Rex the Runt(1998)
Overview
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.
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No imageSeason 1
13 episodes • 1998
Season 1
13 episodes • 1998
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holiday in Vince | Dec 21, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Stinky's Search for a Star | Dec 21, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Easter Island | Dec 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Too Many Dogs | Dec 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The City Shrinkers | Dec 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Adventures on Telly 1 | Dec 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Adventures on Telly 2 | Dec 24, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Adventures on Telly 3 | Dec 25, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Trials of Wendy | Dec 27, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Under the Duvet | Dec 30, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Bob's International Hiccup Centre | Dec 31, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Johnny Saveloy's Undoing | Dec 31, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Carbonara | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 2
13 episodes • 2001
Season 2
13 episodes • 2001
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mouse in Me Kitchen | Sep 23, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Wendy's Hot Date | Sep 30, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Patio | Oct 7, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 4 | A Crap Day Out | Oct 14, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Slim Bob | Oct 21, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Private Wendy | Oct 28, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Rocket Raymond | Nov 4, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Plasticene Gene | Nov 11, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Wendy's New Hair Do | Nov 18, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Art of Cooking | Nov 25, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Bob Joins a Gang | Dec 2, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Wayne the Zebra | Dec 9, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Hole in the Garden | Dec 16, 2001 | 0.0 |
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