Ripping Yarns

Series 1

Episode 4: Murder at Moorstones Manor

BBC Two

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 11^th Oct 1977, 21:00 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Apr 2023, 00:00 on BBC Four HD

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Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns out to be longer than they thought.

Contributors

Hugo/Charles:: Michael Palin
Dora:: Candace Glendenning
Mother:: Isabel Dean
Dr Parson:: Iain Cuthbertson
Ruth:: Anne Zelda
Father:: Frank Middlemass
Manners:: Harold Innocent
Jehovah's Witness 1:: Barbara New
Jehovah's Witness 2:: Gilly Flower
Director:: Terry Hughes
Writer:: Michael Palin
Writer:: Terry Jones

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Ripping Yarns

Series

Ripping Yarns: Series 1

Source: BBC Online

Satan's Slave

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 9^th Jun 2007, 01:15 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 20^th Jun 2009, 02:00 on BBC Two England

Horror about satanic goings-on in the Home Counties. A young woman (Candace Glendenning) visits her strange uncle in the country and discovers that he is involved in black magic. Show more

Nicholas and Alexandra

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 57 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 6^th Apr 2008, 12:30 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Sun 21^st Feb 2016, 12:15 on BBC Two HD

A lavish Oscar-winning production telling the story of the last Russian royal family in the days before the 1917 revolution and their bloody execution. Starring Michael Jayston. Show more