What was the original title of the sketch better known as Nudge Nudge?

The original title of the sketch better known as “Nudge Nudge” was “Candid Photography.”

The sketch appeared in the third episode of the first series of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” broadcast in 1969. Eric Idle wrote it and plays the intrusive, suggestive character who corners an apparently ordinary man played by Terry Jones. The title “Nudge Nudge” comes from the repeated verbal tic that signals the sketch’s escalating innuendo.

Idle’s character asks increasingly personal questions about romance and sexual experience, disguising direct propositions beneath coded phrases such as “nudge nudge” and “wink wink.” The routine eventually drops the elaborate double meanings and ends with a blunt question, making the contrast between euphemism and direct speech the central joke.

The sketch was later reused in “And Now for Something Completely Different,” the 1971 film compilation of television material, and in several live performances. “Wink Wink” is associated with its catchphrases, but it is not the original title; “Candid Photography” is the canonical title listed for the sketch.