Ripping Yarns (1976)
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Michael Palin
Bank Manager
Charles McKeown
2nd native
Barbara New
Jehovah's Witnesses
David Griffin
Attenborough
Michael Stainton
Ship's stoker
Terry Jones
Bear
Denholm Elliott
Mr. Gregory
Roy Kinnear
Vogel
Hilary Mason
Kevin's mother
Jim Franklin
Director
Terry Hughes
Director
Alan J.W. Bell
Director
Anita Carey
Irene Olthwaite
Richard Vernon
Lord Bartlesham
Joan Sanderson
Lady Bartlesham
Roger Brierley
Hopper
John Le Mesurier
Col. Runciman
Jan Francis
Miranda
Allan Cuthbertson
Maj. Daintry
Danny O'Dea
Man at Gum Factory
Kenneth Colley
Robber
Liz Smith
Mrs. Bag
Nicholas Day
Edward Hardwicke
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Ripping Yarns is a British television adventure comedy anthology series. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame and transmitted on BBC 2. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two series — five episodes in September and October 1977 and three episodes in October 1979. 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. In the title, "ripping" is a chiefly British slang colloquialism for "exciting" or "thrilling", with "yarn" used in the sense of a story.
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