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Add MS 89284/1/78
- Record Id:
- 040-003390917
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100052139746.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/1/78
- Title:
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Ripping Yarns - Part 4: Correspondence and Additional Material
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence and additional material relating to Ripping Yarns, as follows:
- letter from the BBC to Jill Foster offering a contract for a 30-minute pilot script, with the option on six further scripts, and Foster's reply, 21-22 May 1975;
- letters from fans, congratulating Palin and Jones on the programme, 1976-1979;
- letter from Mel Calman to Palin congratulating him on the show and inviting him to a private view of James Boswell's drawing of brothels on 5 Oct, 26 Sept 1977;
- carbon copy of letter from Palin to Bill Cotton asking him to reconsider a re-recoding of the audience reaction to Ripping Yarns, 23 Mar 1978;
- letter from the Broadcasting Press Guild to Palin confirming their award as light entertainment programme of the year, 18 Apr 1978, with attached press cutting;
- letter to Lorne Michaels from BBC Enterprises, explaining that it is not possible to sell Ripping Yarns to Saturday Night Live as PBS have acquired exclusive rights to it, 29 Aug 1978;
- letter (first page only) from Jill Foster to Palin regarding repeat fees for Monty Python, a letter from John Howard Davies regarding the possibility of doing more Ripping Yarns, money due to him after the ABC trial, the Festival for Racial Equality in Oldham and reading '1066 and All That' for the BBC Bristol 'Storytime' series, 13 Nov 1978;
- letter from Jill Foster thanking Palin for his invitation to Ripping Yarns, 20 Jul 1979;
- photocopy of a letter from Palin to John Howard Davies regarding a Ripping Yarns film idea, 12 Jun 1979, and letter from Davies to Palin regarding his decision to transmit the next three programmes with the audience tracks, 6 Aug 1979;
- photocopy of letter from Palin to BBC Enterprises regarding the Eyre Methuen proposal to do a second Ripping Yarns book, 28 Jan 1980;
- note from Geoffrey Strachan to Palin congratulating him on the BAFTA award to Ripping Yarns, 21 Mar 1980;
- 4 letters between EuroAtlantic Ltd and BBC Enterprises regarding extension of copyright for Ripping Yarns, 24 Mar-11 Jun 1981;
- two letters from John Howard Davies regarding the Ripping Yarns film (not realised for lack of funding), 25 Sept-8 Oct 1981;
- letter from BBC Enterprises to Gumby Corporation regarding the sale of Ripping Yarns for in-flight entertainment, 6 Aug 1982;
- letter to Anne James from the BBC telling her the do not have any immediate plans for repeating Ripping Yarns, 6 Aug 1986;
- letter to Palin from Mayday agency with viewing figures for Ripping Yarns, 14 Feb 1990;
- memo from Anne James to Palin regarding the video and DVD rights for Ripping Yarns, 23 Jan 2002;
- 2 letters to Palin regarding the text for the Ripping Yarns DVD booklet, 13 and 19 Aug 2004;
- printout of email from Anne James to Palin and Jones regarding BBC Worldwide's agreement for royalties on their programmes including Ripping Yarns, undated;
- note from 'George' with attached a press cutting about a fall in Spear and Jackson's sales (their shovels are mentioned in the Eric Olthwaite episode), undated.;
- handwritten notes about the order of transmission, May 1977 (2 pages, one of which has note on a 'novel' on the back of it);
- Radio Times intros for Ripping Yarns - typescript with holograph annotations, 2 pages, 25 Aug 1977;
- agreement with the BBC for 'further 3 x 30-minute scripts for the series 'Ripping Yarns', 15 Mar 1978 (2 photocopies);
- Ripping Yarns credit list for the last 3 episodes;
- report by the audience research department for 'Whinfrey's Last Case', 9 Nov 1979;
- storylines of Ripping Yarns episodes - typescript;
- copy for Ripping Yarns books - draft typescript with corrections, undated;
- list of winners of the British Academy Awards for Television 1979, March 1980;
- Ripping Yarns stations and markets covered under new contract - typescript, undated;
- transcript of event with Palin and Jones at the National Film Theatre (BFI) for the launch for the Ripping Yarns DVD on 7 Oct 2004;
- photocopy of a page from a notebook with a list of episode and audience rates, undated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003389350
037-003390910
040-003390917 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects
Add MS 89284/1/75-78 : Michael Palin Archive: 'Ripping Yarns. Tomkinson's Schooldays. The Tasting of Eric Olthwaite'
Add MS 89284/1/78 : Ripping Yarns - Part 4: Correspondence and Additional Material - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0038]/037-003390910[0004]/040-003390917
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1976
- End Date:
- 1976
- Date Range:
- 1975-2012
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- A sign 'Frogs. Keep Moist' from 'Across the Andes by Frog' set was found here by moved to Add MS 89284/1/88 by the cataloguer.
- Names:
- BBC Worldwide, broadcasting services, 1979-
Boswell, James Edward Buchanan, artist, 1906-1971
British Broadcasting Corporation, 1923-
Broadcasting Press Guild, journalist association, 1974-
Calman, Melville, cartoonist, 1931-1994
Cotton, William Frederick, Knight, aka Bill, television producer and executive, 1928-2008
Davies, John Howard, actor and television producer and director, 1939-2011
Foster, Jill, agent, fl 1975-1979
Gumby Corporation Ltd, artistic creation company, 1975-
James, Anne, producer and agent, née Henshaw, b 1941
Jill Foster Ltd, screenwriting agency, 1976-
Jones, Terence Graham Parry, actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter and film director; called Terry, 1942-2020
Mayday Management, financial management company, 1983-
Michaels, Lorne, producer, writer, comedian, actor, b 1944
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), broadcasting services, 1969-
Strachan, Geoffrey, editor, fl 1974-1997