Richard Starzak
Director
Rex the Runt (1998)
Season 1
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.
Released Dec. 21, 1998
Episode 10 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.dog, tmdb.claymation, imdb.stop-motion-animation, imdb.claymation, mdblist.has-trailer
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Production Companies: Aardman Animations
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Holiday in Vince
The gang miniaturise a submarine and go on a fantastic journey through Vince's brain.
Dec. 21, 1998, midnight
S1E2 - Stinky's Search for a Star
Short of cash again, the gang form a band and enter Stinky Basil's "Search for a Star" competition.
Dec. 21, 1998, midnight
S1E3 - Easter Island
Attempting to reach New Zealand by helicopter, the gang crash on a tiny island. Rex is abducted by aliens.
Dec. 22, 1998, midnight
S1E4 - Too Many Dogs
The gang's house has disappeared. They attempt to recover it using Bad Bob's "Go-Back-In-Time-O-Tron".
Dec. 22, 1998, midnight
S1E5 - The City Shrinkers
The gang wins the National Lottery but the prize - the City of Birmingham - is not at all what they expected.
Dec. 23, 1998, midnight
S1E6 - Adventures on Telly 1
After Bad Bob shoots the TV set, the gang are ordered to go on exciting adventures by the man who runs Television.
Dec. 23, 1998, midnight
S1E7 - Adventures on Telly 2
The gang journey to the North Pole, and drill a hole to find out what's at the centre of the Earth.
Dec. 24, 1998, midnight
S1E8 - Adventures on Telly 3
Lost in space, the gang stumble on a branch of 'Poultry Pantry', the interstellar fast-food chain.
Dec. 25, 1998, midnight
S1E9 - The Trials of Wendy
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.
Dec. 27, 1998, midnight
S1E10 - Under the Duvet
Rex, Wendy and Bob spend a weekend at Aunty Brenda's University of Love learning about "the mysteries of the bedroom".
Dec. 30, 1998, midnight
S1E11 - Bob's International Hiccup Centre
Bob discovers he has a genius for curing hiccups and the gang temporarily become very rich.
Dec. 31, 1998, midnight
S1E12 - Johnny Saveloy's Undoing
Wendy is brainwashed by TV evangelist heart-throb Johnny Saveloy, leader of the "chemicalology" cult.
Dec. 31, 1998, midnight
S1E13 - Carbonara
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.
Jan. 1, 1999, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 10 min.
Season Runtime: 10 min.
Released: Dec. 21, 1998
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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