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1979 Certificate TBC
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The complete series 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. Read more

Starring Michael Palin, Eric Orthwaite
Genres Television

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The Complete Ripping Yarns

The complete series 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.

Starring Michael Palin, Eric Orthwaite
Run time DVD: 4 hrs 30 mins
Certificate Certificate TBC
Genres Television
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 11 Oct 2004
Production year: 1979
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The Complete Ripping Yarns (2 discs) (1979)

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  • 25 out of 29 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Ripping!

    Three superb self-contained comedies from ex-Pythons Michael Palin and Terry Jones.

    To describe the pilot episode of the series, Tomkinson?s Schooldays, as Pythonesque would be trite, although it does contain trademark lampooning of the ruling classes, grotesque violence in its portrayal of crucified schoolchildren and all the usual reversals of accepted realities (e.g. the headmaster is ritually beaten by his charges). It also has a superb guest performer in Ian Ogilvy as the sadistic school bully. Escape from Escape from Stalag Luft 112B showcases Palin as an irritatingly resourceful prisoner of war, confounding the Kaiser?s army and his fellow captives in equal measure with his numerous escape attempts, and is notable for the much-missed Roy Kinnear?s performance as a laconic German guard. However, the final show on the disc (indeed, one of the last to be made in the series) is the gem ? Golden Gordon. Excessive worship of anything can be described as fanaticism, and this show brings into conflict an unconditional love of a hopeless football team with an industrialist?s pursuit of profit, destroying a way of life through that process. The writers manage a broadly redemptive ending, although perhaps not the one that you are rooting for.

    In all, a highly recommended DVD.

      • Vengeful Hedgehog from London, England
      • Posted 14 Jul 2004 09:35

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  • 3 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Good Stuff

    Micheal Palin is ACE. Very good, but of it's time.

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      • Posted 30 Mar 2005 10:42

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      The complete series 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 ...