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)'.
Rutland Weekend Television (Season 1)
Rutland Weekend Gibberish 0.0
Air date: 1975-05-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sketches: Gibberish, condemned man, saving fish, soldiers unaware the war is over, minesweeper, Churchill's cat. Songs: Star of the Sexy Movies, Stoop Solo
Rutland Weekend Kung-Fu 0.0
Air date: 1975-05-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Sketches: Come dancing, philosophy corner, moron, origami, cookery time, documentary, kung dancing. Songs: Say Sorry Again, Communist Cooking, Lie Down and Be Counted
Rutland Weekend Warning System 0.0
Air date: 1975-05-26
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: 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
Rutland Weekend Whistle Test 0.0
Air date: 1975-06-02
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: 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
Rutland Weekend Rain in Hendon 0.0
Air date: 1975-06-09
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: 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
Rutland Weekend Budget Cuts 0.0
Air date: 1975-06-16
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: 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
Seasons
Episodes 6
Episodes 7
Episodes 1