Where was the TV sketch Upper Class Twit of the Year filmed?

The TV sketch “Upper Class Twit of the Year” was filmed at Hurlingham Park in Fulham, London. The location is named in the sketch itself, as John Cleese’s commentator welcomes viewers to the park before the competition begins.

The sketch satirises Britain’s wealthy elite by turning inherited privilege into a disastrously incompetent sporting contest. Contestants with elaborate upper-class names stumble through events, injure themselves and display extraordinary confidence despite having almost no useful ability. The small apparent crowd includes cardboard cut-outs, reinforcing the deliberately cheap and artificial television production.

Hurlingham Park is a public sports ground in west London, now associated with rugby, football and athletics. It also has a distinguished sporting history: it hosted men’s polo during the 1908 Olympic Games. A frequent source of confusion is the later film remake in And Now for Something Completely Different. That version was filmed at Stirling Corner Sports Centre near Borehamwood, whereas the original Flying Circus television sketch was filmed at Hurlingham Park.