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The Best Episodes of Ripping Yarns

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The Best Episodes of Ripping Yarns

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...
  1. 8.2/10(431 votes)

    #1 - Tomkinson's Schooldays

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    Set in the frontier days of British education, when upper lips were stiff with cold and corporal punishment was an A-level. A savage, searing indictment of something or other.

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  2. 8.1/10(384 votes)

    #2 - Murder at Moorstones Manor

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    Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns out to be longer than they thought.

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  3. 8.0/10(418 votes)

    #3 - The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

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    A boy becomes a man in the harsh world of the Depression. The rough, tough story of folk who couldn't afford to go on the Jarrow March.

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  4. 8.0/10(360 votes)

    #4 - The Curse of the Claw

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    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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  5. 7.7/10(346 votes)

    #5 - Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

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    A tale of courage and valour behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. An inspiring story of camp life and a British officer who wouldn't lie down.

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  6. 7.1/10(335 votes)

    #6 - Across the Andes by Frog

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    The epic story of one man and six frogs who tried to defy the world in the greatest gamble of all.

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    #7 - Whinfrey's Last Case

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    Dashing, debonair Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week. But in 1913 a German plot - to start the First World War without telling anyone - coincides with his holiday. Where will Whinfrey's priorities lie? A knock-about tale of international intrigue.

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    #8 - Golden Gordon

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    A rare look at football fanaticism in the 1930s. Superfan Gordon Ottershaw supports a team which has not won a match for six years. But worse is to come. Will their tragedy bring Gordon's triumph? Or not? These are some of the questions this film hopes to answer. Or not.

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    #9 - Roger of the Raj

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    Pubescent Roger Bartlesham comes of age in the turbulent India of 60 years ago, when circumstances beyond his control drive him towards the most deplorable act known to the British Army.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Tomkinson's Schooldays" is the best rated episode of "Ripping Yarns". It scored 8.2/10 based on 431 votes. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Terry Jones, Michael Palin, it aired on 1/7/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Murder at Moorstones Manor".