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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Series Two?[edit]

Anyone know why it was just three episodes long? Was it cancelled or intended that way? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Villafancd (talk • contribs) 17:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was on film rather than video, for higher quality, and that turned out to be too expensive; also, although it's not stated anywhere, I suspect that Palin & Jones had rather run out of ideas within the genre. 22:59, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Some of the original content is not PC. Across the Andes has been edited (cuts) since it was first released. I have a very old VHS recording from about 1983 and its not the same as the DVD version. The BBC got highly PC in the late 70s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.29.136.167 (talk) 05:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would have to look at the 2004 DVD for that, since I only have the VHS from the original broadcast, but I can believe some racism ("Roger of the Raj") and sexism ("Damassi" = schoolgirls, from Across the Andes by Frog) raising a PC eyebrow. Rodhull andemu 22:59, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

The article states:

"Palin thought of the name while driving down the A15 road and when passing the village of Rippingale in Lincolnshire. The name played in his mind until he turned it to Ripping Yarns. The Manor house used to film "The Curse of the Claw" was Rippingale House near Bourne, and its grounds and Vicarage."

However, I'm just reading Michael Palin Diaries 1969-1979 The Python Years, in which he states:

"The name came from a suggestion by Terry's brother, Nigel, who'd spotted a book on one of Terry's shelves with a similar style of schoolboy tales"

(fn 1, page 290, first publication, 2006 hardback edition, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK). Gram123 (talk) 13:23, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've cut the section. The above diary note from Palin was made on 13th Feb 1976.

Filming of The Curse of the Claw did indeed take place in Rippingale, however, it did not begin until 8th June 1977, long after the title was conceived and other (completed) episodes had already been submitted to the BBC. Gram123 (talk) 13:48, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Date of the Pilot[edit]

The article says "In 1976, the BBC commissioned a pilot episode from Palin and Jones..." However, the end of the credits of the pilot says that it's "(c) BBC 1975". M-1 (talk) 23:31, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A Cult Since the Noughties…[edit]

I think the claim that it has been a cult programme since the noughties (presumably the turn of the century) sounds entirely like original research to me; how would one guage it? To those of a certain age, who watched the programme first time round, and quoted lines here and there to fellow fans down the years, it has always been a cult. If anything, it became more main-stream when the DVDs were released, as they had a bit of promotion. Jock123 (talk) 08:59, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]