Ripping Yarns Season 1

Season 1

Air date: 1976-01-07

Episodes: 6

Episodes

E1: Tomkinson's Schooldays

Set in the frontier days of British education, when upper lips were stiff with cold and corporal punishment was an A-level. A savage, searing indictment of something or other.

Air date: 1976-01-07 • ★ 8.7

E2: The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

A boy becomes a man in the harsh world of the Depression. The rough, tough story of folk who couldn't afford to go on the Jarrow March.

Air date: 1977-09-27

E3: Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

A tale of courage and valour behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. An inspiring story of camp life and a British officer who wouldn't lie down.

Air date: 1977-10-04

E4: Murder at Moorstones Manor

Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns out to be longer than they thought.

Air date: 1977-10-11

E5: Across the Andes by Frog

The epic story of one man and six frogs who tried to defy the world in the greatest gamble of all.

Air date: 1977-10-18

E6: The Curse of the Claw

The terrifying story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and lived to tell the tale. Or did he?

Air date: 1977-10-25