Ripping Yarns(1976)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1976-01-07
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 24
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 9
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.
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Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Air Date: 1976-01-07
Set in the frontier days of British education, when upper lips were stiff with cold and corporal punishment was an A-...
E02
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Air Date: 1977-09-27
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...
E03
Escape From Stalag Luft 112B
Air Date: 1977-10-04
A tale of courage and valour behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. An inspiring story of camp life and a British ...
E04
Murder at Moorstones Manor
Air Date: 1977-10-11
Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend tu...
E05
Across the Andes by Frog
Air Date: 1977-10-18
The epic story of one man and six frogs who tried to defy the world in the greatest gamble of all.
E06
The Curse of the Claw
Air Date: 1977-10-25
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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