Rutland Weekend Television (1975)
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)'.
First Air Date: 1975-05-12
Last Air Date: 1976-12-24
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 14
Created By: Eric Idle
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Eric Idle as Various Characters
- Neil Innes as Various Characters
- David Battley as N/A
- Henry Woolf as N/A
- Gwen Taylor as N/A
- Bob Harris as N/A
Seasons
None (1975)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: 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
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Ep. 2: 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
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Ep. 3: 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
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Ep. 4: 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
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Ep. 5: 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
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Ep. 6: 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
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Ep. 7: 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
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