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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 ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes

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Season 1

8.2/10446 votes
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
8.1/10437 votes
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
8.1/10398 votes
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
8.0/10373 votes
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
7.7/10358 votes
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
7.1/10347 votes
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