Ripping Yarns
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1976 - 1979
- 9 episodes (2 series)
Series of comic plays written by Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
See also
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Highly influential off-the-wall 1970s sketch series, starring John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and Terry Jones.
The Complete And Utter History Of Britain
Terry Jones and Michael Palin's first TV show alone. Sketch series telling the 'complete and utter' history of Britain.
Fawlty Towers
Comedy about a hotel and its owner, a man of infinite rudeness with a rabid dislike of almost all guests.
Rutland Weekend Television
Sketch and satire show starring Eric Idle and Neil Innes.
The Missionary
Michael Palin stars as a clergyman withdrawn from Africa to save the fallen women of London's East End.
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
Alexander Armstrong explores the literature that inspired Michael Palin and Terry Jones's classic comedy anthology series, Ripping Yarns.
The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
Radio comedies in which sketch group The Penny Dreadfuls - aka Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck - present plays around historical subjects.
The Comic Strip Presents...
Periodic series of satires and spoofs that helped bring alternative comedy to the mainstream and forge a comedy reputation for then-new Channel 4.
Murder Most Horrid
Comic horror anthology series starring Dawn French in a variety of different roles.
Inside No. 9
Dark comedy anthology series from Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Each episode focuses on the goings-on around something to do with the number 9.