TV series
Ripping Yarns
Overview
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
- First air date
- 1976-01-07
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 9 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC One
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Palin as Gerald Whinfrey
- David Griffin as Cpt. Meredith
- Michael Stainton as Ship's stoker
- John Phillips
- Candace Glendenning
- Ian Ogilvy
- Anita Carey as Irene Olthwaite
- Gwen Watford
- Roland MacLeod
- Roy Kinnear
- Petra Markham
- Barbara New
Creators and crew
- Michael Palin - Creator
- Terry Jones - Creator
- Jim Franklin - Director
- Terry Hughes - Director
- Alan J.W. Bell - Director
- Terry Jones - Writer
Seasons
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