VOD (1)
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
Liz Smith
UK
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Timothy Carlton
UK
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Don Henderson
UK
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Eileen Way
UK
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Doctor Who (1963) (series)
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Nicholas Day
UK
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Petra Markham
UK
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Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
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Anita Carey
UK
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Almost Strangers (2001) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Roland MacLeod
UK
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Judy Loe
UK
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David Griffin
UK
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Barbara New
UK
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The Agatha Christie Hour (1982) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
Norman Mitchell
UK
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Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
Are You Being Served? (1972) (series)
Frank Middlemass
UK
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Iain Cuthbertson
UK
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Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
John Wentworth
UK
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The Saint (1962) (series)
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Roger Avon
UK
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Blackadder (1983) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Roger Brierley
UK
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All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
Anthony Smee
UK
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Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
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Tenniel Evans
Kenya
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Ann Way
UK
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All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Mind Your Language (1977) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)