Ripping Yarns
British television series (1976–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Ripping Yarns | |
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Created by | Michael Palin Terry Jones |
Starring | Michael Palin |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Running time | ~30 min |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC 2 |
Release | 7 January 1976 (1976-01-07) – 24 October 1979 (1979-10-24) |
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