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The Cycling Tour

Mr. Pither crashes on his bicycle `the pump got caught in my trouser leg'; replaces sandwiches; falls again; tells woman in garden; falls again; falls again; asks doctor for directions; doctor gives him prescription; Pither goes to a chemist; does not fall off; falls off again; stops at pub for drink `just had a chat with your dad'; gets hit by Mr. Gulliver, a man keen on crash proof food, and they get into accident; Pither takes man to hospital; man thinks he's Clodagh Rogers `I'm just a jack-in-the-box!' and then becomes Leon Trotsky and escapes to Russia; Trotsky checks into the YMACA; Pither goes to British Embassy `Blingo! Blingo!'; secret police take Pither to Moscva `you're an ice cream salesman'; Russians hold clambake with Trotsky who turns into Eartha Kitt and Mr. Pither is imprisoned; execution goes awry and Pither dreams about escape; Eartha Kitt appears in Moscva and regains memory and goes in search of Pither, who is standing in front of firing squad again; one lucky esc

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  • Originally Aired December 7, 1972
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-14
  • Production Code 78642
  • Network BBC One
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created October 21, 2021 by
    Muetze
  • Modified October 24, 2023 by
    Nicolas Canton
Name Type Role
Graham Chapman Writer
Terry Gilliam Writer
John Cleese Writer
Eric Idle Writer
Terry Jones Writer
Michael Palin Writer
John Tomiczek Guest Star
Carol Cleveland Guest Star
Ian MacNaughton Director