The Complete and Utter History of Britain

Originally intended as a seven-episode series, episodes one and two were cut down to form one single episode for transmission, with various sketches and linking material ultimately remaining untrasmitted. The director, Maurice Murphy, kept his own private copies and they are presented here. Though there is a drop in quality compared to the transmitted episodes, these are the only copies known to exist.

Originally intended as a seven-episode series, episodes one and two were cut down to form one single episode for transmission, with various sketches and linking material ultimately remaining untrasmitted. The director, Maurice Murphy, kept his own private copies and they are presented here. Though there is a drop in quality compared to the transmitted episodes, these are the only copies known to exist.

Returning to a series they made nearly five decades ago, Michael Palin and Terry Jones filmed new linking material to be incorporated with some of the remaining film inserts to create a completely new programme.