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.

Cast & crew

R

Richard Starzak

Creator

E

Elisabeth Hadley

Wendy (voice)

Steve Box

Vince (voice)

A

Andrew Franks

Rex (voice)

C

Colin Rote

Rex (voice)

K

Kevin Wrench

Bad Bob (voice)

Andrew Jeffers

Bad Bob (voice)

Beverley Cressman

Lobster (voice)

Paul Merton

Dr. Dogg (voice)

Arthur Smith

Arthur Dustcart (voice)

Antoine de Caunes

Stinky Basil (voice)

Simon Day

Taxi Driver (voice)

Frank Passingham

Mr. Chittock (voice)

Phill Jupitus

Morris the One Gloved Mouse (voice)

Morwenna Banks

PVC Presenter (voice)

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Melting Blob Man (voice)

Judith Chalmers

Judith Poodle (voice)

Graham Norton

The Plants (voice)

Jonathan Ross

Awards Announcer (voice)

S

Seamus Malone

Centipede of the Dance (voice)

T

Tom Espiner

Lottery Presenter (voice)

Seasons

26 episodes

Season 11998 · 13 episodes

Season 22001 · 13 episodes