Red Dwarf

[johnny on the spot]

.....is coming back. Hope Grant and Naylor have got their shit together this time. The last two series were poor.

Red Dwarf voyages back to Earth


Cult comedy Red Dwarf is returning to TV, 21 years after its initial launch.

The show has been resurrected by digital channel Dave for a two-part Easter weekend special, which sees the cast finally return to Earth.

Written and directed by Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor, the new show reunites the line-up, including Coronation Street's Craig Charles.

Red Dwarf won a Bafta for best British comedy series

The hit show, which ran for eight series on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, won an International Emmy award.

'No holds barred'

Set three million years into the future, the show followed the exploits of Dave Lister, slovenly crew member of the mining ship Red Dwarf - and the last man in the universe.

He was joined in his weekly attempts to make it back to Earth by a cast of oddballs including human hologram Arnold Rimmer, mechanoid servant Kryten and Cat - a preening half-man, half-animal who evolved from the ship's cat.

At its peak, Red Dwarf pulled in around eight million viewers and was broadcast in more than 25 countries.

It has sold more than seven million DVDs and videos.

The new two-part series Red Dwarf: Back to Earth will be followed by a "no holds barred" episode without sets, special effects or autocue.

The weekend will climax with Red Dwarf: the Making of Back to Earth, a behind-the-scenes special from the new episodes.

bbc.co.uk

 

[tueartsboots]

Going to be on Dave

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So if you haven't got Freeview/Sky then (all together now)

It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, we're all alone..........

 

[Joycee Banercheck]

Smeggin yes!!!!

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

fantastic :)

 

[Bigga]

Wow. I thought this died a welcome death a long time back, never to be revived! Went on far too long.

And whatever happened to the much vaunted 'film' of the series??

 

[PistonBlue]

Oh yes

 

[Joycee Banercheck]

Wow. I thought this died a welcome death a long time back, never to be revived! Went on far too long.

And whatever happened to the much vaunted 'film' of the series??

Series 1 to 6 were class. Did go downhill a bit in 7 and 8, but I think Rob Grant and Doug Naylor had a bit of a fall out so the writing wasn't as smooth as in the previous series.

I'd be interested in seeing if both the brains are to be involved in the 'back to Earth' show.

 

[mat]

Wow. I thought this died a welcome death a long time back, never to be revived! Went on far too long.

And whatever happened to the much vaunted 'film' of the series??

They couldn't get the funding.

 

[TOOTS]

Smegging ace better than Dr who

 

[johnmc]

DWAYNE DIBBLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!