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Ripping Yarns

1976 · 2 seasons · 45m per episode · Comedy

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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Seasons

• Season 1 — 6 episodes (January 7, 1976)
• Season 2 — 3 episodes (October 10, 1979)

Cast

• Michael Palin

Details

Created by

Michael Palin and Terry Jones

First aired

January 7, 1976

Episodes

9

Genres

Comedy

Network

BBC One

Status

Ended

TMDB score

7.7 / 10 from 25 votes