Episode two of the second series of ripping yarns is golden gordon, a loving parody of a nonleague football fan and yorkshire football in general, filmed around barnoldswick and keighley. Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series six episodes. Jun 02, 2019 now heres a show that isnt exactly unknown, but i dont think ripping yarns michael palin and terry jones loving spoof of oldstyle stories for boys gets enough love. Ripping yarns 1976 michael palin and terry jones spoof of preworld war ii literature aimed at schoolboys. Nostalgia and satire ripping yarns remembers a britain that is not yet lost. Ripping yarns online yarn shop ripping yarns crafts.
Choose the preferred option to view these episodes without the intrusive. Ripping yarns tv series 19761979 the movie database. Bank manager captain walter snetterton charles chiddingfold cpl chipps eric olthwaite gerald whinfrey gordon ottershaw headmaster hugo chiddingfold kevin orr major errol phipps mr craffitt roger tv introducer tomkinson uncle jack 9 episodes, 19761979. This yarn tells the story of the final days of barnstoneworth united, a team. Due to the cup final the only person willing to act as guide is an elderly but extremely agile old lady and as snetterton prepares to strike camp all. Find out when ripping yarns is on tv, including series 2 episode 1. Between 1976 and 1979 michael palin and terry jones made a nine part series for the bbc called ripping yarns. Golden gordon traces football fanaticism in the 1930s.
Ripping yarns season 1 episode 5across the andes by frog duration. First on this tape is tomkinsons schooldays and its just overflowing. The dvd shows the shortercropped version of the episode but gives viewers the chance to watch this dropped scene, as well as others, separately, in a special fourminute bonus feature entitled the mystery of the missing morsel of murder at moorstones manor 2004. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the quality scale. After the monty python tv shows in the early 70s terry jones and myself had to find a comedy formula that didnt look like a rip off of python. Ripping yarns is a television comedy series created by michael palin and terry jones and first broadcast on bbc 2 between 1976 and 1979. Dialogue youll drive your friends mad with for years to come. Golden gordon is about football fanatic gordon ottershaw during the 1930s depression. The eric olthwaite episode depicts the sudden charisma, which the most boring man in yorkshire acquires when he accidentally becomes a robber of banks and rain gauge records. A tv show shot entirely on film was not cheap, and after working on the show together for four years. To this end he recruits the players from the renowned winning team of. Umpteen footiethemed compilations loom for some reason of which arguably the least offensive is football crazy gut tv, if only because its marketed at. Barnestoneworth united is the worst football team of 1935, who lose every match. Although all were cowritten by palin and jones, the latter appeared only in the first episode, tomkinsons schooldays.
Ripping yarns revisited thu 21st november 20 formby by ian templeman formbys trip to silsden at the end of october gave squirrels officials adrian and merrick cork the chance to make a longawaited pilgrimage to the site of a past football comedy gem. Ripping yarns golden gordon tv episode 1979 on imdb. Ripping yarns all the tropes wiki fandom powered by wikia. Ripping yarns season 1 episode 2the testing of eric olthwaite. I like it better than escape from stalag episode which seemed to repeat the joke over and over. The final ripping yarns was roger of the raj a homage to the british empire in the punjab. After the monty python tv shows in the early 70s terry jones and myself had to find a comedy formula that didnt look like a ripoff of python. Ripping yarns season 1 episode 3escape from stalag luft 112b duration. Ripping yarns tomkinsons schooldays trailer polar explorer duration. The nine ripping yarns were made for the bbc from 1976 to 1978. Series two of ripping yarns would be the final three episodes that the bbc would commission. I never supported a team that bad, but it has always intrigued me that people would watch a team that lost 80, then go back the following week. Episodes ripping yarns series 1 episodes episode guide the curse of the claw 6 6 michael palin and terry joness tale of a man who dabbled in the mysteries of the orient. Ripping yarns started a year after python ended, with its pilot tomkinsons schooldays being broadcast in 1975.
Gordon ottershaw is,however,their loyal fan,determined to prevent them from being disbanded after their final game. Top 15 emotional farewells in football 0 legends saying goodbye. Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series six episodes in september and october 1977 and three episodes in october 1979. Ripping yarns catch up, series 2 whinfreys last case on bbc 4. A diverse range of yarns from erika knight, rico, west yorkshire spinners, stylecraft, king cole and more. Ripping yarns tomkinsons schooldays trailer youtube. This article is within the scope of wikiproject british tvshows, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of british television shows on wikipedia. Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series six episodes in september and october 1977 and three episodes. Barnestoneworth united is the worst football team of 1935,who lose every match. In the second series episode golden gordon, olthwaite is briefly seen playing for denley moors football team. Ripping yarns season 2 episode 2golden gordon youtube. Curated website of beautiful yarns, notions, and patterns. Football comedy ripping yarns, golden gordon bbc 1979 no. Barnstoneworth is a small town without much going for it now.
Watch ripping yarns online full episodes of season 2 to 1. The eighth episode of ripping yarns, the series of splendid adventures set in the early 1900s created by terry jones and michael palin. Superfan gordon ottershaw supports barnstoneworth united, a team that. Ripping yarns remembers a britain that is not yet lost. Terry jones and michael palin ripping yarns comedy series. Ripping yarns season 2 episode 3roger of the raj youtube. Golden gordon was first aired on 17th october 1979, and featured palin as football fan gordon ottershaw, and bill fraser as wealthy scrapmetal dealer arthur foggen yorkshire, 1935. Michael palin had the idea for the name whilst driving down the a15 road and when passing the village of rippingale in lincolnshire. Gordon ottershaw, barnstoneworths biggest and perhaps only football supporter, desperately hopes for one last victory for the team. Roger of the raj had palins character yearning to leave india and open his own pharmacy. Watch ripping yarns online full episodes of season 2 to.
