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Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns

1976 2 Seasons 9 Episodes ⭐ 7.7 Comedy

A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.

A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Set in the frontier days of British education, when upper lips were stiff with cold and corporal punishment was an A-lev

EP 2

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

A boy becomes a man in the harsh world of the Depression. The rough, tough story of folk who couldn't afford to go on th

EP 3

Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

A tale of courage and valour behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. An inspiring story of camp life and a British off

EP 4

Murder at Moorstones Manor

Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns

EP 5

Across the Andes by Frog

The epic story of one man and six frogs who tried to defy the world in the greatest gamble of all.

EP 6

The Curse of the Claw

The terrifying story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and lived to tell the tale. Or did he?

EP 1

Whinfrey's Last Case

Dashing, debonair Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week. But in 1913 a German plot - to start the First World W

EP 2

Golden Gordon

A rare look at football fanaticism in the 1930s. Superfan Gordon Ottershaw supports a team which has not won a match for

EP 3

Roger of the Raj

Pubescent Roger Bartlesham comes of age in the turbulent India of 60 years ago, when circumstances beyond his control dr

Popular Cast

Michael Palin

Michael Palin