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Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns

TV 1976-01-07 45m Comedy Sitges Film Festival best special effects award 1
★ 7.7 / 10 · 24 votes

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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Status
Ended
Seasons
2
Episodes
9
Network
BBC One
Language
English
Created by
Michael Palin Terry Jones
Cast
Michael Palin Michael Palin David Griffin David Griffin Michael Stainton Michael Stainton The Gamekeeper John Phillips John Phillips Candace Glendenning Candace Glendenning Ian Ogilvy Ian Ogilvy Anita Carey Anita Carey Irene Olthwaite Gwen Watford Gwen Watford
Roland MacLeod Roland MacLeod
Roy Kinnear Roy Kinnear Petra Markham Petra Markham Barbara New Barbara New
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Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

  • 1995 Best Visual Effects Nominated

Sitges Film Festival best special effects award 1 won

  • 1994 Sitges Film Festival best special effects award Won

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