Ripping Yarns
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1976 - 1979
- 9 episodes (2 series)
Series of comic plays written by Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - Escape From Stalag Luft 112 B
A British POW's constant escape attempts exasperate his fellow prisoners at a German camp during the Great War.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 4th October 1977
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Michael Palin | Major Phipps |
| Michael Palin | Chips |
| Roy Kinnear | Vogel |
| John Phillips | Colonel Harcourt Badger Owen |
| Timothy Carlton | Nicholson |
| David Griffin | Attenborough |
| Julian Hough | Biolek |
| David English | 2nd Guard |
| Roland MacLeod | Dusty |
| Nicholas Day | Sgt. Major Errol |
| Hugh Janes | Carter |
| Philip Graham | Ginger |
| James Charles | Walcott |
| Glen Cunningham | Bo Bo |
| David Machin | Tosh |
| Richard Martin | Smudger |
| Nigel Skeet | Archie Tucker |
| Dennis Costello | Vicar |
| Olive Costello | Middle Aged Lady |
| Peter Mann | Kommandant |
| M Kelly | Jenkinson |
| T Hooper | Truck Driver |
| D Gough | Guard on Truck |
| Barbara Crundell | Lady 2 |
| Ronald Fletcher | Narrator |
| Michael Palin | Writer |
| Terry Jones | Writer |
| Jim Franklin | Director |
| Jim Franklin | Producer |
| John Jarvis | Editor |
| John Stout | Production Designer |
| Robin Stubbs | Costume Designer |