Ripping Yarns

TV Show (1977 - 1979)

A selection of tall tales from around the world parodying the fiction of yesteryear, with Michael Palin

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Season 2 Episode 3: Roger of the Raj
Youngster Roger Bartlesham experiences a sexual awakening in colonial India, but the emotional turmoil leads him to commit a deplorable act. Final episode of the comedy series, starring Michael Palin, Richard Vernon, John Le Mesurier and Joan Sanderson
Season 2 Episode 2: Golden Gordon
Michael Palin and Terry Jones wrote this classic comedy, in which Palin also stars as a soccer fan whose obsession with the world's worst team causes misery for both him and his long-suffering family. With Gwen Taylor and Bill Fraser
Season 2 Episode 1: Whinfrey's Last Case
A dashing British hero suffers a conflict of loyalties on learning of the German plot to start World War One a year early : on the same day as his annual Cornish fishing holiday. Will he sacrifice his much-needed break for the good of humanity? Comedy, starring Michael Palin, Antony Carrick, Maria Aitken and Edward Hardwicke

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