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📺 Series

Ripping Yarns

📅 1976 ⭐ 7.6 🕐 45 min GB GB

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
Season 1 6 episodes
E1
Tomkinson's Schooldays 1976-01-07
E2
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite 1977-09-27
E3
Escape From Stalag Luft 112B 1977-10-04
E4
Murder at Moorstones Manor 1977-10-11
E5
Across the Andes by Frog 1977-10-18
E6
The Curse of the Claw 1977-10-25
Season 2 3 episodes
E1
Whinfrey's Last Case 1979-10-10
E2
Golden Gordon 1979-10-17
E3
Roger of the Raj 1979-10-24
Cast
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