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Professor R.J. Canning
Played by Graham Chapman
Professor R.J. Canning is a historian played by Graham Chapman in Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Presenting a history programme in the 1969 episode The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom, he grows exasperated as his talk is…
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Professor R.J. Canning is a historian played by Graham Chapman in Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Presenting a history programme in the 1969 episode The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom, he grows exasperated as his talk is repeatedly interrupted, and later introduces the Batley Townswomen’s Guild re-enactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbour.
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