'The Complete and Utter History of Britain' features Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and is now available to stream.
The Big Picture A long-lost classic of British comedy from two of the minds behind Monty Python has been found. All six episodes of The Complete and Utter History of Britain have been rediscovered, and are now available to stream. The British Comedy Guide reports that all six episodes of the 1969 series have been found in the ITV archives, where they'd been misfiled for decades.
The series was conceived as a mockumentary-style look at British history, as if television had existed centuries ago; sketches include "postgame" interviews with participants in the Battle of Hastings, Samuel Pepys hosting a talk show, and Julius Caesar's home movies.
Why Do So Many British TV Shows Have Missing Episodes? While the rerun was pioneered in the US by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for I Love Lucy, the British came to the concept much later. TV shows at the time were recorded on videotape, which was extremely expensive. Thus, old programs, once broadcast, were seen as worthless, and were customarily erased so the videotapes could be reused.
Unfortunately, Jones did not live to see the return of The Complete and Utter History. He died in 2020 after a battle with degenerative aphasia. Palin is still active; the latest in his popular series of travel documentaries, Michael Palin: Into Iraq, aired last year on Channel 5. The Complete and Utter History of Britain is now streaming on ITV Premium. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates, and watch the trailer for the DVD release of The New Complete and Utter History of Britain.
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