Happy days!
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.
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.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/7851989.stm
Great stuff.
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Great stuff, can't wait. Earliest episodes were best.
Superb.
never watched it
You should
I watch them all except last series. I think I watched maybe 2 of them and lost interest
Watched them all retrospectively (RTE showed them a while back, wouldn't have been aware of the earlier series). Enjoyed it to a fair degree. Can't say I'd hold out much hope of the new shows being particularly good, since this rarely ever happens to be the case, but we shall see.
Deadly. Watched 2 episodes last night for the first time in years!
"Smoke me a kipper Skipper, I'll be back for breakfast"
Excellent show, series 3, 4 and 5 were the best. Hope they don't mess up with the new stuff!!
I've just read a spoiler about the new Red Dwarf..... oh dear :-\
RED DWARF SPOILER (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a145412/pictures-red-dwarf--coronation-street.html)
Poor so far >:(
I liked it
the best one was when everything they did was done in reverse, the part with one of them sitting down to have a crap was class ;D ;D
Dunno if ye would have seen this before, but you can watch all the series episodes on this site: http://watchreddwarf.com/ (http://watchreddwarf.com/)
Painful to watch . At this stage I'm dreading watching the final part tomorrow . Is there even a plot or just a random collection of shite ideas? And did they forget it's suppose to be funny?
This is a thread for red dwarf fans?
Ah, ok then....