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Details On Easter’s RED DWARF Special Emerge!!
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It looks like Dave Lister will finally return to Earth in the “Red Dwarf” special airing in two parts on Easter Weekend.
Written and directed by co-creator Doug Naylor, the show will be broadcast on Britain’s Dave Channel and reunite the sci-fi comedy’s cast following a decade-long hiatus.
Find all of the BBC’s story on the matter here.
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what the smegging smeg did i smegging do?
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Isn't one of them in jail? One on Coronation Street? One too arrogant to return to being Rimmer?
The only thing I'd care about though, is who is writing it? Because if it's Doug Naylor, I'll pass. -
craig charles was both in jail (smkoing crack) & is presently in coronation street. Robert Llewellyn is still doing a number of BBC tv shows as well as channel 4's scrapheap challenge (junkyard wars). chris barrie hasn't done anything for at least a year. danny john-jules was doing several small brit flicks and starring in BBC kids show M.I.High which Robert Llewellyn made a couple of cameos in.
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It'll probably be like one of those Golden Girls episodes where it is 95% clips, with some 'remember the time' type stuff to link them...
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and let me tell you, i've never typed so quickly in my life. i actually feel like an olympian right now. A genetically modified zero-gee basketball player with ten foot legs and telescopic arms.
now that i'm here, let me express first my joy at the news that Craig Charles is on board. couldn't do it without any of them, bar Chloe Annette.
No seriously, somebody bar her.
Here's my one wish and let the Gods of FIRST smile upon me and Grant it. I want Rob Grant involved. no offence to Doug- who carried that torch solo when Rob had a queenie fit and went off to be a 'proper writer' but since Rob left the show collapsed on itself. It was always, at it's heart, about two men living in an enforced, imprisoned marriage for the foreseeable eternal continuum and bickering with each other about who was the bigger git.
When Rob Grant was surgically removed from the entity that was Grant Naylor he wrote the finest Red Dwarf novel that had yet been written. Backwards, a back-to-front space opera that tied up the extremely complex storylines from the previous two books (Doug Naylor's The Last Human was released years previously but in an 'elseworlds' format and to be fair had it's highlights, but just wasn't the ticket) Introduced a new and quite brilliantly sadistic enemy who was eternally pissed off because his creator had made his name into a pun on 'Made in Taiwan' and then the plucky bugger Grant wrapped the whole caboodle into one last emotional enigma and landed the boys back at day dot to adventure again. It really was a marvellous feat and anyone who's read his recent book INCOMPETENCE will attest (about a future where all discrimination is outlawed whether it be on grounds of race, sex, age or IQ- and nothing works ) he's still got it.
i don't want to rant. i'm going too far. I love red dwarf and i feel like even talkbacking is going to jinx this thing.
Please oh please let's have Red Dwarf again but oh smeg PLEASE let Red Dwarf be GOOD again. -
Isnt that like a tiny Channel noone ever watches playing repeats of BBC shows, am trying to think of an equivalent for the US. If you can name a shitty cable channel that barely gets 1% of the US audience then you have what DAVE is in the UK. There highest viewing figure for an ORIGINAL show they put together was around 180,000 and the highest for a repeated show from the BBC was 450,000. It has honestly come to this? they are having to scrape at the barrel as noone else will pony up any money for a few new episodes. I get the feeling fanmade videos on YouTube might have better production values than these specials.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qZZq_c4wBKA
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Didn't you notice that the show got crap as soon as money was thrown at it? Lots of laffs came from the dodgy model shots, which helped lend the show as it was it's charm. Comedy over spectacle is what I want. Less adventure and more sitcom.
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The big mystery being why the last season sucked so badly. Honestly, what a note to go out on. (Until these specials were announced, anyway.)
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I thought it got crap when one of the writers decided to run off and do something else, what was it he said "that he didnt just want RD on his tombstone" or some such thing. Seriously if this is the route they are going down then just reboot the damn thing with a new cast and watch it sink or swim. Oh and before you all jump on me for saying such heretic words, 2 of the actors really dont even want back FFS and if it turns out one of the writers is also missing from this then why for the love of god even attempt making these. At best they might be midly amusing but it will be down to the nostalgia more than anything at worst they will be an embarrassment to all involved, why ruin the memory of the show even more were the last few series not bad enough?
