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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Graham's Gang (1977)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.