Ripping Yarns contains the scripts to the pilot episode and all five episodes from Season One.
Michael Palin
Terry Jones
30 Minutes / BBC2 / Colour
07/01/76 Tomkinson's Schooldays
27/09/77 The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
04/10/77 Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
11/10/77 Murder at Moorstone's Manor
18/10/77 Across the Andes by Frog
25/10/77 The Curse of the Claw
Both seasons of
Ripping Yarns have been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (
amazon.co.uk), and on Region 1 DVD in the United States (
amazon.com).
Ripping Yarns
Publisher Methuen Format Hardback Publication Date 1978 ISBN 0-413-39390-9 Original Price UNKNOWN Country UK
Ripping Yarns
Publisher Pantheon Format Paperback Publication Date 1978 ISBN 0-394-73678-8 Original Price UNKNOWN Country USA
Ripping Yarns
Publisher Methuen Format Paperback Publication Date 1980 ISBN 0-413-46250-1 Original Price UNKNOWN Country UK
The Complete Ripping Yarns
Publisher Guild Publishing Format Paperback Publication Date 1990 ISBN 0-413-63980-0 Original Price UNKNOWN Country UK
Edition Notes
- An omnibus edition of Ripping Yarns and the follow-up book More Ripping Yarns.
The Complete Ripping Yarns
Publisher Methuen Format Paperback Publication Date 1990 ISBN 0-413-63820-0 Original Price UNKNOWN Country UK
Edition Notes
- An omnibus edition of Ripping Yarns and the follow-up book More Ripping Yarns.
Ripping Yarns
Publisher Routledge Format Paperback Publication Date 1990 ISBN UNKNOWN Original Price UNKNOWN Country USA
The Complete Ripping Yarns
Publisher Methuen Format Paperback Publication Date 1999 ISBN 0-413-77360-4 Original Price UNKNOWN Country UK
Edition Notes
- An omnibus edition of Ripping Yarns and the follow-up book More Ripping Yarns.
- The Penguin TV Companion (Penguin Books, 2003) describes Ripping Yarns as "Over-the-top Boys' Own adventures satirized." And that's as good a summary as you're likely to find. For anyone wanting an original description, it's a send up of all the cliches of it's genre in a similar way to the more recent Dr Terrible's House of Horrible, only with better scripts, more imagination and more laughs. The series was written by former Monty Python stars Michael Palin and Terry Jones, with Palin playing the lead character in each story.
The Curse of the Claw was the only telefantasy episode produced and involved the cursed Claw of the Holy Vulture which was brought back to England from Burma.
