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Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns (1976)

Comedy

45 min / United Kingdom

Summary

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.

2 Seasons

Created by

Michael Palin

Status

Ended

Rating

7.568 with 22 votes
Network

Casting

Seasons

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