The premise for the long-running sci-fi sitcom "Red Dwarf" is as hilarious as it is existentially troubling. On the show's titular mining ship, a ne'er-do-well slugabed named Dave Lister (Craig Charles) is thrown into the ship's suspended animation prison for a minor infraction. When the ship's sentient computer Holly (Norman Lovett) releases Lister from captivity, he finds that two million years have passed following a radiation accident that killed the crew. The ship has been adrift in the cosmos ever since, and its exact location is unknown. In order to prevent Lister from going mad from loneliness, the computer creates an interactive hologram of his old roommate, a snotty, incompetent do-gooder named Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie). They hate each other but have to work together as they may be the last vestiges of humanity.
Also on the ship is a mysterious, well-dressed dandy with no name (Danny John-Jules) who is,...
Also on the ship is a mysterious, well-dressed dandy with no name (Danny John-Jules) who is,...
- 1/14/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In space, no one can hear you grumble about your s****y job. The title sequence for "Red Dwarf" opens with a guy in a grubby spacesuit, miserably daubing paint on the exterior of the eponymous mining vessel. When the camera pulls back we can see why he's unhappy; he is working on the "F" of the ship's name which must be about 80 feet high.
It could be a scene from "Dark Star" or "Alien," two movies that showed us that space travel will be pretty boring and arduous for the regular Joes who keep the lights on during long hauls between the stars. Those films provided inspiration for "Red Dwarf" writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who set their cult British show on a spaceship three million years in the future. Only one of its characters is a living human, but that doesn't stop them from following the classic...
It could be a scene from "Dark Star" or "Alien," two movies that showed us that space travel will be pretty boring and arduous for the regular Joes who keep the lights on during long hauls between the stars. Those films provided inspiration for "Red Dwarf" writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who set their cult British show on a spaceship three million years in the future. Only one of its characters is a living human, but that doesn't stop them from following the classic...
- 1/11/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
Red Dwarf has been a lot of different shows, probably more than any science fiction show that’s kept the same principal cast in place for its entire run. Over the last 32 years it has been a zero-budget flatmate comedy with plots that could be filmed exclusively between a corridor and a bunk bed, a big old high concept episodic sci-fi show that used philosophy to make gags, it’s had a long-running ‘Hunt for Red Dwarf’ arc that lasted two seasons, then reintroduced all the crew it killed off in its first episode, then killed them all again and returned to odd-couple sitcom shenanigans.
Sometimes it is, by sitcom standards, actually pretty hard sci-fi, set in a universe with no alien life, the drama and comedy driven by the isolation of being the last human alive. Other times you can’t seem to move five feet without bumping into...
Sometimes it is, by sitcom standards, actually pretty hard sci-fi, set in a universe with no alien life, the drama and comedy driven by the isolation of being the last human alive. Other times you can’t seem to move five feet without bumping into...
- 4/9/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Two years after series Xii aired on Dave back in October 2017, confirmation arrived that Red Dwarf was coming back to TV, but not (yet) in the form of a full series Xiii. Instead, the boys from the Dwarf were returning for a feature-length special.
Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn and Norman Lovett will all appear in ‘The Promised Land’, a 90-minute episode due to air this April on Dave.
Regrettably, the London press screening and cast Q&a for ‘The Promised Land’ had to be cancelled due to the global spread of Covid-19, but here’s all the latest about the new episode, including a teaser trailer and the beautiful new poster.
Red Dwarf: The Geek Lowdown
How many series are there? 12 (including ‘Back To Life’) with a 90-minute special on the way
Renewed or cancelled? So far, only the extended special has been officially confirmed
Air date confirmed?...
Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn and Norman Lovett will all appear in ‘The Promised Land’, a 90-minute episode due to air this April on Dave.
Regrettably, the London press screening and cast Q&a for ‘The Promised Land’ had to be cancelled due to the global spread of Covid-19, but here’s all the latest about the new episode, including a teaser trailer and the beautiful new poster.
