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  • Actors: Michael Palin
  • Directors: Terry Hughes, Jim Franklin (III), Alan J.W. Bell
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Network
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Oct 2004
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002XOYSO
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,731 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
Michael Palin stars in this wickedly funny collection of spoof adventures which hysterically portray gloriously English eccentricity.

These are the complete classics 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.

Synopsis
RIPPING YARNS features three exciting tales from different eras starring comic actor extraordinaire Michael Palin. The films also star Gwen Watford, Ian Ogilvy, Roy Kinnear, and Bill Fraser. Stories include: Tomkinson's Schooldays, Escape From Stalag Luft 112B, and Golden Gordon.

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71 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If only all DVD's were as good as this, 10 Jan 2005
By Touring Mars (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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An excellent double DVD package, made with real fans of the series in mind. As well as every episode ever made, there are some really nice touches that put this DVD into the 5 star category. For example, the ability to watch most (7/9) episodes without the audience laughter track (what a great idea), and the original scripts as Acrobat Reader (.pdf) files, is superb. Even the inlay card is great. The booklet is detailed and interesting, and perfect for people like me who use those multiple DVD holder cases...

If only every olf favourite series got this amount of attention lavished upon it, but I'm just thankful that the BBC have done such a fine job on this release. Excellent.

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate in Yarns, 19 Oct 2006
By Magnus Lewan - See all my reviews
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This is the Complete Ripping Yarns, something which may not be clear from Amazon's product information. Compared to the incomplete DVD released in the US a few years ago, the difference is just a couple of episodes, but as one of the "new" episodes is 'Murder at Moorstones Manor', I thought this edition was well worth it.

An absolute winner with this edition is sound tracks without laughter for most episodes. A downside is the lack of subtitles, which makes it difficult for the hard of hearing and foreigners with limited English skills to grasp all the details.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Palin and Jones Masterpieces, 3 April 2007
By S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This DVD set contains the original pilot episode "Tomkinsons Schooldays" first broadcast in 1976. The first series of 5 episodes broadcast in 1977 and the second series of 3 episodes originally broadcast in 1979.

The idea was prompted by an old Ripping Yarns annual that Michael Palin had given to Terry Jones as a gift. The episodes are all Pythonesque with many great moments in nearly all the episodes. John Cleese makes a memorable, but brief, cameo role appearance in "Golden Gordon" which is amongst the best episodes.

There are some great extras on the DVD. Perhaps best of all you can watch the episodes without the laughter track. There are commentaries from Michael Palin and Terry Jones as well as a documentary made in 1982 and an additional 1973 comedy starring Warren Mitchell written by MP and TJ.

Very funny and well worth watching over and over.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertainment to enjoy!
I found Ripping Yarns really funny and entertaining from start to finish. Television lacks the quality of this kind of humour these days and so I would encourage anyone to... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. L. M. Shields

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely funny, especially if you're into exaggerative humour
This is about the funniest DVD I own. "Tomkinson's Schooldays" features the 30-mile up-the-mountain hop, which should make most pall at the thought! Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Jacobs

5.0 out of 5 stars A rip of the old block
These TV programmes no longer have the same edge as they did when first aired in the 1970's. Nevertheless the kind of off-the-wall humour employed does not really date and they... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ivon of Windermere

5.0 out of 5 stars Ripping Yarns
This DVD is brilliant. If you are a Michael Palin fan like me then this is a 'must have' item. The sketches are hilarious and the dialogue is fantastic! Buy it!!
Published 5 months ago by Colin Blazeby

5.0 out of 5 stars Idiots
The reviewers who gave this 1 or 2 stars are complete idiots. This is pure comedy gold. Buy and enjoy
Published 10 months ago by G. R. Johnston

5.0 out of 5 stars Boys Own Adventure Series
`Ripping Yarns' ran for three years with a pilot episode broadcast in 1976, a first series of five episodes broadcast in 1977 and a final run of three episodes in 1979. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ian Wood, Author of 'Here's 2 ...

1.0 out of 5 stars Dissappointing
I am a huge fan of Michael Palin, he is my favourite of the Pythons and I love his travel shows. So having read some of the rave reviews about this series and also lived through... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Kieran Evans

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine comedy
Highly amusing stuff. The school bully episode made me laugh so hard I think I may have slipped a disc. Read more
Published 22 months ago by The Cheerful Teacher

3.0 out of 5 stars Rose-tinted spectacles
As an 11-year-old schoolboy, my attention was brought to Ripping Yarns before it was even broadcast by my English teacher who happened to stumble onto the set of the 'Golden... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2007 by RS Whitehead

2.0 out of 5 stars Better don't expect Python or something funny
This DVD collection definitely is meritorious, since it brought back sanity in the pricing of the earlier VHS and DVD editions of "Ripping Yarns" (the video cassettes sold at ebay... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2007 by M. Dahm

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