Episode

Ripping Yarns: Whinfrey's Last Case

Name: Ripping Yarns: Whinfrey's Last Case
Released: 1979-10-10
Cast: Michael Palin, David Griffin, Michael Stainton, John Phillips, Candace Glendenning

Ripping YarnsSeason 21979-10-10

Overview

Dashing, debonair Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week. But in 1913 a German plot - to start the First World War without telling anyone - coincides with his holiday. Where will Whinfrey's priorities lie? A knock-about tale of international intrigue.

Details

Series: Ripping Yarns
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1979-10-10

Episode context

Whinfrey's Last Case is Episode 1 in Season 2 of Ripping Yarns. It aired on 1979-10-10.

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Episode 2: Golden Gordon 1979-10-17 A rare look at football fanaticism in the 1930s. Superfan Gordon Ottershaw supports a team which has not won a match for six years. But worse is to come. Will their tragedy bring Gordon's triumph? Or not? These are some of the questions this film hopes to answer. Or not.

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Episode 3: Roger of the Raj 1979-10-24 Pubescent Roger Bartlesham comes of age in the turbulent India of 60 years ago, when circumstances beyond his control drive him towards the most deplorable act known to the British Army.