Title The complete ripping yarns / BBC ; written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones ; producers/directors, Terry Hughes, Jim Franklin, and Alan J.W. Bell.

Publication Info.	[United States] : Acorn Media, 2005.
	1976.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD COMPLETE VOL. 1	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD COMPLETE VOL. 2	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual	DVD RIPPING disc 2 DISC 2	Check Shelf

Description	2 videodiscs (approximately 274 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
System Details	DVD; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
	DVD-ROM requirements: Computer; DVD-ROM drive; Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or highter software.
Note	Title from container.
Cast	Michael Palin.
Note	Originally broadcast by the BBC from 1976-1979.
	"by Monty Python's Michael Palin and Terry Jones"--container.
Audience	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary	Contains nine half-hour comedies that spoof the stirring adventure stories written to stiffen the characters of Edwardian British boys.
Contents	Disc 1. Tomkinson's schooldays -- Testing of Eric Olthwaite -- Escape from Stalag Luft 112B -- Murder at Moorstones Manor -- Across the Andes by frog -- Curse of the claw -- Disc 2. Whinfrey's last case -- Golden Gordon -- Roger of the Raj.
Note	Special features: commentaries for all 9 episodes by Michael Palin and Terry Jones; laugh-track-free audio option; deleted scene; photo gallery; Comic Roots: Michael Palin, 1983; restoration clip; stills gallery; Michael Palin's original scripts (DVD-ROM); commemorative booklet.
	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Endowed public schools (Great Britain) -- Drama.
	Murder -- Drama.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama.
	Horror plays.
	India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Drama.
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Great Britain -- Drama.
	Soccer -- Drama.
	Soccer fans -- Drama.
	Bildungsromans -- England -- Yorkshire -- Drama.
	Travel -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Television comedies.
	Parody films.
Added Author	Palin, Michael.
	Jones, Terry, 1942-2020
	Hughes, Terry (Terry W.)
	Franklin, Jim. Director.
	Bell, Alan J. W.
	British Broadcasting Corporation.
	Acorn Media (Firm)
ISBN	1569387893
	9781569387894
Standard No.	054961789399
Music No.	7893 Acorn Media
	AMP-7893 Acorn Media

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