Episode list

A young man is saved from drowning by a mysterious gentleman in 1960s Brighton. Suffering from amnesia, our nameless hero unwittingly enters into the services of one Hugo Rune: Perfect Master, Cosmic Dick, self-styled Logos of the Aeon, Reinventor of the Ocarina and the Lad Himself.

The second instalment in Robert Rankin's Brightonomicon. Hugo Rune and the amnesiac Rizla are hired to investigate a strange lost dog, and Rune reveals to Rizla the secret of the Chronovision, a television that allows the user to witness any event in history.

The third instalment of Robert Rankin's Brightonomicon. While attending a lecture on the size of the universe with Hugo Rune, Rizla is captured by a group of demented doctors seeking to dissect him for organ transplants, and a centaur is unleashed.

The fourth instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. A conversation with a bog troll about his dead brother leads to Rizla and Rune learning of a terrible plot by the Secret Government to bring down the Royal Family with the aid of a group of space crabs.

The fifth instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. When a statue of queen Victoria begins to cry tears of real Earl Grey tea, Rune alone knows that a nightmare from his past is about to be unleashed. What lies in store for the Cosmic Dick and his intrepid sidekick?

The sixth instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. With Rune away on business, it is up to Rizla to avert an assassination attempt at a game of croquet while posing as fictional private detective Lazlo Woodbine (the creation of mystery writer P.P. Penrose and described by himself as the last of the nineteen-fifties private detectives).

The seventh instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. Attending the opening of a nudist theme restaurant with Rune (all other Brighton restaurants no longer accepting Rune's presence), Rizla is shocked to witness a group of dead rock stars dining with them.

The eighth instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. While attending a garden party, Rizla witnesses the apparent murder of Lord Jeffrey - despite the fact that the man in question vanished over a hundred years earlier - and his various relatives subsequently begin to die in various horrible manners.

The ninth instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. Reports of lost cats in the Bevendean area, coupled with radioactive doves, multiple roaring animals at regular intervals, and an encounter with an exploding uniped in the bar The Really Small Atlantean, lead to a confrontation between Run and the evil Count Otto Black about a modern-day version of Noah's Ark.

The tenth instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. While at a party in Lewes, Rune is apparently killed as a sacrifice to reveal the location of the Chronovision, leaving Rizla to escape Count Otto Black's followers with the aid of an urban legend.

The eleventh instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. The dangerous instrument known as the Chronovision now recovered after a trip into the Forbidden Zones, Rune and Rizla must tackle the mysterious apparitions that plague their current host.

The twelfth instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. Rizla is forced to disguise himself as a woman, as he and the Reinventor of the Ocarina, the Lad Himself Hugo Rune search for the last unwitting descendant of Jesus Christ at a heavy metal concert.

The thirteenth and final instalment of the Robert Rankin novel adaptation. Their forces gathered, Rune and Rizla prepare for the final confrontation with Count Otto Black and for their final parting after a long year of adventures. But will they succeed - or will Count Otto Black's dastardly plan come to full fruition?