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Ian MacNaughton, a television director who helped bring the anarchic “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” to the screen, has died. He was 76. MacNaughton died Dec. 10 in Munich, Germany, from injuries ...

LONDON -- Ian MacNaughton, 76, a television director who helped bring the anarchic "Monty Python's Flying Circus" to the BBC screen, died Dec. 10 in Munich. Terry Jones, a member of the Pythons comic ...

Television director Ian MacNaughton, who helped bring “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” to the screen, died Dec. 10 in Munich, Germany as a result of injuries sustained in a 2001 car accident. He was 76.