Barnestoneworth united is the worst football team of 1935, who lose every match. Rent ripping yarns 1976 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Tomkinsons schooldays, escape from stalag luft 112b, and golden gordon. Curated website of beautiful yarns, notions, and patterns. One episode, called golden gordon, follows gordon ottershaw, biggest fan of nonleague barnstoneworth united. Barnstoneworth even play in silsdens colours of red, black and white. Sometimes weirdness alone in a comedy can keep ones attention, the successful gags being a bonus. Gordon ottershaw, barnstoneworths biggest and perhaps only football supporter, desperately hopes for one last victory f. It was followed by a first series of six episodes including a rerun of the pilot was broadcast in 1977. We are a secondhand bookshop in north london, formerly of 355 archway road, specialising in collectable childrens and illustrated books.
Ripping yarns is a british television comedy series. Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series six episodes in september and october 1977 and three episodes in. Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series five episodes in october 1977 and three episodes in october 1979. The release of the complete series on dvd is ripping good news. Season 2 guide for ripping yarns tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Ripping yarns golden gordon tv episode 1979 trivia imdb.
The curse of the claw and golden gordon being my favourites palin is doing some great acting here and the scripts are topnotch. For any football fan of a lesser known team, perhaps in decline,then this is the bees knees. Ripping yarns season 2 episode 2golden gordon youtube. Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series six episodes in september and october 1977 and three episodes in october 1979. Golden gordon sees a fanatical football fan try to. What are the ratings and certificates for ripping yarns 1976 golden gordon 22. Not as well known as fawlty towers or the rutles, michael palin and terry joness ripping yarns is poised for discovery as among the best of the postpython projects. Following an initial pilot episode in january 1976, it ran for two series five episodes in september and october 1977 and three episodes in october 1979. Rent ripping yarns 1976 starring michael palin on dvd and bluray. Acorn medias handsome presentation of the material courtesy bbc. Ripping yarns golden gordon tv episode 1979 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Ripping yarns is a group for people to have a knit or spin, crochet, sew and socialise on a regular basis.
Ripping yarns golden gordon and its connection with. Following the phenomenal success of monty pythons flying circus, michael palin and terry jones created this unforgettable, baftawinning series of comic plays for the bbc gleefully parodying the conventions of boys ownstyle adventure, ripping yarns sees palin taking the protagonists role in nine riproaring stories from stirring tales of sporting endeavour, intrepid exploration and. Watch ripping yarns online full episodes of season 2 to. Find out when ripping yarns is on tv, including series 2episode 2. The nine ripping yarns were made for the bbc from 1976 to 1978. Download ripping yarns complete x264 dvdrip torrent ext. The other ripping yarns all have their moments but golden gordon has supplied me and a bunch of my. Ripping yarns pop culture wiki fandom powered by wikia. Tomkinsons 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 whinfreys last case golden gordon roger of the raj. The complete ripping yarns download dvd british comedy guide. Golden, for example, is a comparatively subdued episode but has a certain charm, ditto winfrey. Ripping yarns was the definitive parody of the boys own genre.
The films also star gwen watford, ian ogilvy, roy kinnear, and bill fraser. Conclusion indispensable comedy but the lack of effort in the dvd is a shame. The next story is perhaps one of the best remembered of all the ripping yarns series. Golden gordon, roger of the raj and whinfreys last case are all perfect comedies without an inch of fat on them. Ripping yarns series and episode guides tv from radiotimes. Sep 03, 2016 ripping yarns season 2 episode 2 golden gordon duration. Jan 29, 2020 ripping yarns features three exciting tales from different eras starring comic actor extraordinaire michael palin. With michael palin, gwen taylor, bill fraser, teddy turner. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Ripping yarns golden gordon tv episode 1979 trivia on imdb. Download ripping yarns complete x264 dvdrip torrent. Ripping yarns online yarn shop ripping yarns crafts.
Exclusive to, the complete ripping yarns reprint features scripts for the nine ripping yarns episodes. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Ripping yarns golden gordon tv episode 1979 filming. His beloved barnstoneworth united were once a mighty non league team but now have fallen on hard times in the local yorkshire league. This show is a collection of tales that make for ripping good television. Ripping yarns is a television comedy series created by michael palin and terry jones and first broadcast on bbc 2 between 1976 and 1979. Gordon ottershaw is,however,their loyal fan,determined. Each episode is illustrated with photos from various scenes scattered throughout plus the occasional fullpage feature, and theres a.
Charles mckeown, pat taylor, charles marcelle, margot lawson, michael palin. After the monty python tv shows in the early 70s terry jones and myself had to find a comedy formula that didnt look like a ripoff of python. John cleese makes a cameo appearance in the episode golden gordon. We knew from the ripping yarns box set that it was filmed in the silsden area, including the ground at saltaire and the house at keighley. Arabic catala english euskera french galician german greek hungarian italian persian polish portuguese portuguese brazilian romanian russian spanish swedish. Ripping yarns season 2 episode 2 golden gordon duration. Ripping yarns catch up, series 2 whinfreys last case on. It was written by michael palin and terry jones of monty python fame. The complete ripping yarns michael palin, terry jones on. We have boys and girls school and adventure stories, puffins, annuals, british comics, outofprint modern childrens fiction and a. This video is about the home ground of barnstoneworth united fc, a fictional football club featured in the golden gordon episode of ripping yarns written by michael palin and terry jones. Ripping yarns golden gordon and its connection with kildwick hall and a butchers shop in bradley most people will recognise the names michael palin and terry jones.
