Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns71%

TV 1976-01-07 45m Comedy Sitges Film Festival best special effects award 1
★ 7.7 / 10 · 25 votes
Ratings
Combined
71.2 %
3 sources
IMDb
7.8 /10
1,835 votes
Trakt
57 %
31 votes
TMDB
77 %
25 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
Runtime
45m
Seasons
2
Episodes
9
Network
BBC One
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata

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

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Created by
Michael Palin Terry Jones
Cast
Michael Palin Michael Palin Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack David Griffin David Griffin Cpt. Meredith 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
Season 1 1976 · 6 eps
  1. 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-level. A savage, searing indictment of something or other. Jan 7, 1976
  2. 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 the Jarrow March. Sep 27, 1977
  3. 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 officer who wouldn't lie down. Oct 4, 1977
  4. 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 out to be longer than they thought. Oct 11, 1977
  5. 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. Oct 18, 1977
  6. 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? Oct 25, 1977
Season 2 1979 · 3 eps
  1. 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 War without telling anyone - coincides with his holiday. Whe… Oct 10, 1979
  2. 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 six years. But worse is to come. Will their tragedy bring … Oct 17, 1979
  3. 3 Roger of the Raj 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 Britis… Oct 24, 1979
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