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Rex the Runt

Season 1 1998 - 1999

  • 1998-12-21T00:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 10m
  • 2h 10m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Animation, Comedy
Rex the Runt is an animated claymation television show produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entertainment and Egmont Imagination. Its main characters are four plasticine dogs: Rex, Wendy, Bad Bob and Vince. The series began with a short, Ident, in 1989 directed by Richard Goleszowski. After a long gestation period this developed into two unaired shorts and then thirteen ten-minute episodes that first aired over two weeks on BBC2 from December 1998. A second thirteen episode series aired from September 2001 on the same channel. As well as the core cast guest voices included Paul Merton, Morwenna Banks, Judith Chalmers, Antoine de Caunes, Bob Holness, Bob Monkhouse, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Arthur Smith, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Pam Ayres and Eddie Izzard.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1998-12-21T00:00:00Z

1x01 Holiday in Vince

Series Premiere

1x01 Holiday in Vince

  • 1998-12-21T00:00:00Z10m

The gang miniaturise a submarine and go on a fantastic journey through Vince's brain.

1x02 Stinky's Search for a Star

  • 1998-12-21T00:00:00Z10m

Short of cash again, the gang form a band and enter Stinky Basil's "Search for a Star" competition.

1998-12-22T00:00:00Z

1x03 Easter Island

1x03 Easter Island

  • 1998-12-22T00:00:00Z10m

Attempting to reach New Zealand by helicopter, the gang crash on a tiny island. Rex is abducted by aliens.

1998-12-22T00:00:00Z

1x04 Too Many Dogs

1x04 Too Many Dogs

  • 1998-12-22T00:00:00Z10m

The gang's house has disappeared. They attempt to recover it using Bad Bob's "Go-Back-In-Time-O-Tron".

1998-12-23T00:00:00Z

1x05 The City Shrinkers

1x05 The City Shrinkers

  • 1998-12-23T00:00:00Z10m

The gang wins the National Lottery but the prize - the City of Birmingham - is not at all what they expected.

1998-12-23T00:00:00Z

1x06 Adventures on Telly 1

1x06 Adventures on Telly 1

  • 1998-12-23T00:00:00Z10m

After Bad Bob shoots the TV set, the gang are ordered to go on exciting adventures by the man who runs Television.

1998-12-24T00:00:00Z

1x07 Adventures on Telly 2

1x07 Adventures on Telly 2

  • 1998-12-24T00:00:00Z10m

The gang journey to the North Pole, and drill a hole to find out what's at the centre of the Earth.

1998-12-25T00:00:00Z

1x08 Adventures on Telly 3

1x08 Adventures on Telly 3

  • 1998-12-25T00:00:00Z10m

Lost in space, the gang stumble on a branch of 'Poultry Pantry', the interstellar fast-food chain.

1998-12-27T00:00:00Z

1x09 The Trials of Wendy

1x09 The Trials of Wendy

  • 1998-12-27T00:00:00Z10m

Wendy is put on trial for shooting Vince (who is unharmed except for a large bullet hole). She is acquitted and becomes a huge TV star.

1998-12-30T00:00:00Z

1x10 Under the Duvet

1x10 Under the Duvet

  • 1998-12-30T00:00:00Z10m

Rex, Wendy and Bob spend a weekend at Aunty Brenda's University of Love learning about "the mysteries of the bedroom".

Bob discovers he has a genius for curing hiccups and the gang temporarily become very rich.

1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

1x12 Johnny Saveloy's Undoing

1x12 Johnny Saveloy's Undoing

  • 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z10m

Wendy is brainwashed by TV evangelist heart-throb Johnny Saveloy, leader of the "chemicalology" cult.

Season Finale

1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

1x13 Carbonara

Season Finale

1x13 Carbonara

  • 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z10m

While looking around in Bob's shed, Rex accidentally gets run through a meat grinder. Bob runs off to ask Dr. Dog's opinion, but Rex has an even bigger problem, when Vince mistakes the ground-up Rex for spaghetti.

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