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Ripping Yarns

1976 Comedy

Rating

7.5/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Creator

Terry Jones

Michael Palin

Cast

Michael Palin

Status

Ended

Release date

1/7/1976

Last air date

10/24/1979

Seasons

2

Episodes

9

Origin country

GB

Vote count

21