Micheal Palin's facial expression are hilarious. These Ripping Yarns are as funny as Fawlty Towers for me. And for you?

Palin was always my favourite Python. I remember watching his Ripping Yarns series as a teenager and actually dying from laughter. I wish I was still alive to remember it.

Frank Middlemass as Sir Clive is clearly enjoying himself hugely and steals every scene he's in.

These are so good. I saw them at the time they came out and thought them terrific. Underrated classics.

Dr Farson - what a legendary character, even with his "bloody cheap lip" letting him down

Great to see Iain Cuthbertson. The "I rubbed some Vic on her chest" joke nearly killed me. He used to terrify me as a kid when he played Charlie Endall in "Budgie" in the early 70's.

Loved these Ripping Yarns when I was a youngster and rediscovering them all again now.. Palin really was the best comedy actor of his time.. Thanks to the poster for sharing.. 🙏🏻

Superbly written, directed and acted. Timeless British humour at its best.

one of the very best. I can watch this again and again. Perfect music, perfect script, great comic acting from everyone.

These are hilarious so well done...Love Mr Palin. Also never give ultimatums in marriage..

Bloody marvellous! Just recognised the actor playing the butler (“a bovril & a whisky”) went on to play the bishop in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. Great performance.

Michael Palin..sheer genius.

"The only man with green fingers I ever knew was Tula Meran of the K.L.O.I. He was beating some chappy in Burma for breathing too regularly" 🤣

RIP Terry Jones, Cardinal Biggles, Mr Creosote and virtuoso of the mouse organ. You will be missed.

By far the best spoof on every BBC murder show ever !!!

Just absolute quality writing acting cast humour and themes ….. manners telephone milady

Brilliant actors brilliant comedy it seems we have no idea now how to act and how to have good laughs thank god for you tube

So many one liners from this episode have entered my daily repertoire; A damned good thrashing Breathing too regularly! Two spoons of Bovril !? It's getting worse isn't Doreen? Of course only Palin officianados have the faintest idea what I'm on about.

The best one in the series in my book. The actors are terrific

Candice Glendenning..... what a beauty!

My favourite Ripping Yarn. All the characters are great but Manners stands out for me, and the doctor... "yes...yes it did!" Brilliant. Laughed out loud many times.

So delighted to see these! Haven't seen them since the 80’s or 90’s!

It was definitely Marg, with the sniper rifle, from the thrashing closet. Obvious really. Never tire of this genius stuff. 😊

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

Quite fantastic that Palin can give these kinds of replies and keep driving.

They "passed her on the way"...."poor thing was only wearing a frock"...😁😂🤣😃😄😅😀☺

Brilliant. I can see where the 'Comic Strip Presents' got some their mannerisms from!

Now THAT's a murder mystery!

Precioso hombre y talentoso.Ojala hubiera hecho mas cosas como esta serie.👀👌🌹🍃🌠🌹🍃🌠🌹🍃🌠

Funny, I remember watching these on the telly when they came out and didn't find them that funny, now I'm 64 I'm finding them hilarious!

I loved this series 'The Testing of Ericc Olthwaite' was my favourite.

I've the whole set on DVD : all damned good what!? plus you get the opening introduction from Palin with Terry Jones directing & correcting : thinking of Terry and hope he's not suffering too much

"With Bovril m'lady?" is my new favourite line in any show.

absolutely love this series. absolutely fabulous

Honestly, how much talent can one person have? Michael's ability to play unctuous, conniving upper class twit and loonie upper class twit is a joy to behold. The fella who wished him dead under Escape From Stalag 112B can go hang.

So glad I found all these again

Brilliant. Damn good thrashing!

Nice. So thankful to have seen this after all this time now, in 2021.

Just Brilliant :-) Is it just me or did anyone else notice that towards the end it all went a little Tarantino-esque? :-) before there was anything Tarantino-esque....:-)

How can five people NOT like this episode!!!

Thankyou so much for uploading, been looking for these for years...

Get this back on TV please.

Thanks so much for posting.

"he was beating some chap in Burma for breathing too regularly"

Love this! If you like Frank Middlemass in this, be sure and catch his wonderful performance in "The Island" - a Michael Caine film based on the Peter Benchley novel. He nearly steals the movie out from under Caine and David Warner.

The old AC is going jolly well. - Yes darling, it seems to be. The old trick worked, you see. We changed the stroke ratio on the crankshaft. - You get less revs and more horsepower. Do your parents live all on their own out here? No, they've got a couple of Davenport 257s, bought them cheap during the war. Had both the engines re-bored, put in a [Pharos Night] dual piston screw converter. Cleaned up an old Lucas 200 distributor and banged in four carburettors. - It goes like a rocket. - It's not any better, is it, darling? - No. - I think you ought to give up driving. I can't give up driving, Dora. Who'd look after the Talbot? I mean, the adjustments on those pistons need oiling twice a week - and the tappet clearances - Oh, stop it, Hugo. Sorry. Hugo, you must decide between the car or me. All right, I'll take the car. - Oh! - I love her, Dora. I love the way I can get twice the speed at less revs by a simple adjustment to the timing ratio in the [fan scavenged] engine. Or by putting the two coils in the alternator lead Stop here, Hugo. Emergency stop? Oh, jolly good. Look at that, eh? No locking. That's using the new friction liner pads we fitted. Goodbye, Hugo. Read more: www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=ripping-yarns-1976&episode=s01e04

I never saw any of this as always at work, fabulous!

