Ripping Yarns
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1976 - 1979
- 9 episodes (2 series)
Series of comic plays written by Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
The Complete Ripping Yarns
Following the phenomenal success of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Michael Palin and Terry Jones created this unforgettable, BAFTA-winning series of comic plays for the BBC.
Gleefully parodying the conventions of Boys' Own-style adventure, Ripping Yarns sees Palin taking the protagonist's role in nine rip-roaring stories from stirring tales of sporting endeavour, intrepid exploration and wartime heroism to skulduggery, supernatural mystery and murder... and, of course, the notorious exploits of Eric Olthwaite - Yorkshire's most interesting outlaw.
An illustrious supporting cast includes John Le Mesurier, Iain Cuthbertson, Denholm Elliott, Joan Sanderson and Don Henderson, with Terry Jones co-starring in one episode and fellow Python John Cleese also making a cameo appearance; the series was produced and directed by the multi award-winning team of Terry Hughes (The Two Ronnies), Jim Franklin (The Goodies) and Alan J.W. Bell (The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy).
First released: Monday 11th October 2004
Extra features
- Deleted scenes
- 1983 documentary, Comic Roots, in which Palin revisits his native Sheffield[x/]
- Secrets, the only surviving recording of Palin and Jones's 1973 screenplay for the BBC's darkly comic (now sadly wiped) Black And Blue anthology series
DVD DVD DVD 
- Distributor: Network
- Region: 2
- Discs: 2
- Minutes: 270
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: 7952219
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- Released: Monday 5th March 2012
- Distributor: Network
- Region: 2
- Discs: 2
- Catalogue: 7953361
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- Released: Tuesday 30th August 2005
- Distributor: Acorn Media
- Region: 1
- Discs: 2
- Subtitles: English
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- Released: Thursday 5th November 2015
- Distributor: BBC Worldwide
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