Rex the Runt (1998)

Synopsis

Rex the Runt is an animated claymation television show produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entertainment and Egmont Imagination. Its main characters are four plasticine dogs: Rex, Wendy, Bad Bob and Vince. The series began with a short, Ident, in 1989 directed by Richard Goleszowski. After a long gestation period this developed into two unaired shorts and then thirteen ten-minute episodes that first aired over two weeks on BBC2 from December 1998. A second thirteen episode series aired from September 2001 on the same channel. As well as the core cast guest voices included Paul Merton, Morwenna Banks, Judith Chalmers, Antoine de Caunes, Bob Holness, Bob Monkhouse, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Arthur Smith, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Pam Ayres and Eddie Izzard.

Series Information

Created By

Richard Starzak

First Aired

1998

Last Aired

2001

Seasons

2

Episodes

26

Episode Length

10 min

Genre

Animation, Comedy

Network

BBC Two

Status

Ended

Rating

7.6 / 10 (5 votes)

Top Cast

👤

Elisabeth Hadley

Wendy (voice)

👤

Colin Rote

Rex (voice)

Steve Box

Vince (voice)

Andrew Jeffers

Bad Bob (voice)

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