A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.
Full Cast of Ripping Yarns
Peter Greene
Peter Greene (born Peter Green; October 8, 1965) is an American character actor. A native of Montclair, New Jersey, ...
Amy Yasbeck
Amy Marie Yasbeck (born September 12, 1962) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her rol...
Richard Jeni
Richard Jeni was born on April 14, 1957 and passed away 17 years ago at the age of 49 on March 10, 2007.
B.J. Barie
Catherine Berge
Krista Buonauro
Debra Casey
Suzanne Dunn
Peter Jazwinski
Howard Kay
Richard Montes
Louis Ortiz
Daniel James Peterson
Randi Ruimy
Anne Fletcher
Anne Fletcher (born May 1, 1966) is an American film director and choreographer. Fletcher took dance lessons as a ch...
John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved succe...
Kenneth Colley
Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence t...
Timothy Carlton
Timothy Carlton was born on October 4, 1939 and is currently 85 years old.
Denholm Elliott
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 ...
Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best ...
Crew of Ripping Yarns
Discover the backstage crew of Ripping Yarns →- Released on January 07, 1976