"Ripping Yarns" Murder at Moorstones Manor (1977)

Director:

Terry Hughes

Writers:

Michael Palin (by) and
Terry Jones (by)

TV Series:

"Ripping Yarns" (1976)

Original Air Date:

11 October 1977 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

Sir Clive Chiddingfield invites his family to his birthday party at lonely Moorstones Manor but in the...

Plot Keywords:

Characters Killed One By One | Murder | Butler | Woman Shot | Comical Female Death

Cast

Michael Palin	...	Charles Chiddingfold / Hugo Chiddingfold
Isabel Dean	...	Lady Chiddingfold
Iain Cuthbertson	...	Dr. Farson
Frank Middlemass	...	Father
Harold Innocent	...	Manners
Candace Glendenning	...	Dora
Ann Zelda	...	Ruth (as Anne Zelda)

Directed by
Terry Hughes

Writing credits
Michael Palin		(by) and
Terry Jones		(by)

Film Editing by
Ray Millichope

Production Design by
Martin Collins		(designer)

Costume Design by
Barbara Lane

Makeup Department
Jean Speak	....	makeup artist

Sound Department
Ron Edmonds	....	dubbing mixer
Bryan Showell	....	sound recordist

Stunts
Stuart Fell	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Hall	....	film cameraman

Other crew
Marcus Plantin	....	production assistant
Jim Delany	....	double: Frank Middlemass (uncredited)
Shirley English	....	double: Ann Zelda (uncredited)
Derek Hunt	....	double: Michael Palin (uncredited)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (as BBC Colour)

Distributors

• Comedy Central (2009) (Hungary) (TV)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG (video rating) (1986)

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Michele Dotrice was asked to play Dora.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dora is shown lost during the night on the Moors, she is wearing a cardigan which she was not wearing in the car or when she finally arrives at the Manor.