Red Dwarf: The Geek Lowdown
How many series are there? 12 (including ‘Back To Life’) with a 90-minute special on the way
Renewed or cancelled? So far, only the extended special has been officially confirmed
Air date confirmed?...
- 3/17/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Mark Harrison Nov 16, 2017
Here's our review of Red Dwarf Xii's funny, fan-pleasing finale, available now to stream on UKTV Play. Spoilers...
This review contains spoilers. Don't read on if you haven't seen episode 6, which is available now on UK TV Play.
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12.6 Skipper
“Gordon Bennett. Nobody's dead, Arnold. Nobody is dead."
The future of Red Dwarf remains open, but unconfirmed. Short of UK TV announcing a Day Of The Doctor style special to go out in the next twelve months, it looks like Skipper is as the closest thing we'll get to a 30th anniversary special from Doug Naylor and the gang. If that's the case, it fills those boots rather spectacularly, while simultaneously playing as fast and loose with continuity as it always has.
As...
Here's our review of Red Dwarf Xii's funny, fan-pleasing finale, available now to stream on UKTV Play. Spoilers...
This review contains spoilers. Don't read on if you haven't seen episode 6, which is available now on UK TV Play.
See related The Walking Dead season 8 episode 4 review: Some Guy The Walking Dead season 8 episode 3 review: Monsters The Walking Dead season 8 episode 2 review: The Damned
12.6 Skipper
“Gordon Bennett. Nobody's dead, Arnold. Nobody is dead."
The future of Red Dwarf remains open, but unconfirmed. Short of UK TV announcing a Day Of The Doctor style special to go out in the next twelve months, it looks like Skipper is as the closest thing we'll get to a 30th anniversary special from Doug Naylor and the gang. If that's the case, it fills those boots rather spectacularly, while simultaneously playing as fast and loose with continuity as it always has.
As...
- 11/10/2017
- Den of Geek
Kirsten Howard Rob Leane Oct 4, 2017
The first scene from the Red Dwarf series 12 premiere has been released online. See it here...
This week, the first episode of Red Dwarf Xii will be available to stream online ahead of its Dave airing on Thursday the 12th of October. To whet our collective appetite, UK TV has released a sneak preview clip.
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Here's the very first scene from Cured, an adventure in which the crew comes across a space station full of clones of history’s worst figures, who have been cured of evil...
And here's a teaser trailer for series 12...
There are also a four brand new images to examine...
More as we have it, of course.
Red Dwarf...
The first scene from the Red Dwarf series 12 premiere has been released online. See it here...
This week, the first episode of Red Dwarf Xii will be available to stream online ahead of its Dave airing on Thursday the 12th of October. To whet our collective appetite, UK TV has released a sneak preview clip.
See related Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams episode 3 review: The Commuter Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams episode 2 review: Impossible Planet Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams episode 1 review: The Hood Maker
Here's the very first scene from Cured, an adventure in which the crew comes across a space station full of clones of history’s worst figures, who have been cured of evil...
And here's a teaser trailer for series 12...
There are also a four brand new images to examine...
More as we have it, of course.
Red Dwarf...
- 7/10/2017
- Den of Geek
Red Dwarf fans are used to having to wait between series, and the gap between X and XI has been tougher than biting into a space weevil.
But spin our nipple nuts and send us to Alaska - the waiting is almost over as as Rimmer, Lister, Kryten and Cat will be back in 2016 for a brand new run. Here's everything you need to know about the small rouge one.
When is it back?
There are no exact dates yet, but XI is expected to land on Dave in the summer of 2016 at the earliest.
Writer and co-creator Doug Naylor recently denied reports that it could be as early as the spring, so we could be waiting up to a year for its launch.
Filming will begin in October
Read through meeting for Rd XI. pic.twitter.com/k8Fq14AR6y
— Robert Llewellyn (@bobbyllew) October 12, 2015
Red Dwarf will shoot two brand new series back-to-back,...
But spin our nipple nuts and send us to Alaska - the waiting is almost over as as Rimmer, Lister, Kryten and Cat will be back in 2016 for a brand new run. Here's everything you need to know about the small rouge one.
