Ripping Yarns - Complete BBC Series by Michael Palin & Terry Jones

Michael Palin stars in this wickedly funny collection of spoof adventures which hysterically portray gloriously English eccentricity.
These are the complete classics from the pens of Michael Palin and Terry Jones.




Episode titles:
Tomkinson's Schooldays,
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite,
Escape From Stalag Luft 112 B,
Murder at Moorstones Manor,
Across the Andes by Frog,
The Curse of the Claw,
Whinfrey's Last Case,
Golden Gordon,
Roger of the Raj.
+ Special Features





The films also star Gwen Watford, Ian Ogilvy, Roy Kinnear, and Bill Fraser.

This DVD set contains the original pilot episode "Tomkinsons Schooldays" first broadcast in 1976. The first series of 5 episodes broadcast in 1977 and the second series of 3 episodes originally broadcast in 1979.
The idea was prompted by an old Ripping Yarns annual that Michael Palin had given to Terry Jones as a gift. The episodes are all Pythonesque with many great moments in nearly all the episodes. John Cleese makes a memorable, but brief, cameo role appearance in "Golden Gordon" which is amongst the best episodes.
There are some great extras on the DVD. Perhaps best of all you can watch the episodes without the laughter track. There are commentaries from Michael Palin and Terry Jones as well as a documentary made in 1982 and an additional 1973 comedy starring Warren Mitchell written by MP and TJ.

Very funny and well worth watching over and over.