The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python) Inquisition arriving, PC Pan Am (played by Graham Chapman) simply tells the chemist to shut up. The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python) "The Spanish Inquisition" is a series of sketches in "Monty Python's Flying Circus", Series 2 Episode 2, first broadcast 22 September 1970, parodying the real-life Spanish Inquisition. This episode is itself entitled "The Spanish Inquisition". The sketches are notable for their principal catchphrase, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!", which has become a frequently-used quote. The end of the sketch uses music from the composition Devil's Galop by Charles Williams. Rewritten audio versions of the sketches were included on "Another
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