Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns

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1976-01-07

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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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.

First Aired

1976-01-07

Last Aired

1979-10-24

Seasons

2

Episodes

9

Director

Terry Jones

Michael Palin

Status

Ended

Genres

Comedy

Language

English

Network

BBC One

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