After a gap of a few years and a messy-yet-secretive legal dispute between creators Doug Naylor and Rob Grant, Red Dwarf is rumoured to be back on its way to our screens once again with three new episodes. Which poses the question – how many more returns can it make before it finally draws to a close? How will the TV series that started with a pilot episode called “The End” end?
Red Dwarf is unlike any other science fiction franchise of comparable longevity. It is not like Stars Trek or Wars, an expansive universe full of side characters and unexplored domains for spin-offs to inhabit. Nor is it the adventure of a single character whose face changes on a semi-regular basis.
As part of the ongoing mysterious feud settlement, Rob Grant is launching Red Dwarf: Titan, which is set to give us a prequel/alternate universe take on Lister and Rimmer.
Red Dwarf is unlike any other science fiction franchise of comparable longevity. It is not like Stars Trek or Wars, an expansive universe full of side characters and unexplored domains for spin-offs to inhabit. Nor is it the adventure of a single character whose face changes on a semi-regular basis.
As part of the ongoing mysterious feud settlement, Rob Grant is launching Red Dwarf: Titan, which is set to give us a prequel/alternate universe take on Lister and Rimmer.
- 5/21/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Prolific author Anthony Horowitz has scripted mystery drama Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue, here are the details.
Anthony Horowitz is perhaps best known for creating the Alex Rider franchise, which so far comprises fourteen novels, seven short stories, a critically maligned 2006 film and a popular television drama on Amazon Prime, the third and final series of which aired last month. He has also written many standalone novels and the terrific Horowitz Horror books of horror stories for older children.
However, he is just as prolific writing for the screen, creating the brilliant time travel drama Crime Traveller, which starred Michael French and Red Dwarf star Chloe Annett, ITV drama Foyle’s War and the television adaptation of his novel Magpie Murders.
His latest series is Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue, which has been acquired by the BBC. The synopsis reads as follows:
A plane carrying a small group of passengers,...
Anthony Horowitz is perhaps best known for creating the Alex Rider franchise, which so far comprises fourteen novels, seven short stories, a critically maligned 2006 film and a popular television drama on Amazon Prime, the third and final series of which aired last month. He has also written many standalone novels and the terrific Horowitz Horror books of horror stories for older children.
However, he is just as prolific writing for the screen, creating the brilliant time travel drama Crime Traveller, which starred Michael French and Red Dwarf star Chloe Annett, ITV drama Foyle’s War and the television adaptation of his novel Magpie Murders.
His latest series is Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue, which has been acquired by the BBC. The synopsis reads as follows:
A plane carrying a small group of passengers,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Red Dwarf is returning to television next year for three new episodes. Here are the details of what’s coming up.
According to British Comedy Guide, cult sci-fi comedy show Red Dwarf, which has been going for an incredible 36 years and counting, will return for three half-hour episodes. It’s said these will cover a single story. Filming is set to begin in October and it will be broadcast next year, although it is unclear exactly which channel it will be on. Charles, Barrie, John-Jules and Llewellyn will reprise their roles.
Writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor reconciled last year, releasing a statement that confirmed that while they had put their differences behind them, they would not be writing together. Each writer will work on separate iterations of the show, with Naylor continuing to write the television series, while Grant is writing a prequel series with 2point4Children writer Andrew Marshall.
According to British Comedy Guide, cult sci-fi comedy show Red Dwarf, which has been going for an incredible 36 years and counting, will return for three half-hour episodes. It’s said these will cover a single story. Filming is set to begin in October and it will be broadcast next year, although it is unclear exactly which channel it will be on. Charles, Barrie, John-Jules and Llewellyn will reprise their roles.
Writers Rob Grant and Doug Naylor reconciled last year, releasing a statement that confirmed that while they had put their differences behind them, they would not be writing together. Each writer will work on separate iterations of the show, with Naylor continuing to write the television series, while Grant is writing a prequel series with 2point4Children writer Andrew Marshall.
- 5/17/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Come, sit, and hear sad stories of what it was like to be a young British millennial nerd. The nineties were, in many ways, a dark age for British science fiction. Doctor Who was gone, apart from one Children in Need crossover with EastEnders – Dimensions in Time in 1993 – and an American co-produced movie simply called “Doctor Who” (which we would all pretend to hate while treasuring our VHS recording and commemorative Radio Times issue).
Over the pond, TV sci-fi was in the middle of a golden age, with three Star Trek series, Babylon 5, Farscape, The X-Files and Stargate Sg-1 only marking the tip of a science fictional iceberg. But British fans could only watch these episodes months or even years after the fact, particularly if they had only access to terrestrial television, and were forced to paw through magazines and websites for reviews and plot summaries to sate their hunger.
Over the pond, TV sci-fi was in the middle of a golden age, with three Star Trek series, Babylon 5, Farscape, The X-Files and Stargate Sg-1 only marking the tip of a science fictional iceberg. But British fans could only watch these episodes months or even years after the fact, particularly if they had only access to terrestrial television, and were forced to paw through magazines and websites for reviews and plot summaries to sate their hunger.
- 3/1/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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
Alastair Stewart Nov 21, 2016
Anthony Horowitz's Crime Traveller deserves to be better remembered in the history of British sci-fi...
The 1990s are Doctor Who's lost decade. Although the eponymous Timelord found a brief home with Paul McGann's American pilot in 1996, the revival was never picked up. So began an even longer winter on the long road to 2005's regeneration under Russell T. Davies with Christopher Eccleston. The rest, as they say, is history.
