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Rutland Weekend Television

Rutland Weekend Television

★ 6.3/10•1975•30m•Comedy
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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)'.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 12, 1975

Episodes

Episode 1 - Rutland Weekend GibberishE130m

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

Episode 2 - Rutland Weekend Kung-FuE230m

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

Episode 3 - Rutland Weekend Warning SystemE328m

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

Episode 4 - Rutland Weekend Whistle TestE429m

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

Jun 2, 1975

Episode 5 - Rutland Weekend Rain in HendonE529m

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

Jun 9, 1975

Episode 6 - Rutland Weekend Budget CutsE629m

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

Jun 16, 1975

Episode 7 - Christmas with Rutland Weekend TelevisionE7

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

Dec 26, 1975

Actors

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Various Characters

Neil Innes

Neil Innes

Various Characters

David Battley

David Battley

Henry Woolf

Henry Woolf

Gwen Taylor

Gwen Taylor

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