Ripping Yarns (1976)

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.

Ripping Yarns

Watch Providers

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Tomkinson's schooldays

  • 1x2

    The testing of eric olthwaite

  • 1x3

    Escape from stalag luft 112b

  • 1x4

    Murder at moorstones manor

  • 1x5

    Across the andes by frog

  • 1x6

    The curse of the claw

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Whinfrey's last case

  • 2x2

    Golden gordon

  • 2x3

    Roger of the raj

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