Media
Guerilla Films released both episodes on a single VHS tape, available in either PAL or NTSC format, in 1998. The American A&E Network used this release as the basis of their DVD releases of the same material, with the first episode being included on Monty Python Live and the second episode included on The Life of Python. (This arrangement resulted in the second episode being omitted from A&E's otherwise-complete 16-DVD box set of Monty Python's Flying Circus.)
The Australian DVD company Rainbow Entertainment also released both episodes on one DVD.
The Swiss publisher Haffmans released a hardbound book containing the scripts of both episodes, with introductions and essays by the German producers, in 1998. This book has not been translated into English as of 2007.
Both episodes have been shown on the Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK.
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