When is it back?
There are no exact dates yet, but XI is expected to land on Dave in the summer of 2016 at the earliest.
Writer and co-creator Doug Naylor recently denied reports that it could be as early as the spring, so we could be waiting up to a year for its launch.
Filming will begin in October
Read through meeting for Rd XI. pic.twitter.com/k8Fq14AR6y
— Robert Llewellyn (@bobbyllew) October 12, 2015
Red Dwarf will shoot two brand new series back-to-back,...
- 10/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Twenty seven years, umpteen light years, several different realities and a curry monster later, and Red Dwarf is now officially the second longest running sci-fi series of all time (it'd be first if it weren't for that pesky Doctor).
But though the Dwarf is still with us, fans have been left adrift in space for the time being – it's been three years since the show's triumphant return to form with 2012's Series X, and it'll likely be another year before series 11 hits Dave.
Making it, therefore, as good a time as any for Digital Spy to decide definitely how those ten series stack up against each other, and rank them from truly worst to glorious best. Disagree? Let us know below...
10. Back to Earth
After so many years away, the fans finally got their way - this time via Dave rather than the Beeb. And what arrived was the Back to Earth special,...
But though the Dwarf is still with us, fans have been left adrift in space for the time being – it's been three years since the show's triumphant return to form with 2012's Series X, and it'll likely be another year before series 11 hits Dave.
Making it, therefore, as good a time as any for Digital Spy to decide definitely how those ten series stack up against each other, and rank them from truly worst to glorious best. Disagree? Let us know below...
10. Back to Earth
After so many years away, the fans finally got their way - this time via Dave rather than the Beeb. And what arrived was the Back to Earth special,...
- 10/3/2015
- Digital Spy
A Red Dwarf movie was announced in 2000, and news on it would follow for years afterwards. So: what happened?
When the eighth series of Red Dwarf left our screens in 1999, with the titular (nanobotically-reconstituted) mining vessel being devoured by a highly corrosive micro-organism, it left us with the words “The End” emblazoned over the image, before being replaced by “The Smeg It Is.”
And then, nothing.
It was ten years before the boys from the Dwarf were back on our screens, albeit for a three-episode run on Dave. But that lost decade was not spent watching re-runs of The Flintstones, nor was everyone trapped in a completely immersive video game indistinguishable from reality. Most of it involved co-creator Doug Naylor (his comedy partner Rob Grant left the show after season six), trying to get a movie off the ground.
This had not been the plan. But with the BBC rejecting...
When the eighth series of Red Dwarf left our screens in 1999, with the titular (nanobotically-reconstituted) mining vessel being devoured by a highly corrosive micro-organism, it left us with the words “The End” emblazoned over the image, before being replaced by “The Smeg It Is.”
And then, nothing.
It was ten years before the boys from the Dwarf were back on our screens, albeit for a three-episode run on Dave. But that lost decade was not spent watching re-runs of The Flintstones, nor was everyone trapped in a completely immersive video game indistinguishable from reality. Most of it involved co-creator Doug Naylor (his comedy partner Rob Grant left the show after season six), trying to get a movie off the ground.
This had not been the plan. But with the BBC rejecting...
- 9/29/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Feature Alex Westthorp 16 Apr 2014 - 07:00
Alex's trek through the film roles of actors who've played the Doctor reaches Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy...
Read the previous part in this series, Doctor Who: the film careers of Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker, here.
In March 1981, as he made his Doctor Who debut, Peter Davison was already one the best known faces on British television. Not only was he the star of both a BBC and an ITV sitcom - Sink Or Swim and Holding The Fort - but as the young and slightly reckless Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small, about the often humorous cases of Yorkshire vet James Herriot and his colleagues, he had cemented his stardom. The part led, indirectly, to his casting as the venerable Time Lord.
The recently installed Doctor Who producer, John Nathan-Turner, had been the Production Unit Manager on...
Alex's trek through the film roles of actors who've played the Doctor reaches Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy...
Read the previous part in this series, Doctor Who: the film careers of Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker, here.
