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==Episode list== All airdates are sourced from the BBC Genome. <ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Genome |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=first&q=Rex+the+Runt |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=www.genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> ===Series 1 (1998β1999)=== Series 1 was broadcast over the Christmas period of 1998, originally airing in the prime-time family slots, but after several outraged letters complaining about language and content in show, the last few episodes were burned off in later time slots. <ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - h2g2 - Rex the Runt |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/A311491 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> "'Note:"' "Episodes are ordered by their production number, not by their original air date." {|class="wikitable sortable" width=99% |- ! style="background: #CCCCFF" width="3%" | # Production Number ! style="background: #CCCCFF" width="3%" | # Broadcast Number ! style="background: #CCCCFF" width="24%"| Title ! style="background: #CCCCFF" | Summary ! style="background: #CCCCFF" width="10%" | Airdate |- | align="center"| 1 || 1 || "Holiday in Vince" || The Runts try to cure Vince of his Random Pavarotti Disease (a [[Tourette syndrome]]-like singing of phrases of opera) by miniaturising a submarine to go on a journey through Vince's brain.|| 21 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 2|| 6 || "Adventures on Telly, Part 1" || After their television gets broken, the Telly Man wants them to cover for him while he is fixing the family's TV. First, they need to find money to start their adventure, which causes Bad Bob to Rob a bank. || 23 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 3 || 7 || "Adventures on Telly, Part 2" || The Runts are short of money again, and lend themselves to Dr. Dogg's animal experiments. NOTE: This episode is an expanded version of the pilot "North by North Pole".|| 24 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 4 || 8 || "Adventures on Telly, Part 3" || After accidentally destroying the Earth, the Runts head towards a [[black hole]]. || 25 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 5 || 11 || "Bob's International Hiccup Centre" || Bob loses his comic timing, so he turns to medicine. || "21 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 6 || 3 || "Easter Island" || The Runts' helicopter crash lands on [[Easter Island]], where they meet visiting aliens who resemble the [[Moai|local statues]]. || 23 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 7 || 4 || "Too Many Dogs" || After Rex's house is stolen, the Runts go back in time to recover it, and meet parallel versions of themselves. || 22 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 8 || 9 || "The Trials of Wendy" || Wendy is arrested after shooting Vince. After she is proven not guilty, she starts to make a name for herself, causing Rex the Runt to get cancelled by the Telly. || 30 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 9 || 2 || "Stinky's Search for a Star" || The Runts enter a talent contest hoping to win enough money to pay the gas bill.|| 22 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 10 || 12 || "Under the Duvet" || The Runts visit the University of Love under their bed, while Vince falls in love with a vacuum cleaner. || 31 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 11 || 12 || "Johnny Saveloy's Undoing" || Wendy joins Johnny Saveloy's following. || "27 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 12 || 5 || "The City Shrinkers" || The Runts win Birmingham in the lottery. After shrinking it with their shrinking gun, Bad Bob and Wendy go on a city-shrinking craze. || 29 December 1998 |- | align="center"| 13 || 13 || "Carbonara" || Rex is accidentally run through a sausage mincer, and must avoid the attentions of a hungry Vince. || 1 January 1999 |- |} ===Series 2 (2001, 2005)=== Series 2 was aired between 23 September 2001 to 16 December 2001 on late nights. Each episode was then repeated the following Sunday, after [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] on [[BBC Two]]. {|class="wikitable" width=99% |- ! style="background: #CCCCFF" width="3%" | # ! style="background: #CCCCFF" width="24%"| Title ! style="background: #CCCCFF" | Summary ! style="background: #CCCCFF" width="10%" | Airdate |- | align="center"| 1 || "Mouse in Me Kitchen" || Upon returning home, Rex finds that his kitchen has been occupied by a mouse.|| 23 September 2001 |- | align="center"| 2 || "Wendy's Hot Date" || Wendy gets a date with a handsome dog, who is also called Rex. || 30 September 2001 |- | align="center"| 3 || "Patio" || The garden ants object when the Runts lay down a patio. || 7 October 2001 |- | align="center"| 4 || "A Crap Day Out" || A new garden centre is opening, and Bad Bob needs a new shed. || 14 October 2001 |- | align="center"| 5 || "Slim Bob" || Bad Bob consults Dr. Dogg about weight loss. || 21 October 2001 |- | align="center"| 6 || "Private Wendy" || Vince, Wendy, Rex and Bob join the army. || 28 October 2001 |- | align="center"| 7 || "Rocket Raymond" || The inhabitants of a distant planet believe that Rex is their hero, Rocket Raymond. || 4 November 2001 |- | align="center"| 8 || "The Plasticene Gene" || Dr. Dogg cons Rex out of his ear, and later clones Vince. || 11 November 2001 |- | align="center"| 9 || "Wendy's New Hairdo" || Wendy gets a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] nomination for her truth drug. || 18 November 2001 |- | align="center"| 10 || "Bob Joins a Gang" || Bad Bob joins a not-so-bad gang. || 2 December 2001 |- | align="center"| 11 || "Wayne the Zebra" || With Rex on holiday, Bob is left in charge of a production involving "The Beast of Crannock Moore", but can his choice for the star character, Wayne the Zebra, fulfil expectations? || 9 December 2001 |- | align="center"| 12 || "Hole in the Garden" || Bad Bob's lawn mower crashes through the garden and lands in Australia. || 16 December 2001 |- | align="center"| 13 || "The Art of Cooking" || Bad Bob steals Rex's food creations and enters them in an art exhibition. || 19 April 2005{{efn|This episode was supposed to air on BBC Two on November 25, 2001, but it did not for unknown reasons. It was later aired on [[BBC Four]] in 2005.}} |}
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