Ripping Yarns (1976)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 9 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode is a standalone parody of old-fashioned adventure stories from early 20th century Britain. The show makes fun of British traditions and schoolboy adventure tales with Monty Python style humor.

absurdwhimsicalplayfulnostalgicmock-heroiccampylightheartedepisodicsatirical

What happens

Ripping Yarns is a British television adventure comedy anthology series. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame and transmitted on BBC Two. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two series — five episodes in September and October 1977 and three episodes in October 1979. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys. In the title, "ripping" is a chiefly British slang colloquialism for "exciting" or "thrilling", with "yarn" used in the sense of a story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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