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Ripping Yarns : Season 1
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Air date: 07 Jan '76 - 6 episodesRipping Yarns is a British television comedy series. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. It was transmitted on BBC 2. 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, each 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 meaning "excellent" or "fine", and "yarns" is a colloquialism for exaggerated stories.
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List of Episodes (6)
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Ripping Yarns (1976)
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1. Tomkinson's Schooldays
07 Jan '76An authentic account of an English boy's, Tomkinson, life at a public school, where he tries to escape and receives help from the school bully.
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2. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
27 Sep '77An English boy, Eric Olthwaite who is so boring that he causes his parents and sister to run away, gets involved with a bank robber who share his interests. Together they become notorious for stealing things that they're interested in, like shovels and weather records. Suddenly Eric becomes very popular.
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3. Escape From Stalag Luft 112 B
04 Oct '77During WW I, prisoner of war, Major Edwin Phipps continually tries to escape despite his fellow officers lack of interest. Then after they all escape, he is the only one left, watched by 45 guards. That only slows down his plan of escape, even when the Germans ask him for advice on how to escape, then they all leave him totally alone.
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4. Murder at Moorstones Manor
11 Oct '77Murder is on the mind of a member of the Chiddingfold family. The most obvious suspect is Charles; at the end of the day, everyone left alive confesses.
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5. Across the Andes by Frog
18 Oct '77British sporting events and native superstitions destroy Captain Snetterton's expedition to study frogs as they cross the Andes mountains.
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6. The Curse of the Claw
25 Oct '77Kevin Orr, must return the Claw of the Holy Vulture to Burma to stop it from inflicting its curse on his family.
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