Rutland Weekend Television (1975–present)

Name: Rutland Weekend Television
Genre: Comedy

TV ShowOn airBBC TwoComedy2 seasons, 14 episodes

Plot

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)'.

Episodes by season

Season017Episodes1975Aired—Season avg

S01E01Rutland Weekend GibberishMay 12, 1975—Sketches: Gibberish, condemned man, saving fish, soldiers unaware the war is over, minesweeper, Churchill's cat. Songs: Star of the Sexy Mo
S01E02Rutland Weekend Kung-FuMay 19, 1975—Sketches: Come dancing, philosophy corner, moron, origami, cookery time, documentary, kung dancing. Songs: Say Sorry Again, Communist Cooki
S01E03Rutland Weekend Warning SystemMay 26, 1975—Sketches: Warnings of Offensive Content, Schizophrenia, Documentary: Mungo Wright, Collier's Religions, Thrust with Splig Utherism, Selling
S01E04Rutland Weekend Whistle TestJune 2, 1975—Sketches: The Old Gay Whistle Test, Rutland Weekend Theatre, Amnesia, Farming Beauty Queens, Showbiz Butchers, A Penny For Your Warts. Song
S01E05Rutland Weekend Rain in HendonJune 9, 1975—Sketches: Wife Swapping, The Rain in Hendon, Documentary: TV Politicians, Prime Minister, Your Questions Answered, Holiday '75, The Devil in
S01E06Rutland Weekend Budget CutsJune 16, 1975—Sketches: Financial Problems, Religion Today, Incident at Bromsgrove, The Execution of Charles I, Man Alive: Suburban Prisons. Songs: Singi
S01E07Christmas with Rutland Weekend TelevisionDecember 26, 1975—Sketches: Alberto Rewrite Five, Christmas Night with the Scars, Home Skiing, Christmas Present Women, Vicar, Film Night, George Harrison Sin

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season027Episodes1976Aired—Season avg

S02E01Rutland Weekend RutlesNovember 12, 1976—Sketches: Botched Intros, Defence Lawyer, Love is an Illness, The Rutles, The Entire History of the World: Volume 3, Classic Season, That's
S02E02Rutland Weekend Cop ShowNovember 19, 1976—Sketches: The Razor Blade Four, Quite Interesting People, Expose on Carswapping, Rutland 5-O, Coming up on RWT. Songs: Topless A-Go-Go, God
S02E03Rutland Weekend SequelNovember 26, 1976—Sketches: Prisoner, Tomorrow's Burke, Husband and Wife, Collier Rides Again, Restaurant Dress Code, Killing People Songs: I Give Myself to
S02E04Rutland Weekend SprimpoDecember 3, 1976—Songs: The Hard to Get, Sprimpo, 24 Hours in Tunbridge Wells.
S02E05Rutland Weekend InsuranceDecember 10, 1976—Sketches: Tony Bilbow Theatre, Extremely Method Actor, Flag Flog Day, Sex Problems, Travel Agency Escape Songs: Song O' The Insurance Men,
S02E06Rutland Weekend Is InnocentDecember 17, 1976—Sketches: Highwayman, Lone Accountant, Judge Jeffries, Safari Park, Sexist Sketch, The Writer's Power, Recitation, Nixon Is Innocent. Songs
S02E07Rutland Weekend Showtime!December 24, 1976—Sketches: Repression, Censorship, David Frost Show Again, The Pink Panzer, The AA, Angels' Protests, Postman, Sportsbore. Songs: Smoke of A

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Cast

Eric IdleVarious Characters

Neil InnesVarious Characters

David Battley

Henry Woolf

Gwen Taylor

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