The complete Ripping yarns [(DVD) videorecording] / BBC ; written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones ; producers/directors, Terry Hughes, Jim Franklin, and Alan J.W. Bell.
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.