy, we surveyed our first set of eight shows, all LANDMARKS of the genre.

1. Monty Python’s Flying Circus (which influenced all the comedy after it)

2. The Young Ones (which brought anarchic alternative comedy to the BBC)

3. Not Only But Also (early TV incarnation of Britain’s foremost satirists)

4. The Goon Show (who inspired all of the foregoing)

5. Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (incredible stand-up and sketch from someone with no role models to look up to)

6. The Office (created a whole new genre of sitcom)

7. The Day Today (birthplace of so many modern comedy legends)

8. I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue (ridiculously long-running masterpiece of silliness)

That’s our plan for the next eight episodes. We do hope you can join us. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

• Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56
• allbritishcomedy@gmail.com
• https://allbritishcomedy.com
• https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained
• https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod
• https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

• https://abigoliah.com
• https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah
• https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah
• https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

• https://tomsalinsky.co.uk
• https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972
• https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

Join us next time for our first proper episode on Monty Python’s Flying Circus. We’ll be watching series two, episode two and series three, episode ten.

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• Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56
• allbritishcomedy@gmail.com
• https://allbritishcomedy.com
• https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained
• https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod
• https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

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