Ripping Yarns (1976)
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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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Michael Palin
John Phillips
Candace Glendenning
Ian Ogilvy
Anita CareyIrene Olthwaite
Gwen Watford
Roland MacLeod
Roy Kinnear
Petra Markham
Barbara New
Terry Jones
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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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Ripping Yarns has a runtime of 45 minutes.
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