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What is seldom remembered, however, is that while the failed reboot had proven the franchise hadn't recovered from 33 years worth of plot, nor had there been any marked improvement on the production, the entire exercise had given a...
Anthony Horowitz's Crime Traveller deserves to be better remembered in the history of British sci-fi...
The 1990s are Doctor Who's lost decade. Although the eponymous Timelord found a brief home with Paul McGann's American pilot in 1996, the revival was never picked up. So began an even longer winter on the long road to 2005's regeneration under Russell T. Davies with Christopher Eccleston. The rest, as they say, is history.
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What is seldom remembered, however, is that while the failed reboot had proven the franchise hadn't recovered from 33 years worth of plot, nor had there been any marked improvement on the production, the entire exercise had given a...
- 9/20/2016
- 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
Clare Grogan has revealed that she does not expect to make a return to Red Dwarf.
The Scottish actress and singer played Kristine Kochanski in the first two series of the classic sci-fi sitcom, as well as a cameo in series six.
Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan: 'We didn't expect lasting legacy'
However, she was replaced by Chloe Annett from series seven onwards.
When asked if she would ever be interested in a return to the cult series, she told Digital Spy: "I honestly think that if they were considering that, then that might have happened by now!
"I think that boat might have sailed. You never know."
Speaking about her time in Red Dwarf, she said: "I'm really touched by the response that Red Dwarf gets as well. It was never orchestrated by me, it wasn't part of any masterplan to be in all these cult TV series,...
The Scottish actress and singer played Kristine Kochanski in the first two series of the classic sci-fi sitcom, as well as a cameo in series six.
Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan: 'We didn't expect lasting legacy'
However, she was replaced by Chloe Annett from series seven onwards.
When asked if she would ever be interested in a return to the cult series, she told Digital Spy: "I honestly think that if they were considering that, then that might have happened by now!
"I think that boat might have sailed. You never know."
Speaking about her time in Red Dwarf, she said: "I'm really touched by the response that Red Dwarf gets as well. It was never orchestrated by me, it wasn't part of any masterplan to be in all these cult TV series,...
- 5/6/2014
- Digital Spy
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
It's pretty hard to fathom now that BBC One is on the verge of celebrating the show's 50th anniversary in spectacular fashion, but there was a time when (whisper it) Doctor Who wasn't on television.
If you ignore that one night in May 1996 when Paul McGann lit up our screens, Who was in absentia for 16 years, but that doesn't mean that the BBC weren't looking for another sci-fi or fantasy hit to replicate the show's success...
This week's Friday Fiver takes a look at a few such attempts - not programmes like The Tomorrow People inspired by the show's original run, or series like Primeval and Merlin which launched in the wake of the new show's success.
These are the shows that tried - with varying degrees of success - to fill that Doctor Who-shaped hole in our hearts between 1989 and 2005.
> Doctor Who: 11 golden moments from 50 years of...
If you ignore that one night in May 1996 when Paul McGann lit up our screens, Who was in absentia for 16 years, but that doesn't mean that the BBC weren't looking for another sci-fi or fantasy hit to replicate the show's success...
This week's Friday Fiver takes a look at a few such attempts - not programmes like The Tomorrow People inspired by the show's original run, or series like Primeval and Merlin which launched in the wake of the new show's success.
These are the shows that tried - with varying degrees of success - to fill that Doctor Who-shaped hole in our hearts between 1989 and 2005.
> Doctor Who: 11 golden moments from 50 years of...
- 11/22/2013
- Digital Spy
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
Director: Lesley Manning Writer: Lesley Manning Starring: Chloë Annett, Lee Boardman, Dorothy Duffy, Orlando Seale Leila (Chloë Annett) and Paul (Lee Boardman) have developed some serious trust and jealousy issues over the course of their marriage. For the first act of this dire tale of festering emotions, they seem to try to hold themselves together for the sake of their two children; but as Paul grows increasingly suspicious that Leila is cheating on him, Leila attempts to explain to him that it is all in his head. The situation really spirals out of control as various items around the house begin to go missing, and for whatever reason Paul gets blamed. Clandestine text messages on cellphones and the appearance of a new video camera might become clues to unravel the mystery of who in this relationship is battier...or maybe they are just red herrings? But then the question of...
- 10/22/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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
Chicago – The Blu-Ray Round-Up is back with this week’s collection of HD titles that may not get the buzz of something like the latest Sandra Bullock romantic comedy or what Sam Raimi brought back from Hell but could be just what you’re looking for at the mall this weekend. A few modern horror movies, a notable box office bust, and a beloved BBC show highlight this week’s list. Pick your favorite.
“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Wolf,” and “Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut” was released on October 6th, 2009.
“Waterworld” will be released on October 20th, 2009.
“Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut”
Photo credit: BBC
Synopsis: “Back To Earth takes place after “Series X.” Kochanski’s dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they’re just characters from a TV series. Knowing they...
“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Wolf,” and “Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut” was released on October 6th, 2009.
“Waterworld” will be released on October 20th, 2009.
“Red Dwarf: Back To Earth - The Director’s Cut”
Photo credit: BBC
Synopsis: “Back To Earth takes place after “Series X.” Kochanski’s dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they’re just characters from a TV series. Knowing they...
- 10/15/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The cast of Red Dwarf will reportedly reunite for a series of new shows to be broadcast on digital channel Dave in 2009. The Sun states that Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn and Chloe Annett will appear in four 30-minute specials that will combine new material with classic footage of the cult BBC Two sitcom. Red Dwarf ran for eight seasons between (more)...
- 8/28/2008
- by By Ben Rawson-Jones
- Digital Spy
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