Seasons(2) / Episodes(9)
Plots(1)
The nine lavishly produced half-hour comedies, each starring Michael Palin, spoof the stirring adventure stories that were a staple of Edwardian schoolboy life. Plucky heroes triumph over adversity (or not) in such varied settings as Victorian London, Depression-era Yorkshire, WWII Germany, Peru, and India during the Raj.
The Episodes:
Tomkinson's Schooldays
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Escape From Stalag Luft 112B
Murder at Moorstones Manor
Across the Andes by Frog
The Curse of the Claw
Whinfrey's Last Case
Golden Gordon
Roger of the Raj
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Michael Palin
UK
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Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) (series)
Staged (2020) (series)
Terry Jones
UK
Best series:
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
The Young Ones (1982) (series)
Denholm Elliott
UK
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The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Bangkok Hilton (1989) (series)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Gwen Watford
UK
Best series:
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Ian Ogilvy
UK
Best series:
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Robin of Sherwood (1984) (series)
John Barrett
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Kenneth Colley
UK
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Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986) (series)
Misfits (2009) (series)
Candace Glendenning
UK
Best series:
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Blakes 7 (1978) (series)
Disneyland (1954) (series)
John Louis Mansi
UK
Best series:
'Allo 'Allo! (1982) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Edward Hardwicke
UK
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (series)
Jack May
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Muzzy in Gondoland (1986) (series)
David Leland
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) (series)
John Cleese
UK
Best series:
At Last the 1948 Show (1967) (series)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) (series)
Over the Garden Wall (2014) (series)
Roy Kinnear
UK
Best series:
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Blakes 7 (1978) (series)
Maria Aitken
Ireland
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Roger Sloman
UK
Best series:
Mr. Bean (1990) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Richard Vernon
UK
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The Storyteller (1987) (series)
Yes, Prime Minister (1986) (series)
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Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best series:
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The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
Matthew Scurfield
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) (series)
Hilary Mason
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)