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Rutland Weekend Television

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About Rutland Weekend Television

Rutland Weekend Television is a comedy TV series that premiered on BBC Two on May 12, 1975. It has 2 seasons and 14 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 7 "Rutland Weekend Showtime!", aired on December 24, 1976.

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)'.

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Episodes

14 episodes · 2 seasons

Season 1

1975 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 50 years ago

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  1. Rutland Weekend Television S1 E7 still E7

    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

  2. Rutland Weekend Television S1 E6 still E6

    6. Rutland Weekend Budget Cuts

    Finale

    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

  3. Rutland Weekend Television S1 E5 still E5

    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

  4. Rutland Weekend Television S1 E4 still E4

    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

  5. Rutland Weekend Television S1 E3 still E3

    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

  6. Rutland Weekend Television S1 E2 still E2

    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

  7. Rutland Weekend Television S1 E1 still E1

    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

Season 2

1976 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 49 years ago

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  1. Rutland Weekend Television S2 E7 still E7

    7. Rutland Weekend Showtime!

    Finale

    Sketches: Repression, Censorship, David Frost Show Again, The Pink Panzer, The AA, Angels' Protests, Postman, Sportsbore. Songs: Smoke of Autumn Bonfires, The Penthouse Floor, Slaves of Freedom, It's Hard to Make it When You're Straight

  2. Rutland Weekend Television S2 E6 still E6

    6. Rutland Weekend Is Innocent

    Sketches: Highwayman, Lone Accountant, Judge Jeffries, Safari Park, Sexist Sketch, The Writer's Power, Recitation, Nixon Is Innocent. Songs: Drama on a Saturday Night

  3. Rutland Weekend Television S2 E5 still E5

    5. Rutland Weekend Insurance

    Sketches: Tony Bilbow Theatre, Extremely Method Actor, Flag Flog Day, Sex Problems, Travel Agency Escape Songs: Song O' The Insurance Men, Accountancy Shanty, I Don't Want to Fall In Love Again

  4. Rutland Weekend Television S2 E4 still E4

    4. Rutland Weekend Sprimpo

    Songs: The Hard to Get, Sprimpo, 24 Hours in Tunbridge Wells.

  5. Rutland Weekend Television S2 E3 still E3

    3. Rutland Weekend Sequel

    Sketches: Prisoner, Tomorrow's Burke, Husband and Wife, Collier Rides Again, Restaurant Dress Code, Killing People Songs: I Give Myself to You, Crystal Balls

  6. Rutland Weekend Television S2 E2 still E2

    2. Rutland Weekend Cop Show

    Sketches: The Razor Blade Four, Quite Interesting People, Expose on Carswapping, Rutland 5-O, Coming up on RWT. Songs: Topless A-Go-Go, Godfrey Daniel

  7. Rutland Weekend Television S2 E1 still E1

    1. Rutland Weekend Rutles

    Sketches: Botched Intros, Defence Lawyer, Love is an Illness, The Rutles, The Entire History of the World: Volume 3, Classic Season, That's My Mum. Songs: I Must Be in Love, The Age of Desperation

Cast & crew

Created by Eric Idle

  • Bob Harris

    Bob Harris

Rutland Weekend Television FAQ

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When did the latest episode of Rutland Weekend Television come out?

The most recent episode of Rutland Weekend Television, Season 2 Episode 7 "Rutland Weekend Showtime!", aired on December 24, 1976.

How many seasons of Rutland Weekend Television are there?

Rutland Weekend Television has 2 seasons with 14 episodes in total.

When did Rutland Weekend Television first air?

Rutland Weekend Television first aired on BBC Two on May 12, 1975.

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