Ripping Yarns - Series 1
Comedy starring Michael Palin as the lead in a range of wacky situations
Ripping Yarns - Series 1 - Across the Andes by Frog
Comedy series parodying boys' own adventure tales. Featured here is the epic story of one man and six frogs who attempted the greatest gamble of all.
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Ripping Yarns - Series 1 - Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
A tale of courage and fortitude from WWI. A British POW's constant escape attempts exasperate his German captors - and his fellow prisoners.
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Ripping Yarns - Series 1 - Murder at Moorstones Manor
Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns out to be longer than they thought.
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Ripping Yarns - Series 1 - The Curse of the Claw
The terrifying story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and lived to tell the tale. Or did he?
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Ripping Yarns - Series 1 - The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
The dark and tragic tale of the world's most boring man, who joins forces with a criminal and proceeds to write his name in the history books.
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Ripping Yarns - Series 1 - Tomkinson's Schooldays
A wacky comedy that finds Michael Palin at a public school where he is downtrodden one moment and official School Bully the next.
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