Ripping Yarns
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1976 - 1979
- 9 episodes (2 series)
Series of comic plays written by Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
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Series 2, Episode 2 - Golden Gordon
A rare look at football fanaticism in the 1930s. Superfan Gordon Ottershaw supports a team that has not won a match for six years. But worse is to come. Will their tragedy bring Gordon's triumph? Or not? These are some of the questions this film hopes to answer. Or not.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 17th October 1979
- Time
- 9:35pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Michael Palin | Gordon Ottershaw |
| Gwen Taylor | Mrs. Ottershaw |
| Bill Fraser | Mr. Foggen |
| Teddy Turner | Chairman |
| David Leland | Football Manager |
| John Berlyne | Barnstoneworth |
| Ken Kitson | Cyril |
| Roger Sloman | 'Baldy' Davitt |
| David Ellison | 1st Footballer |
| Colin Bennett | 2nd Footballer |
| Matthew Scurfield | 3rd Footballer |
| Charles McKeown | Goalkeeper |
| John Cleese | Passer-by |
| Pat Taylor | Mrs. Foggen |
| Margot Lawson | Chairman's Wife |
| Tom Harrison | Man in Social Club |
| Danny O'Dea | Man at Gum Factory |
| Burt Brooks | Man at Gum Factory |
| Charles Marcelle | Shepherd |
| Arthur Fortune | Porter |
| Gillian McClements | Nurse |
| Dickie Arnold | Man in Wheelchair |
| Peter Graham | Boy Behind Goal |
| Ken Hastwell | Gravedigger |
| Michael Palin | Writer |
| Terry Jones | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| Sydney Lotterby | Executive Producer |
| John Jarvis | Editor |
| Gerry Scott | Production Designer |
| Ian Hewett | Graphics |