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but the king of the potato people won't let me.
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Jan 27, 2009 6:33:27 AM CST
Red Alert? Are you sure? It does mean changing the bulb
by board shitlez
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Jan 27, 2009 6:35:35 AM CST
I'll see you swing from the hightest yard arm in Titan dock
by board shitlez
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Welcome to Earf: The Musical: On Ice
Staring those acose actors that have to be in every movie
Esp the Black ones, in celebration of Obama's grand victory.
It also has that white female singer, to emphasize Obama having to compromise and hire that white hag.
This is the human story
A story that can only be told from the non white perspective
A story of Afermitive Action and Entitlement.
A story of back room deals
A story of failure
A story in progress -
a feature.
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Get it straight from the mechanoids mouth - Twitter Robert Llewellyn at twitter.com/bobbyllew
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Dave is relatively new, and didn't the Sci-Fi channel once broadcast other people's shit?
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...and MotherPussBucket is right, the show DID get shit as soon as they started raising the production budgets. I'd like to see an old school RD set, ie crap!!
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And now we're out of Rhymes for Rimmer, and so we have to go."
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Before they ascended to Mansquito?
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this is cool smeg.
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Jan 27, 2009 7:50:12 AM CST
Dave Lister was my cool friend - now... he's a rent boy
by hewliganshaircut
Mmmmm. Why am i not excited. During the 90's, Red Dwarf was THE programme that we talked about and loved in the UK. It was THE programme that at Uni, we would watch everynight - quote, call each other "cat"... We loved it... And then series 7 & 8 happened... It was like a cool old friend who suddenly turned up, working as a rent boy who gave hand jobs to un-employed priests for their cigarette money... Jumping the shark more than any other Sci-Fi programme ever has... Awful.... And so, do i think this new return will return to the good old days of actually being watchable... I'll give it a go - maybe give it 5 or 10 minutes - but if i start reaching for the scalpel to peel the skin from my eyeballs, i'm switching over to UK GOLD... :)
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Red Dwarf: Unplugged [improv] Red Dwarf: the Making of Back to Earth
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I would give it a go if they came out and said look 7 and 8 were shite and we would like to give you some old school Dwarf to fondly remmember us by before the inevitable reboot by a new team some years down the line. The thing is if I wants me some old school Dwarf then I will watch some OLD school Dwarf. I have a feeling they are hell bent on doing this regardless my feelings, also since when was this news exactly... I thought DAVE announced this way back in Oct of last year?
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Rob Grant was basically, Lister.
Doug Naylor, was basically Rimmer. (ie a twat.)
Which explains why under Naylor's pen, Kryten became a whinging asswipe, Kochanski became a public-schooled career woman (more like Rimmers ideal catch than Listers) and Lister and Rimmer became "real" friends.
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It's two new 30min episodes, then another 30min show called 'Red Dwarf: Unplugged' which is the cast performing on a bare set with no costumes or anything, presumably improv. Should certainly be interesting. This is on Dave because kind of turned it down (we don't know the full story but the BBC basically said that they want to concentrating on making original shows rather than bringing back old sitcoms. They said something really stupid like there's no place for the audience that Red Dwarf used to attract! What, so they don't want to attract 5-8 million viewers?? Crazy)
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You said it buddy, seasons 7 and 8 were basically a different show. No longer cool and no longer funny. These specials will be utter wank. Are they not even being screened on the BBC? That says a lot.
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3 episodes a season (or series) and they don't take TV shows serious. Why should we? I will raise you a Dr Who Cares?
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Since AICN doesn't have it: Michelle Ryan guest starring on DW Easter Special http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090123_news_01
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Honestly?
It'll suck hard.
Will they fit filming in around Corrie, Chris Barrie's Big Engines & Cat's jail time?
Lord knows what Krappy Kryten is doing.