Palin and terry jones made a nine part series for the bbc called ripping yarns. Ripping yarns season 2 episode 2golden gordon duration. Ripping yarns season 1 episode 6the curse of the claw duration. Ripping yarns season 1 episode 3escape from stalag. Listen to every episode of a beautiful podcast to fall in love. This is a list of the nine episodes forming the series. For ten seasons one of my roles at the club was to produce the match programme. As with monty python, ripping yarns has a tendency to get silly in a couple of episodes, palin hilariously strains for credibility as a hapless, caped host, but the lavishly produced yarns themselves are played to their best advantage without a nudgenudge, winkwink. Michael palin and terry jones of monty python fame collaborated on ripping yarns, a halfhour comedy series from the bbc. In desperation, gordon goes in search of former team members to help save his beloved club.
Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series six episodes in september and october 1977 and three episodes in october. So, rather than sketches, we decided to make each episode a selfcontained story. Years later american python fans began to appreciate ripping yarns for what it was, a parody of classic english stories that were read in schools. Terry jones and michael palins 1970s love letter to britain still has plenty to say about the national character. Ripping yarns was the definitive parody of the boys own genre. It was followed by a first series of six episodes including a rerun of the pilot was broadcast in 1977. My first encounter with ripping yarns was with this episode and it is probably one of the best remembered. Watch all 7 ripping yarns episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. Ripping yarns is just that, a collection of tales of great adventure, mystery, suspense and high drama, that make for ripping good television. Episode two of the second series of ripping yarns is golden gordon, a loving parody of a nonleague football fan and yorkshire football in.
Palin chose to create an affectionate portrait of non league football in 1930s yorkshire as part of his ripping yarns serious which was jointly made with fellow python terry jones. Season 2 of ripping yarns featured an episode called golden gordon. Ripping yarns is an excellent showcase for palin, who is at his funniest portraying characters either obsessed a soccer fanatic in golden gordon, an illfated car buff in manor, and an amateur amphibianenthusiast in across the andes by frog or dreadfully dull eric olthwaite, who is so tedious and boring that his own father speaks. Each episode had a different setting and characters, each looking at a different. Track ripping yarns new episodes, see when is the next episode air date, series schedule, trailer, countdown, calendar and more. Gordon ottershaw supports barnstoneworth united, a team that hasnt won a match for six years. Ripping yarns season 1 episode 5across the andes by frog. Apr 04, 2014 bbc4 started reruns of the classic comedy series from michael palin and terry jones, ripping yarns, last night. The episode also features a walkon cameo by john cleese. Ripping yarns was the definitive parody of the boys own genre of the interwar years.
The tale concerns itself with a family who are obsessed with maintaining the manners and morals of britain whilst living in india. Ripping yarns epitomises the style palin and jones developed in their many years of writing together. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. View episodes comedy series starring michael palin as the lead in a range of wacky situations. 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. Ripping yarns is a british television adventure comedy anthology series. The episode has an uncredited cameo by john cleese. Each episode had a different theme but were based on tales of derringdo. Ripping yarns season 1 episode 2the testing of eric olthwaite duration. Ripping yarns murder at moorstones manor tv episode.
This is a good episode of the ripping yards series. Gordon ottershaw is a fanatical supporter of barnstoneworth united. View episodes michael palin plays a range of characters in a series created with terry jones. Bbc4 started reruns of the classic comedy series from michael palin and terry jones, ripping yarns, last night. Running for two series totaling only nine episodes between 1976 and 1979. Explorer walter snetterton and his party travel to the andes to prove his theory that frogs are able to climb mountains. His beloved barnstoneworth united were once a mighty non league team.
In true python style, each episode is a send up of oldfashioned boys adventure stories with fantastical settings and improbable characters. Barnstoneworth was about coming back after a disastrous defeat. Ripping yarns is a television comedy series created by michael palin and terry jones and. Ripping yarns is a british television comedy series.
With michael palin, gwen taylor, bill fraser, teddy turner. It was written by michael palin and terry jones of monty python fame. It successfully takes the absurdities of monty python, and blends that with proper storytelling. Ripping yarns series and episode guides tv from radiotimes.
Ripping yarns postpython comedy from the michael palin and terry jones partnership, with palin as the lead in a range of wacky stories that parody tales of derringdo and northern life. His beloved barnstoneworth united were once a mighty non league team but now have fallen on hard times in the local yorkshire league. It was first broadcast on bbc 2 between 1976 and 1979. Were you thinking of hallam in the ripping yarns episode about football, where an obsessive fan smashes up his house whenever his team lose. The eighth episode which went to air on 17th october 1979 was golden gordon.
Barnstoneworth united is a small football club, once playing in the top leagues, now losing every game. Apr 03, 2014 the third episode of ripping yarns was one of the most memorable, a perfect take on the unbreakable spirit of prisoner of war camp soldiers in ww2. The hardy northerner palin was also keen to focus on the idiosyncrasies of his own yorkshire upbringing and brought to life several memorable scenarios of gloomy northern life populated by oddball. Scripts of a comedy series performed on the bbc television network by monty python during 1976 and 1977 tomkinsons schooldays. The idea of ripping yarns parodied a preworld war ii schoolboy genre.
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