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The Best Episodes of Ripping Yarns

Every episode of Ripping Yarns ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One

Best Episodes Summary

"Tomkinson's Schooldays" is the best rated episode of "Ripping Yarns". It scored 8.2/10 based on 426 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, "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite".

  • Tomkinson's Schooldays
    8.2/10426 votes
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    #1 - Tomkinson's Schooldays

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1976

    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.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
    8.1/10410 votes
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    #2 - The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1977

    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.

    Director: Jim Franklin

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • Murder at Moorstones Manor
    8.1/10375 votes
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    #3 - Murder at Moorstones Manor

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1977

    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.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • Golden Gordon
    8.1/10376 votes
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    #4 - Golden Gordon

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/1979

    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.

    Director: Alan J.W. Bell

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • The Curse of the Claw
    8.0/10355 votes
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    #5 - The Curse of the Claw

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1977

    The terrifying story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and lived to tell the tale. Or did he?

    Director: Jim Franklin

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • Escape From Stalag Luft 112B
    7.8/10339 votes
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    #6 - Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1977

    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.

    Director: Jim Franklin

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • Whinfrey's Last Case
    7.8/10331 votes
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    #7 - Whinfrey's Last Case

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/1979

    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.

    Director: Alan J.W. Bell

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • Roger of the Raj
    7.8/10317 votes
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    #8 - Roger of the Raj

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1979

    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.

    Director: Jim Franklin

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin

  • Across the Andes by Frog
    7.1/10329 votes
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    #9 - Across the Andes by Frog

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1977

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

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Terry Jones, Michael Palin