Ry is very entertaining, quite pythonesque in many ways. They were both members of the worldfamous comedy troupe zmonty pythons flying ircus. The eighth episode of ripping yarns, the series of splendid adventures set in the early 1900s created by terry jones and michael palin. Golden gordon was first aired on 17th october 1979, and featured palin as football fan gordon ottershaw, and bill fraser as wealthy scrapmetal dealer arthur foggen. Where was the ripping yarns episode golden gordon filmed. Download torrent added 4 hours ago in tv downloaded 0 time. Michael palin and terry jones of monty python fame collaborated on ripping yarns, a halfhour comedy series from the bbc. Disc 2 1976 starring michael palin on dvd and bluray. Ripping yarns is a british television adventure comedy anthology series. Apr 04, 2014 bbc4 started reruns of the classic comedy series from michael palin and terry jones, ripping yarns, last night. Ripping yarns is just that, a collection of tales of great adventure, mystery, suspense and high drama, that make for ripping good television. Golden gordon is the perfect story of the decline barnsworth united from plucky yorkshire more ripping yearns are the scripts of the second series of ripping yearns which was a criminal three. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
If youre not a python fan, ripping yarns isnt likely to convert you as the humor is much the same if more focused. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Six episodes of michael palins seventies comedy series. Ripping yarns catch up, series 2 roger of the raj on bbc 4. Ripping yarns season 2 episode 1winfreys last case youtube.
Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Gordon ottershaw, barnstoneworths biggest and perhaps only football supporter, desperately hopes for one last victory for the team. Johns, the shadow in the north by philip pullman, mobydick or, the whale by herman m. Michael palin is superb in the role of gordon,the supporting cast are also very funny. Ripping yarns dvd, 2001, box set for sale online ebay. Surely a series with the cult status of ripping yarns deserves some kind of background information at least for the loyal fans. Golden gordon was about an english football fan trying to deal with the fact that the local team, who had not won a game. Featuring in this sketch was michael palin, booked as nietszche for telling the referee he had no. In true python style, each episode is a send up of oldfashioned boys adventure stories with fantastical settings and improbable characters. Golden gordon which had an audience of 7 million viewers is about gordon ottershaw and his obsessive support of his local football team barnstoneworth united, whos golden era is now long gone as the club slips from embarrassing defeat to even more. Sir michael palin played a different lead character in each yarn. It was first broadcast on bbc 2 between 1976 and 1979.
A diverse range of yarns from erika knight, rico, west yorkshire spinners, stylecraft, king cole and more. This is a list of the nine episodes forming the series. Ripping yarns tv show season 2 episodes list next episode. Watch ripping yarns online full episodes of season 2 to 1. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Episode two of the second series of ripping yarns is golden gordon, a loving parody of a nonleague football fan and yorkshire football in general, filmed around barnoldswick and keighley. Ripping yarns started a year after python ended, with its pilot tomkinsons schooldays being broadcast in 1975. Golden gordon is about football fanatic gordon ottershaw during the 1930s depression.
My first encounter with ripping yarns was with this episode and it is probably one of the best remembered. Watch ripping yarns season 2, episode 2 golden gordon. May, 2017 golden gordon, original air date 17 october 1979. Golden gordon the monty python team, despite their public schooloxbridge background, were not averse to creating material relating to the working mans ballet as shown by their typically surreal sketch international philosophy. Ripping yarns golden gordon and its connection with kildwick. Little does he know, the germans have secretly started the great war a year early.
Postpython comedy from the michael palin and terry jones partnership, with palin as the lead in a range of wacky stories that parody tales of. Gordon ottershaw supports barnstoneworth united, a team that hasnt. As a result, when palin and jones were planning a second series, the bbc decided they could afford only three more shows a 1920s espionage thriller whinfreys last case, a football story golden gordon and a spoof of the overtly racist yarns that passed unchallenged in old. Tomkinsons schooldays is a tale of stiff upper lips in the face of schoolroom bullying, while escape. Ripping yarns charming, insightful and very silly tales of englishness, empirebuilding and high adventure from michael palin and terry jones. Barnestoneworth united is the worst football team of 1935,who lose every match. Ripping yarns is one of my favorite series, however its a very specific kind of gentle parody of a very specific genre of edwardian era boys adventure literature, though it does wander from that premise occasionally. Bbc4 started reruns of the classic comedy series from michael palin and terry jones, ripping yarns, last night. While not all stories are equally funny, all are at the very least interesting to watch. Ripping yarns is an excellent showcase for palin, who is at his funniest portraying characters either obsessed a soccer fanatic in golden gordon, an illfated.
Fans of monty pythons flying circus will probably enjoy the complete ripping yarns, a twodisc set featuring all nine episodes of the 197679 series created by two expythons, michael palin and terry jones. Although all were cowritten by palin and jones, the latter appeared only in the first episode, tomkinsons schooldays. Gleefully parodying the conventions of boys ownstyle adventure, ripping yarns sees palin taking the protagonists role in nine riproaring stories from stirring tales of sporting endeavour, intrepid exploration and wartime heroism to skulduggery, supernatural mystery and murder. British comedy series by michael palin, cowritten with fellow expython terry jones. Ripping yarns season 1 episode 2the testing of eric olthwaite duration. Golden gordon is one of the funniest things i have ever seen. Download ripping yarns subtitles in english and other.