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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. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Tomkinson's Schooldays

    S1:E1

    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(388 votes)

    #2 - Golden Gordon

    S2:E2

    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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  3. 7.8/10(344 votes)

    #3 - Whinfrey's Last Case

    S2:E1

    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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  4. 7.8/10(327 votes)

    #4 - Roger of the Raj

    S2:E3

    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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    #5 - The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

    S1:E2

    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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    #6 - Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

    S1:E3

    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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    #7 - Murder at Moorstones Manor

    S1:E4

    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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    #8 - Across the Andes by Frog

    S1:E5

    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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    #9 - The Curse of the Claw

    S1:E6

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Tomkinson's Schooldays" is the best rated episode of "Ripping Yarns". It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Terry Jones, Michael Palin, it aired on 1/7/1976. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Golden Gordon".