It’s funny how, with renewed viewing, different characters stand out. I didn’t realize before how funny Lord Clive was, what with his obsession with corporal punishment :) There is something rather reassuring about an English gentleman spouting «Give him a damned good thrashing!» LOL

Another spiffing good show old chap.

Thanks Blob for showing me this. Still love this show. Up The Blob

My single favourite episode of RY. I use this to introduce quality writing, parody and humour to friends and relatives innured by crappy modern tv.

This is sublime

There were one or two misfires but on the whole RY was very good. I am a little surprised it has not been revived on British TV more than it has been.

The sarcasm from the butler when he asks if she wants Bovril with her whiskey lmao

i used to sneak into the living room and watch these on pbs on low volume and try not to laugh, when i was 11

Great stuff !

“Ever fought the Turks?” My favorite line.

I think this may be my favourite.

I half expected a family pet to stroll in at the end with a firearm strapped to its paw.

...Knew a fella in Malta was shot by his nephew. Never knew what hit him. Of course the family kept it as quite as possible but never the less the press asked a few questions... we had to strangle two of the blighters. Turns out one of 'em was the foreman in the yacht broker we'd employed to clean the peccadillo enclosure. Quite a fuss really. Luckily we'd bought in 100% agave tequila for the margaritas so the police were very understanding.

Very good. Frank Middlesmas . The Leader had " Boils over his head"

Brilliant show

Top quality stuff

I thought the Mother was wonderful. Have the DVD from years ago. Must watch it again. Not everybody else enjoys the humour.

I only just found out there was a cut scene from this episode, with Barbara New and Gilly Flowers (aka the mum from Eric Olthwaite and Ms. Gatsby from Fawlty Towers) as two Jehovah's Witnesses. Hence the two people walking away just as the Dr. turns up. Now I must to see it!

Ripping Yarns (TV Series 1976-1979) - 7.8 This show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.

Wonderful.

Another episode that got better at each viewing!! Hilarious!!

Their daft a bit batty.,but pure gold at heart! Bovril and whiskey...what a combination!

Silly girl, issued an ultimatum without a thought it would be accepted.Definately a ripper this one.

Palin is brilliant

damn that bovril and whiskey goes down a beefy treat..what!

This show is bonkers.. thumbs up , something , somwhere

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking I have a false lip!

anyone fancy a bovril with wiskey, 8 bloody 1 and the clock goes out the window when barnstanworth play , brilliant stuff

What a disaster, I'd rather have a box of fish than a son like that...BRILLIANT

Moral of the story, don’t mess with Candace Glendenning

Easily the funniest bit: 'I rubbed some Vic on her chest.' 'Did that help?' 'Yes, it did thank you.'

I really like how this satirizes virtually every trope and stereotype of Edwardian era drama and murder mystery set pieces. It even upstages Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" by not only having virtually the entire cast commit the murder(s) but simultaneously being victims as well. However, I detest the laugh-track and the canned applause. That really detracts from the production, unfortunately, though that along with using videotape as recording medium (rather than film) clearly mark it as a 1970s/early 80s era production. (Upon checking, I see that this was originally broadcast 11 October 1977.)

What this episode needs is a Damn good thrashing. Whip it back to analog and it's sound quality reverts to reverse reverb

Fabulous .

Amazing and FUN , also grimly disturbing. And FUN.

This was a strong influence for Quentin Tarantino.

Perfect.

Thanks for the upload greetings from Costa Rica 😎

"The telephone." 🤣

I'd rather have a box of fish than a son like that.🤣

The site where she is standing after being abandoned is just metres from where Bond and M stand when they stop in Glen Coe in Skyfall.

best EVER comedy

Fabulous

Ripping Yarns - they’ve withstood the test of time.

I don't remember a laughter track on this!

"... Shot in the back... well he WAS eighty-seven..."

That's the Manor house at where PInewood studios came into existence, above Black Park Estate, above Iver Heath, before Fulmer, indeed. Where the filum 'The Amazing Mr Blunden', and round a bouts 'A Clocky Orange' were shotttttt.

Father looking just like a 'gone to seed' Alan Sugar 😁

Ian Cuthbertson.....Charles Endel Esq...RIP

"With Bovril Mi'Lady??"

I absolutely love Isabel Dean! Gone 27 years today!

Hello Mumsay!

Went in one of these barber places I got subject on to cars I asked whose new Mercedes is that outside. Yes you guessed so your right again