The Best Episodes of Ripping Yarns

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   8.2/10(446 votes)

   #1 - Tomkinson's Schooldays

   S1:E11/7/1976

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   8.1/10(437 votes)

   #2 - The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

   S1:E29/27/1977

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Jim Franklin

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   8.1/10(398 votes)

   #3 - Murder at Moorstones Manor

   S1:E410/11/1977

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   8.1/10(398 votes)

   #4 - Golden Gordon

   S2:E210/17/1979

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   8.0/10(373 votes)

   #5 - The Curse of the Claw

   S1:E610/25/1977

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Jim Franklin

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   7.8/10(349 votes)

   #6 - Whinfrey's Last Case

   S2:E110/10/1979

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   7.8/10(332 votes)

   #7 - Roger of the Raj

   S2:E310/24/1979

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Jim Franklin

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   7.7/10(358 votes)

   #8 - Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

   S1:E310/4/1977

   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

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Jim Franklin

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin
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   7.1/10(347 votes)

   #9 - Across the Andes by Frog

   S1:E510/18/1977

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

   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin

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   Director:Terry Hughes

   Writers:Terry Jones, Michael Palin