Ripping Yarns
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1976 - 1979
- 9 episodes (2 series)
Series of comic plays written by Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Episode menu
Tomkinson's Schooldays
The official school bully enjoys privileges such as opium-smoking and a private sauna, but for the other boys at Graybridge, life is not nearly so easy.
Notes
This episode was repeated ahead of Series 1's debut in September 1977.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 7th January 1976
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Saturday 1st November 1975, 20:00 at BBC Television Centre (Studio 3)
Cast & crew
| Michael Palin | Tomkinson |
| Michael Palin | The Headmaster |
| Michael Palin | TV Introducer |
| Michael Palin | Mr. Craffitt |
| Terry Jones | Mr. Ellis |
| Terry Jones | Bear |
| Terry Jones | Mr Moodie |
| Terry Jones | Director |
| Gwen Watford | Mummy |
| Ian Ogilvy | School Bully |
| John Wentworth | Chaplain |
| Sarah Grazebrook | Maid |
| Chai Lee | Suki |
| Terrence Denville (as Terence Denville) | Man |
| Michael Palin | Writer |
| Terry Jones | Writer |
| Terry Hughes | Director |
| Terry Hughes | Producer |
| Ray Millichope | Editor |
| Martin Collins | Production Designer |
| Odette Barrow | Costume Designer |