Rutland Weekend Television

📊 Series Specifications

Network BBC Two
Episode Runtime ~30 min
Total Seasons 2
Total Episodes 14
Original Language EN
Creator Eric Idle

Rutland Weekend Television (1975)

Created by Eric Idle
⭐ 3.1 / 5 (6 votes) 🎬 2 Seasons 📼 14 Episodes 🏷️ Comedy 📡 Returning Series
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Series Status:

Currently airing weekly on international broadcast networks.

Returning Series

Synopsis

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)'.

Seasons & Episodes

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E1 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

E2 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

E3 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

E4 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

E5 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

E6 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

E7 Christmas with Rutland Weekend Television

Sketches: Alberto Rewrite Five, Christmas Night with the Scars, Home Skiing, Christmas Present Women, Vicar, Film Night, George Harrison Sings. Songs: Testing One Two, I Don't Believe in Santa Any More, Concrete Jungle Boy, The Pirate Song

Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →