TV Show

Ripping Yarns

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

2 seasons

9 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1976

Rating

TV Show

7.5/10

21 votes • HD

People

Cast

Season 1

6 episodes
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Tomkinson's Schooldays
Episode 1

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Episode 1 • Jan 07, 1976

Set in the frontier days of British education, when upper lips were stiff with cold and corporal punishment was an A-level. A savage, searing indictment of something or other.

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The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Episode 2

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Episode 2 • Sep 27, 1977

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 the Jarrow March.

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Escape From Stalag Luft 112B
Episode 3

Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

Episode 3 • Oct 04, 1977

A tale of courage and valour behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. An inspiring story of camp life and a British officer who wouldn't lie down.

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Murder at Moorstones Manor
Episode 4

Murder at Moorstones Manor

Episode 4 • Oct 11, 1977

Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns out to be longer than they thought.

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Across the Andes by Frog
Episode 5

Across the Andes by Frog

Episode 5 • Oct 18, 1977

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

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The Curse of the Claw
Episode 6

The Curse of the Claw

Episode 6 • Oct 25, 1977

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

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Season 2

3 episodes
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Whinfrey's Last Case
Episode 1

Whinfrey's Last Case

Episode 1 • Oct 10, 1979

Dashing, debonair Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week. But in 1913 a German plot - to start the First World War without telling anyone - coincides with his holiday. Where will Whinfrey's priorities lie? A knock-about tale of international intrigue.

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Golden Gordon
Episode 2

Golden Gordon

Episode 2 • Oct 17, 1979

A rare look at football fanaticism in the 1930s. Superfan Gordon Ottershaw supports a team which has not won a match for six years. But worse is to come. Will their tragedy bring Gordon's triumph? Or not? These are some of the questions this film hopes to answer. Or not.

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Roger of the Raj
Episode 3

Roger of the Raj

Episode 3 • Oct 24, 1979

Pubescent Roger Bartlesham comes of age in the turbulent India of 60 years ago, when circumstances beyond his control drive him towards the most deplorable act known to the British Army.

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