Eric Idle
Director
Rutland Weekend Television (1975)
Season 1
Comedy sketch series purporting to show the programming of a low key regional television service. Written by Eric Idle of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' fame. A popular feature was the music of Neil Innes (one time member of the eccentric Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band), especially his Beatles parody The Rutles. They later featured in their own film: 'The Rutles (All You Need Is Cash)'.
Released May 12, 1975
Episode 30 min
None+
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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Rutland Weekend Gibberish
Sketches: Gibberish, condemned man, saving fish, soldiers unaware the war is over, minesweeper, Churchill's cat.
Songs: Star of the Sexy Movies, Stoop Solo
May 12, 1975, midnight
S1E2 - Rutland Weekend Kung-Fu
Sketches: Come dancing, philosophy corner, moron, origami, cookery time, documentary, kung dancing.
Songs: Say Sorry Again, Communist Cooking, Lie Down and Be Counted
May 19, 1975, midnight
S1E3 - Rutland Weekend Warning System
Sketches: Warnings of Offensive Content, Schizophrenia, Documentary: Mungo Wright, Collier's Religions, Thrust with Splig Utherism, Selling Families, Tomorrow's TV Forecast.
Songs: Children Of Rock 'n' Roll, Football, Boring
May 26, 1975, midnight
S1E4 - Rutland Weekend Whistle Test
Sketches: The Old Gay Whistle Test, Rutland Weekend Theatre, Amnesia, Farming Beauty Queens, Showbiz Butchers, A Penny For Your Warts.
Songs: The Fabulous Bingo Brothers, Protest Song
June 2, 1975, midnight
S1E5 - Rutland Weekend Rain in Hendon
Sketches: Wife Swapping, The Rain in Hendon, Documentary: TV Politicians, Prime Minister, Your Questions Answered, Holiday '75, The Devil in the Electrics Shop.
Songs: I'm the Urban Spaceman, Frontloader
June 9, 1975, midnight
S1E6 - Rutland Weekend Budget Cuts
Sketches: Financial Problems, Religion Today, Incident at Bromsgrove, The Execution of Charles I, Man Alive: Suburban Prisons.
Songs: Singing a Song is Easy, L'Amour Perdu, Stuck in Mrs Fletcher's
June 16, 1975, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: May 12, 1975
Last Air Date: Dec. 24, 1976, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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