History Film / HolyFlyingCircus

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: In classic ''Python'' tradition, several of the actors (both main and minor) play more than one role.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Michael and Jones the Wife clearly have a very active sex life.

A 90-minute, made-for-TV comedy film focusing around the controversy that surrounded ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. The film is based around real life events, and centres around an infamous television debate on the ''Friday Night, Saturday Morning'' show that Creator/JohnCleese and Creator/MichaelPalin participated in against prominent critic and broadcaster (and devout Anglo-Catholic) Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then-Bishop of Southwark -- both of whom, it later transpired, had missed the beginning of the film, in particular the scenes that make it explicit that Brian is not Jesus, and who spent more time during the actual debate making cheap jibes against the comedians rather than attempting to rebut their arguments. However, these events are depicted in an irreverent, surreal and -- dare we say -- Pythonesque fashion, interspersed with {{non sequitur}}s, sketches and animation.

-->'''Petitioner:''' Oh, I see -- you're one of ''them''.\\

'''Michael''': Er, yes.

* ApologeticAttacker: Andrew Thorogood, the leader of the Christian protestors [[spoiler:during Michael's extended dream sequence.]]

A 90-minute, made-for-TV comedy film focusing around the controversy that surrounded ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. The film is based around real life events, and centres around an infamous television debate on the ''Friday Night, Saturday Morning'' show that Creator/JohnCleese and Creator/MichaelPalin participated in against prominent critic and broadcaster (and devout Anglo-Catholic) Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then-Bishop of Southwark -- both of whom, it later transpired, hadn't seen the entire film and thus missed critical plot information to begin with, and who spent more time during the actual debate making cheap jibes against the comedians rather than attempting to rebut their arguments. However, these events are depicted in an irreverent, surreal and -- dare we say -- Pythonesque fashion, interspersed with {{non sequitur}}s, sketches and animation.

A 90-minute, made-for-TV comedy film focusing around the controversy that surrounded ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. The film is based around real life events, and centres around an infamous television debate on the ''Friday Night, Saturday Morning'' show that JohnCleese and Creator/MichaelPalin participated in against prominent critic and broadcaster (and devout Anglo-Catholic) Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then-Bishop of Southwark -- both of whom, it later transpired, hadn't seen the entire film and thus missed critical plot information to begin with, and who spent more time during the actual debate making cheap jibes against the comedians rather than attempting to rebut their arguments. However, these events are depicted in an irreverent, surreal and -- dare we say -- Pythonesque fashion, interspersed with {{non sequitur}}s, sketches and animation.

A 90-minute, made-for-TV comedy film focusing around the controversy that surrounded ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. The film is based around real life events, and centres around an infamous television debate on the ''Friday Night, Saturday Morning'' show that JohnCleese and MichaelPalin participated in against prominent critic and broadcaster (and devout Anglo-Catholic) Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then-Bishop of Southwark -- both of whom, it later transpired, hadn't seen the entire film and thus missed critical plot information to begin with, and who spent more time during the actual debate making cheap jibes against the comedians rather than attempting to rebut their arguments. However, these events are depicted in an irreverent, surreal and -- dare we say -- Pythonesque fashion, interspersed with {{non sequitur}}s, sketches and animation.

* TourettesShitcockSyndrome: Desmond Lovely has a case of this, although he also tends to use it as an excuse to get away with insulting Andrew Thorogood when Thorogood is being particularly obnoxious.

A 90-minute, made-for-TV comedy film focusing around the controversy that surrounded ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. The film is based around real life events, and centres around an infamous television debate on the ''Friday Night, Saturday Morning'' show that JohnCleese and MichaelPalin participated in against prominent critic and broadcaster (and devout Catholic) Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then-Bishop of Southwark -- both of whom, it later transpired, hadn't seen the entire film and thus missed critical plot information to begin with, and who spent more time during the actual debate making cheap jibes against the comedians rather than attempting to rebut their arguments. However, these events are depicted in an irreverent, surreal and -- dare we say -- Pythonesque fashion, interspersed with {{non sequitur}}s, sketches and animation.

** Notably, none of the signatures mimic the original Pythons' and Rufus Jones/Terry Jones' signature is not shown being signed as Rufus is left-handed, which would have made the angle impossible to shoot.

* ApologisesALot: Michael, The Nicest Man In The World. Also: SelfDeprecation. Both directly referenced on several occasions, including the declaration by Terry Gilliam that Michael is "Even self-deprecating about being self-deprecating."

* BrawnHilda: Jones the Wife, at once PlayedForLaughs and yet oddly sympathetically when the acknowledgement of her masculinity (on account of the fact she is played by the Terry Jones character in drag) is made.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Eric Idle, apparently.

* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: Jones the Wife.