Incidentally, I met Chris Barrie at movie memorabilia one time. He came across as a total smee hee. -
Everyone I know who has Sky (alot) watches Dave. It is THE go to Channel when you are channel surfing and unable to find anything above 'meh'. And on Sky, that can be six days a week...so don't talk shit please.
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Just sayin'
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or rimmeh mode as crack head would say.
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better than wanking someone else off, I'd think.
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Sweet Jesus, has RTD not finished fucking that show in the arse? Is he trying desperately to make sure that Steven Moffat inherits a corpse of a show?
Lee Evans, as unfunny a turd as ever walked the earth... fucking hell... And I thought the christmas episode (which looked like Power Rangers) was bad... -
I hope they do away with a laughter track and they get to make it like the books.
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Hey asshole who said anything about having Sky or not which I do btw (try paying for more than the standard package you cheap bastard) and you might find something to watch. DAVE the channel (formerly UKTV G2) watched by mostly jobless men in there 20's (you dont even need Sky they show it on Freeview) and owned by BBC W/W and VIRGIN MEDIA available in some 20 Million homes only manages about 300k for its top shows. How can this be seen as good? So BBC1/2/3/4 all pass and its left to a tiny cable company partly owned not by BBC itself but its Worldwide division to finance and show a few new Dwarf episodes. More than anything else it shows just how bad the BBC have treated the show which has made them a fuck load of money over the years and one which brought in 8 Million viewers at its peak. Hey but its ok Lemming because all of your mates watch DAVE and so this can be nothing but good news for you and yours.
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Before they ran out of money and were forced to make 'Pete' a two-parter, Series VIII was going to end with Red Dwarf making it back to Earth. One sequence would have been Red Dwarf flying out of control around the planet, demolishing landmarks such as the Taj Mahal. The boys would step out of the ship and promptly be given a fine. I can't imagine what made Doug Naylor contemplate something so shite.But at least if they do get back to Earth, this might serve as an ending rather than another fucking cliffhanger. The fans deserve better than that. I also agree with the above sentiment that pursuing a feature film was an utter waste of time if they didn't give the show a proper ending first. For years the FAQ on the Red Dwarf site said that a series IX would only go ahead after the movie had been made.
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Norman Lovett revealed a few weeks ago that he received an e-mail from the production team saying that his participation was not required . . .
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"Nodnol?" "We're in Bulgaria!"
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I second the call to bar Chloe Annett. Bring back superhot Clare Grogan!
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but the last two seasons were crap, but then again the rest of the series was so funny and beautiful i weep tears of joy! i've read the first two book several times i never did find a copy of the other two, even on amazon, just UK amazon maybe thats changed now. I'll give this a pass if its better then that god awful american pilot i watched blech.
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I'll be leaving right after dinner
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In ep.1 of series 7, when JFK ended up assassinating himself... by the following episode they were back in space. That's when the whole story lost it's point for me...
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This is either going to suck or it's going to suck so bad that no one will ever mention this event ever again. The ONLY way this won't suck is if you bring back every actor, writer, stagehand, caterer, and whoever from about Season/series 2.
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of cancer. Linda Smith was her name. Tim henman is the human form of beige. wonderful.....
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What exactly was the greatness of this series again? Only one joke - "Lads in space" - and even that wasn't funny. Lame attempts at putting contemporary pop culture into space courtesy of charisma-free personality vacuum Craig Charles, Chris Barrie being an annoying prig (for a change), a grown man pretending to be a cat - what was funny about this again?
Could NOT give less of a shit. I'd rather watch all four seasons of GREY'S ANATOMY back-to-back while mainlining oestrogen than watch another second of this sorry, dreary attempt at humour. -
norman lovett.
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RTD will fuck the twitching corpse of DR WHO until the only thing you think of when you remember new Who is a jolly Welsh giant wielding a huge member with FRANCHISE KILLER tattoed down the side of it, and you will weep for the relative greatness of the Sylvester McCoy days if new Who goes any more exponentially downhill than it has been doing since the end of Series 2.
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went to jail after he attacked a council worker. This individual was a bin man and he said that he was collecting danny john jules's bin when the actor attacked him without provocation and the bin man was very badly beaten up and assaulted.
