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

Status

Ended

First aired

January 7, 1976

Last aired

October 24, 1979

Episodes

9

Network

BBC One

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Creators

Michael Palin, Terry Jones

IMDb

tt0075568