Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns. Image shows from L to R: Michael Palin, Alexander Armstrong. Copyright: BBC
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
- TV documentary
- BBC Four
- 2014
- 1 episode
Alexander Armstrong explores the literature that inspired Michael Palin and Terry Jones's classic comedy anthology series, Ripping Yarns. Features Alexander Armstrong, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Matthew Grenby, Dennis Butts and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2014
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Alexander Armstrong, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Matthew Grenby, Dennis Butts, Kim Reynolds, Peter Wothers, Honor Beddard and Max Jones
- Directors
- Mary Crisp
- Producers
- Mary Crisp, Tara Duffy and Mark Freeland
- Company
Alexander Armstrong looks at the literature that inspired Michael Palin and Terry Jones's classic TV comedy Ripping Yarns, the loving parody of the Boys' Own books and magazines of their childhood.
Featuring clips from Ripping Yarns, archive and interviews with experts, modern-day adventurers and Palin and Jones's own memories.
In this affectionate and entertaining film Armstrong celebrates a long-lost slice of Britishness.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 3rd April 2014 at 9pm on BBC Four
- Episode length
- 1 hour
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 21st December 2017 at 11:40pm on BBC4
- Wednesday 8th March 2017 at 1:55am on BBC4
- Tuesday 22nd March 2016 at 1:30am on BBC4