Rex the Runt
TV Show| Title | Rex the Runt |
| User score | 7 |
| Release date | Dec 21, 1998 |
| Release date of last episode | Dec 16, 2001 |
| Genre | Animation, Comedy |
| Director | Richard Starzak |
| Production country | United Kingdom |
| Production companies | Aardman |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 2 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 26 |
| Run time | 10 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS2.E13 ∙ Hole in the Garden
Dec 16, 2001
S2.E12 ∙ Wayne the Zebra
Dec 9, 2001
S2.E11 ∙ Bob Joins a Gang
Dec 2, 2001
S2.E10 ∙ The Art of Cooking
Nov 25, 2001
S2.E9 ∙ Wendy's New Hair Do
Nov 18, 2001
S2.E8 ∙ Plasticene Gene
Nov 11, 2001
S2.E7 ∙ Rocket Raymond
Nov 4, 2001
S2.E6 ∙ Private Wendy
Oct 28, 2001
S2.E5 ∙ Slim Bob
Oct 21, 2001
S2.E4 ∙ A Crap Day Out
Oct 14, 2001
S2.E3 ∙ Patio
Oct 7, 2001
S2.E2 ∙ Wendy's Hot Date
Sep 30, 2001
S2.E1 ∙ Mouse in Me Kitchen
Sep 23, 2001
S1.E13 ∙ Carbonara
Jan 1, 1999
S1.E12 ∙ Johnny Saveloy's Undoing
Dec 31, 1998
S1.E11 ∙ Bob's International Hiccup Centre
Dec 31, 1998
S1.E10 ∙ Under the Duvet
Dec 30, 1998
S1.E9 ∙ The Trials of Wendy
Dec 27, 1998
S1.E8 ∙ Adventures on Telly 3
Dec 25, 1998
S1.E7 ∙ Adventures on Telly 2
Dec 24, 1998
Videos
Rex the Runt Theme Song
Jun 18, 2020
Actors
See moreElisabeth Hadley
Wendy (voice)
Steve Box
Vince (voice)
Andrew Franks
Rex (voice)
Colin Rote
Rex (voice)
Kevin Wrench
Bad Bob (voice)
Andrew Jeffers
Bad Bob (voice)
Beverley Cressman
News Reporter (voice), Rat (voice), Additional voices (voice), Shed Announcer (voice), Alfonso Pig (voice), Lobster (voice), Teacher, Princess (voice)
Paul Merton
Dr. Dogg (voice)
Arthur Smith
Arthur Dustcart (voice)
Antoine de Caunes
Stinky Basil (voice), Euro MP (voice)
Simon Day
Constable Funnyname (voice), Taxi Driver (voice)
Frank Passingham
Mr. Chittock (voice), Man in Binbag (voice), Patient (voice)
