TV series
Ripping Yarns
1976–1979 · 2 seasons
A dry, affectionate send-up of stiff-upper-lip adventure tales, played straight-faced and silly, rewarding viewers who enjoy wordplay and period parody.
- Created by
- Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Michael Palin, John Phillips, Candace Glendenning
- 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.
- How it feels
- Satirical, absurd, whimsical and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Class, identity, power, media
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Michael Palin, John Phillips, Candace Glendenning
