Ripping Yarns
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Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series created by and starring Michael Palin that parodies old-fashioned adventure and boys’ own stories.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television comedy series
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television anthology series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Michael Palin
NERFINISHED
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Terry Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC ⓘ |
| episodeTitle |
Across the Andes by Frog
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Escape from Stalag Luft 112B ⓘ Golden Gordon ⓘ Murder at Moorstones Manor ⓘ Roger of the Raj ⓘ The Curse of the Claw ⓘ The Testing of Eric Olthwaite ⓘ Tomkinson’s Schooldays ⓘ Whinfrey’s Last Case ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Ian MacNaughton ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
British schoolboys
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eccentric Englishmen ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1976 ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comedy
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comedy ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasFormat | single-story episodes ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
DVD
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VHS ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1979 ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anthology format with different characters each episode
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parody of British imperial and public school traditions ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 9 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
BBC Two
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surface form:
BBC2
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| parodies |
boys’ own adventure stories
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old-fashioned adventure stories ⓘ |
| pilotEpisodeTitle |
Tom Brown's Schooldays
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surface form:
Tomkinson’s Schooldays
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| producer | Terry Hughes ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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surface form:
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
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| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| starring | Michael Palin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Michael Palin
NERFINISHED
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Terry Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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