Ripping Yarns - Season 1

Ripping Yarns - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes6
DatesJan 7, 1976 - Oct 25, 1977
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Episodes

Tomkinson's Schooldays
Season 1Episode 130 min

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Offbeat comedy which celebrates the role that pointless violence in public schools has made to our splendid nation.
Jan 7, 1976
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Season 1Episode 230 min

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Michael Palin and Terry Jones's spoof comedy series tells the dark and tragic tale of the terminally boring Eric, whose mind-boggling tediousness forces his parents to leave home. Undaunted, Eric joins forces with a hardened criminal and proceeds to write his name in the history books.
Sep 27, 1977
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Season 1Episode 330 min

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

A tale of courage and fortitude behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. A British POW's constant escape attempts exasperate his German captors - and his fellow prisoners.
Oct 4, 1977
Murder at Moorstones Manor
Season 1Episode 430 min

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
Across the Andes by Frog
Season 1Episode 530 min

Across the Andes by Frog

Set in 1920s Peru, this is the stirring story of one man and six frogs who tried to defy the world in the greatest gamble of all. Michael Palin appears alongside Denholm Elliott, but it is the frogs - the European Tree Frog, the Italian Agile Frog, the European Marsh Frogs, the Edible Frogs and the Himalayan Sleeping Frog (to be kept in reserve) - who are the stars.
Oct 18, 1977
The Curse of the Claw
Season 1Episode 630 min

The Curse of the Claw

The story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and lived to tell the tale. Or did he? An unexpected visit by the Bhutan-bound Captain Merson and his band of native bearers to the Maidenhead home of recently bereaved Kevin causes him to relive a ripping story of fear, tragedy and terror. It is the story of a claw. A claw with a curse.
Oct 25, 1977

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