The Real and Actual Series III Cover

Odd. The Red Dwarf Shop UK was launched last Friday, but went unreported on the official site. Goodness knows why. The most exciting product there is, of course, the Series III DVD. They have a tiny, tiny picture of the cover, which features a picture of Lister and Rimmer from Maroonedon the front, and Hattie as Holly on the side. Interestingly, the writing on the logo on the site will be black; for some reason I’d imagined a white one. They also give the date of release – the 3rd November, precisely twelve months since Series I came out. I’ve already booked the day off college.

In site news, we’ve launched yet another section – all about The Brittas Empire. At the moment, the section consists of a rather nice Episode Guide, featuring the original Radio Times synopsi. Obviously, we don’t know as much about Brittas as we do about Red Dwarf, so we are appealing for Brittas fans everywhere to contact us, with additions, corrections, and anything else you might like to add.

As reported yesterday, Red Dwarf is featured on a BBC compilation called More Great Comedy Moments. This is clearly a technique specifically designed to make ME buy the DVD, and I have done. The clip is of Kryten learning to lie and swear in Camille, and it’s a good choice. I love that scene. Chris Barrie features in three clips, which explains his prescence on the cover. Aside from the Dwarf one, there’s a scene from The Brittas Empire (of Carole smashing up Brittas’s car in Back from the Dead) and a Blankety Blank spoof from Filthy, Rich and Catflap, where Chris plays an exasperated director. There are some good clips on the DVD, but why are they releasing compilations like this instead of bringing out the series in full? There’s a great Fry & Laurie sketch on there, but I’d rather see The Complete A Bit Of Fry & Laurie on the shelves.

And finally, everybody wish John a happy birthday for tomorow. Bless him.