Basic Info

First Air: December 21, 1998

Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (4 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 26

Last Episode

Name: Hole in the Garden

Season: 2, Episode: 13

Air Date: 2001-12-16

Runtime: 10 min

The Gang discover a prototype hover mower whilst clearing out Bob's shed. The major design fault is obvious when it burrows into the ground, creating a tunnel that leads all the way from the back garden to Australia. A shouting match with some dingos follows, at the end of which an enraged Bob accidentally throws Vince down the hole, precipitating an adventure of global proportions.

Videos

Rex the Runt Theme Song (YouTube)

Rex the Runt

1998 2 seasons 26 episodes ⭐ 7.0/10 4 votes

Overview

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.