Rex The Runt. Image shows from L to R: Rex, Bad Bob, Vince, Wendy. Image credit: Aardman Animations.

Rex The Runt
Rex The Runt. Image shows from L to R: Rex, Bad Bob, Wendy, Vince. Image credit: Aardman Animations.

Rex The Runt

Claymation sitcom from Aardman Animations. The ten minute episodes revolve around the lives of four dogs - Rex, Bad Bob, Wendy and Vince

Genre:
Sitcom
Broadcast:
1998 - 2001  (BBC Two)
Episodes:
26 (2 series)
Starring:
Andrew Franks, Colin Rote, Kevin Wrench, Elisabeth Hadley, Steve Box, Paul Merton, Arthur Smith
Writers:
Richard Goleszowski, Andrew Franks, Kevin Wrench, Andrew Viner, Ben Caudell, Peter Holmes
Production:
Aardman Animations
& Egmont Imagination

Rex the Runt covers the television adventures of four dogs: the smart-arse Rex, overweight gunlover Bad Bob, long-suffering Wendy and the monosyllabic Vince. Rex and the gang go through a series of different adventures meeting other characters along the way, such as Dr. Dogg and waste disposal operative Arthur Dustcart.

Our Review: One of the more unusual shows from Aardman, the company behind the Wallace and Gromit series.

This show is well worth investigating, if only for the wide range of guests that lend their voices to the series (Paul Merton, Arthur Smith, Stanley Unwin, Bob Monkhouse, Graham Norton and Phill Jupitus are amongst the voice actors).