In March 1981, as he made his Doctor Who debut, Peter Davison was already one the best known faces on British television. Not only was he the star of both a BBC and an ITV sitcom - Sink Or Swim and Holding The Fort - but as the young and slightly reckless Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small, about the often humorous cases of Yorkshire vet James Herriot and his colleagues, he had cemented his stardom. The part led, indirectly, to his casting as the venerable Time Lord.
The recently installed Doctor Who producer, John Nathan-Turner, had been the Production Unit Manager on...
- 4/15/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
We’ve had a few Doctor Who leaks over the years, from fakes on IMDb (Norman Lovett as Davros in 2005′s The Parting of the Ways, for instance) to the casting of Peter Capaldi last year. The odd script has gone missing, in the meantime, and some badly kept secrets (John Simm as the Master, for
The post Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1 Script Leaked Online? appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
We’ve had a few Doctor Who leaks over the years, from fakes on IMDb (Norman Lovett as Davros in 2005′s The Parting of the Ways, for instance) to the casting of Peter Capaldi last year. The odd script has gone missing, in the meantime, and some badly kept secrets (John Simm as the Master, for
The post Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1 Script Leaked Online? appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/2/2014
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
It’s a tricky thing, mashing together genres. Whether it’s horror, romance, westerns, or in this case, sci-fi and comedy, you have to find just the right balance of each to make it work. Too much of one element will cause the whole product to fall apart. Somehow, back in the eighties, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor made it work when they created Red Dwarf, a tale of Dave Lister (Craig Charles), a slacker who winds up on a mining vessel (in the novels he ended up stranded on one of Jupiter’s moons after a night of heavy drinking, and signed on to get the money to get back to Earth). Due to insubordination, Lister winds up in stasis while everyone else on board is killed in an accident. Three million years later he is released with only the hologram of his dead bunkmate Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), who Lister detests,...
- 7/25/2012
- Shadowlocked
Stars from the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo are to reunite at the Spring Memorabilia Show at the NEC this weekend (March 26 to 27).
Cast members from the series, which aired on BBC1 from 1982 to 1992, will be at the event on both days to host panels, meet fans, sign autographs and pose for photographs.
Conceived as a parody of wartime drama Secret Army, the classic comedy took place in a French town occupied by the Germans during World War 2 - complete with a cast of Resistance agents, incompetent Nazis, bemused Raf airmen, buxom French beauties and a linguistically-challenged British spy.
Those attending the convention include Guy Siner (who played effete panzer commander Lieutenant Hubert Gruber), Richard Gibson (dastardly Gestapo officer Herr Otto Flick), Arthur Bostrom (Rugby's vowel-mangling spy Officer Crabtree), Kirsten Cooke (local resistance leader Michelle Dubois), Kim Hartman (Herr Flick's love interest Private Helga Geerhart), John D Collins (downed Raf airman...
Cast members from the series, which aired on BBC1 from 1982 to 1992, will be at the event on both days to host panels, meet fans, sign autographs and pose for photographs.
Conceived as a parody of wartime drama Secret Army, the classic comedy took place in a French town occupied by the Germans during World War 2 - complete with a cast of Resistance agents, incompetent Nazis, bemused Raf airmen, buxom French beauties and a linguistically-challenged British spy.
Those attending the convention include Guy Siner (who played effete panzer commander Lieutenant Hubert Gruber), Richard Gibson (dastardly Gestapo officer Herr Otto Flick), Arthur Bostrom (Rugby's vowel-mangling spy Officer Crabtree), Kirsten Cooke (local resistance leader Michelle Dubois), Kim Hartman (Herr Flick's love interest Private Helga Geerhart), John D Collins (downed Raf airman...
- 3/23/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
As Scott Pilgrim arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, we celebrate the work of Edgar Wright, from his TV comedies to movie classics like Shaun Of The Dead...
Edgar Wright is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most exciting directors, and one with barely a duff note on his CV. Here, we pick out the biggest moments of his impressive career thus far...
