Ripping Yarns

  • Premiered: Jan 1976
  • Episodes: 9
  • Followers: 5
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Unknown
  • Adventure Comedy

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Season 1
1x1
Tomkinson's Schooldays
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 1976
An authentic account of an English boy's, Tomkinson, life at a public school, where he tries to escape and receives help from the school bully.
1x2
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 1977
An English boy, Eric Olthwaite who is so boring that he causes his parents and sister to run away, gets involved with a bank robber who share his interests. Together they become .. show full overview
1x3
Escape from Stalag Luft 112 B
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 04, 1977
During WW I, prisoner of war, Major Edwin Phipps continually tries to escape despite his fellow officers lack of interest. Then after they all escape, he is the only one left, watched by .. show full overview
1x4
Murder at Moorstones Manor
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 1977
Murder is on the mind of a member of the Chiddingfold family. The most obvious suspect is Charles; at the end of the day, everyone left alive confesses.
1x5
Across the Andes by Frog
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1977
British sporting events and native superstitions destroy Captain Snetterton's expedition to study frogs as they cross the Andes mountains.
1x6 Season finale
The Curse of the Claw
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 1977
Kevin Orr, must return the Claw of the Holy Vulture to Burma to stop it from inflicting its curse on his family.

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