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Do you think it might have been because the binman remembered seeing DJJ as a totally non-badass vampire commando in Del Toro-fest BLADE II? Great movie - shit oerformance by the DJJ...
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I though RTD was leaving as well - that was announced ages ago.
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RTD's already resigned at the end of season 5 - Moffat is the next showrunner. I suspect I'm not alone in thinking that RTD is putting into effect a scorched earth policy before he hands over to Moffat - fucking up as much as possible before he goes. To him, he may not think he's fucking it up - but expect more plot holes. lack of logic, bad ideas, wilfully stupid dialogue ("Cyber King" when there's obviously a woman - a Cyber Queen - in charge) and dumb-ass visuals that he hopes will hide the useless plotting and dire dialogue (stupid giant clockwork-robot looking Cyber-Power-Ranger), and above all, high camp stupidity masquerading as an SF programme.
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Jan 27, 2009 5:02:57 PM CST
Wind it up, give em a good send off and then leave it the smeg a
by adrian marcato
Red Dwarf was never that consistent with the logic of its cannon, instead focusing on the 'sci-fi sitcom' angle fully to allow for maximum comedy, hence the rapid changes in seasons 3, 6 and then 8 that shifted the aesthetic of the series and its focus. Season 8 is mildly ridiculous, and its no wonder the steam ran out. However, I love Red Dwarf and all its characters and the actors embodying them, so I would just simply like some simple story, that touches on Red Dwarf hardcore wishes, like maybe Lister lives in Fiji living with a sheep and a pig and raising horses. To Naylor: You have our trust, now just wrap it up, leave us wanting more and then move on. This slow death for Red Dwarf has bled the series of sustained praise, and we as fans just want all the pieces put together in a humorous way, that makes us all feel good and warm after. That's it. My hopes are not high though. Please Surprise Me!
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...was Hattie Hayridge )who is still very much alive) not Linda Smith.
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hopefully Naylor has used all this time wisely and written something special. Not just something to cash in on the Red Dwarf name.
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It sorely lacked the Rob Grant element; he and Naylor were never as good apart as they were together. Series VII was abysmal and VIII had some good moments, but it was over 10 years ago. Hopefully this will be a good send off and then RD can be left alone. The cast are getting FAR too old.
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Linda Smith she was not.
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That's exactly the sort of ending I'd like to see. I would also like to see Rimmer become an officer (perhaps the Space Corp promote him for 3 million years long service). The Cat should find the right 6 or 7 girls for him and settle down. Kryten should perhaps break his programming and run a rights for droids campaign. Holly (the senile one) could perhaps stay with Dave as could Kochanski.
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ol' hattie hayridge
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Lind smith.
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three million years from earth- the mining ship Red Dwarf is in dire straits and only one man can save it.
please can somebody let him know about this talk back/? please? -
...with anything that's got more teeth than the entire Osmond family.
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err... bum.
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you want to fly on a magic carpet to see the king of the potato people, and plead with him for your freedom. And you're telling me that you're completely sane?
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but would anybody care to comment on the Dave website with their well wishes for the show? i've already entered my wish. anyone else?
PS from the look of it- yeah- they're continuing the story from the last (sigh) series
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Good.I hope the Red Dwarf fans get something special.My experience is shaped by watching the first series [first run,I thought it was 87,turns out it was 88,blimey] which I found heavy going,hope it goes well for you guys....I was going to type a post laughing at how we dodged a bullet by Martin Clunes being discarded as Dr Who only to read the link above that Lee Evans is going to turn up,wow what great news,I hope he brings his extensive repotoire of comedy faces with him,that will be fantastic,esp if he comes looking for revenge for the death of his brother on Torchwood,roll on Easter ;>.
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yup, it went a lil bit off the rails at the end there but it would be great to get closure to such a great series, and still i think series 7 and 8 had its gems.Cassandra - "All the Canaries will be dead in 1 hour with the exception of Rimmer" Rimmer - " Yes!!" Cassandra - " Who will be dead in 15 minutes", some classics in there :).... Stoke me a slipper, i'll be back for Christmas....or Easter as it turns out! :)
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