Asylum (1996)
As in “Taking over the...”, Asylum was a comedy series which ran on the Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996, when the UK was still acclimatising to multi-channel television and commissioning original comedy and drama content rather than buying in re-runs.
Although it helped launch the TV career of many well-known comedians and comic actors (and gave Norman Lovett somewhere to go after Red Dwarf) the series’ true contribution to comedy history was to unite its fledgling director – fresh-faced 22-year-old Edgar Wright – with writer/performers Jessica Hynes (nee Stephenson) and Simon Pegg.
Edgar Wright is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most exciting directors, and one with barely a duff note on his CV. Here, we pick out the biggest moments of his impressive career thus far...
Asylum (1996)
As in “Taking over the...”, Asylum was a comedy series which ran on the Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996, when the UK was still acclimatising to multi-channel television and commissioning original comedy and drama content rather than buying in re-runs.
Although it helped launch the TV career of many well-known comedians and comic actors (and gave Norman Lovett somewhere to go after Red Dwarf) the series’ true contribution to comedy history was to unite its fledgling director – fresh-faced 22-year-old Edgar Wright – with writer/performers Jessica Hynes (nee Stephenson) and Simon Pegg.
- 12/21/2010
- Den of Geek
Actors from movies and TV shows including Red Dwarf, Torchwood and Aliens are converging on the National Space Centre.
The venue in Leicester, UK, is holding Movie Mania 4 this weekend, with thousands of people expected to attend the event.
Special guests include Chris Barrie (Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf, Tomb Raider), Norman Lovett (Holly the super-computer in Red Dwarf), Chloe Annett (Kristine Kochanski in Red Dwarf), Warwick Davis (Wicket the Ewok in Star Wars, Professor Filius Flitwick in Harry Potter, Willow), Kai Owen (pictured; Rhys Williams in Torchwood), Ben Loyd Holmes (the operative sent to destroy Torchwood), Anthony Lewis (First World War soldier Tommy Brockless in Torchwood) and Trevor Steedman (Pvt Wierzbowski in Aliens).
Members of the 501st UK Garrison, Reel Icons, Rebel Command and Ukcm are helping to make the event out of this world by dressing as dozens of classic characters including Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Wolverine, Batman, Iron Man,...
The venue in Leicester, UK, is holding Movie Mania 4 this weekend, with thousands of people expected to attend the event.
Special guests include Chris Barrie (Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf, Tomb Raider), Norman Lovett (Holly the super-computer in Red Dwarf), Chloe Annett (Kristine Kochanski in Red Dwarf), Warwick Davis (Wicket the Ewok in Star Wars, Professor Filius Flitwick in Harry Potter, Willow), Kai Owen (pictured; Rhys Williams in Torchwood), Ben Loyd Holmes (the operative sent to destroy Torchwood), Anthony Lewis (First World War soldier Tommy Brockless in Torchwood) and Trevor Steedman (Pvt Wierzbowski in Aliens).
Members of the 501st UK Garrison, Reel Icons, Rebel Command and Ukcm are helping to make the event out of this world by dressing as dozens of classic characters including Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Wolverine, Batman, Iron Man,...
- 11/6/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.
It's a stellar week for fright-fare in the home market, especially for those that prefer Blu-ray, with some pretty big titles hitting the format for the first time.
Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, September 15, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.
Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com An American Werewolf In London (Full Moon Edition, DVD & Bd)
Re-discover one of the most gripping horror films of all-time with the cult classic An American Werewolf in London. Blending the macabre with a wicked sense of humor, director John Landis (National Lampoon’s Animal House) delivers a contemporary take on the classic...
It's a stellar week for fright-fare in the home market, especially for those that prefer Blu-ray, with some pretty big titles hitting the format for the first time.
Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, September 15, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.
Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com An American Werewolf In London (Full Moon Edition, DVD & Bd)
Re-discover one of the most gripping horror films of all-time with the cult classic An American Werewolf in London. Blending the macabre with a wicked sense of humor, director John Landis (National Lampoon’s Animal House) delivers a contemporary take on the classic...
- 9/13/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
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