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Michael Palin and Terry Jones's much-loved spoof. Spectacular tales of derring-do.

Michael Palin and Terry Jones's much-loved spoof. Spectacular tales of derring-do and derring-don't, from Tomkinson's Schooldays to Across the Andes by Frog.

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Ripping Yarns: Series 2: Episode 1: Whinfrey's Last Case

Whinfrey's Last Case

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Episode 1: Whinfrey's Last Case

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BBC Two - Ripping Yarns, Series 2, Whinfrey's Last Case

A German plot coincides with heroic Gerald Whinfrey's Cornish fishing holiday.

A knock-about tale of international intrigue in which dashing, debonair superspy Gerald Whinfrey uncovers a dastardly German plot.

A knockabout tale of international intrigue. Dashing, debonair Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week. But in 1913 a German plot - to start the First World War without telling anyone - coincides with his Cornish fishing holiday. Where will Whinfrey's loyalties lie?

Ripping Yarns: Series 2

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