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Rutland Weekend Television — Season 1

19757 episodes6.3/10 (6 votes)

About this season

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 (7)

Rutland Weekend Gibberish
E1

1. Rutland Weekend Gibberish

Aired 12 May 1975 • 30 min

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
E2

2. Rutland Weekend Kung-Fu

Aired 19 May 1975 • 30 min

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
E3

3. Rutland Weekend Warning System

Aired 26 May 1975 • 28 min

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
E4

4. Rutland Weekend Whistle Test

Aired 2 June 1975 • 29 min

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
E5

5. Rutland Weekend Rain in Hendon

Aired 9 June 1975 • 29 min

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
E6

6. Rutland Weekend Budget Cuts

Aired 16 June 1975 • 29 min

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

Christmas with Rutland Weekend Television
E7

7. Christmas with Rutland Weekend Television

Aired 26 December 1975

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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