S01E01 Holiday in Vince
The gang miniaturise a submarine and go on a fantastic journey through Vince's brain.
Rex the Runt
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Stinky's Search for a Star
Short of cash again, the gang form a band and enter Stinky Basil's "Search for a Star" competition.
S01E03 Easter Island
Attempting to reach New Zealand by helicopter, the gang crash on a tiny island. Rex is abducted by aliens.
S01E04 Too Many Dogs
The gang's house has disappeared. They attempt to recover it using Bad Bob's "Go-Back-In-Time-O-Tron".
S01E05 The City Shrinkers
The gang wins the National Lottery but the prize - the City of Birmingham - is not at all what they expected.
S01E06 Adventures on Telly 1
After Bad Bob shoots the TV set, the gang are ordered to go on exciting adventures by the man who runs Television.
S01E07 Adventures on Telly 2
The gang journey to the North Pole, and drill a hole to find out what's at the centre of the Earth.
S01E08 Adventures on Telly 3
Lost in space, the gang stumble on a branch of 'Poultry Pantry', the interstellar fast-food chain.
S01E09 The Trials of Wendy
Wendy is put on trial for shooting Vince (who is unharmed except for a large bullet hole). She is acquitted and becomes a huge TV star.
S01E10 Under the Duvet
Rex, Wendy and Bob spend a weekend at Aunty Brenda's University of Love learning about "the mysteries of the bedroom".
S01E11 Bob's International Hiccup Centre
Bob discovers he has a genius for curing hiccups and the gang temporarily become very rich.
S01E12 Johnny Saveloy's Undoing
Wendy is brainwashed by TV evangelist heart-throb Johnny Saveloy, leader of the "chemicalology" cult.
S01E13 Carbonara
While looking around in Bob's shed, Rex accidentally gets run through a meat grinder. Bob runs off to ask Dr. Dog's opinion, but Rex has an even bigger problem, when Vince mistakes the ground-up Rex...
Cast
Elisabeth Hadley
Wendy (voice)
Colin Rote
Rex (voice)
Steve Box
Vince (voice)
Andrew Jeffers
Bad Bob (voice)
