Rutland Weekend Television

A Rutland TV station would be pretty small, so a Rutland Weekend Television would have to be ridiculously tiny. The joke was doubly meaningful, as instead of a light entertainment budget, the show had to get by on a presentation budget. A typical episode begins with the announcer, usually with something going wrong or with something out of the ordinary. The role of the announcer would be to announce the 'programmes' (typically sketches) - many 'programmes' would lead into, or announce one of many songs and accompanying strange vignettes by Neil Innes.

Series Overview

Rating

• imDb Rating: 8.2 (86 Votes)
• Metascore: N/A

Plot

Low budget 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 ...

Details

• Rated: N/A
• Released: 12 May 1975
• Runtime: 30 min
• Genre: Comedy, Music
• Director: N/A
• Writer: N/A
• Actors: Eric Idle, Neil Innes, David Battley, Henry Woolf
• Language: English
• Country: UK
• Awards: N/A
• Total Seasons: 1

Previous Episode

Showtime!

Episode 2x7; Dec 24, 1976