All Episodes of Ripping Yarns

Season 1

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  8.2/10425 votes

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  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

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  8.1/10410 votes

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  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

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  7.8/10339 votes

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  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

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  8.1/10375 votes

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  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

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  7.1/10329 votes

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  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

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  8.0/10355 votes

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  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