Rutland Weekend Television: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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 details

• Title: Rutland Weekend Television
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1975-05-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1976-12-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36242
• IMDb ID: tt0072558
• TVDB ID: 71027

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-05-12; final listed air date 1975-12-26; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1976-11-12; final listed air date 1976-12-24; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Rutland Weekend Television on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.