Rob Grant’s Nether Regions News Posted by Ian Symes on 31st January 2019, 19:54 In somewhat unexpected news, Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall are doing another radio series, one that isn't The Quanderhorn Xperimentations. Tickets have just been made available for The Nether Regions, along with a description that frankly defies neatly summarising: Welcome to … The Nether Regions: a place where the laws of physics and even time itself take a day off, put their feet up and watch daytime television in their underpants. This is our world, today, though not quite the today we know. And not entirely the world we live in. But nearly. Read more →
G&TV: Covington Cross Quickies Posted by John Hoare on 27th January 2019, 11:00 Any self-respecting Red Dwarf fan has a few standard facts at their disposal. The first recording dates for Series 1 were cancelled due to an electrician’s strike. Robert Llewellyn was electrocuted on his first day at work. Meltdown was put back in the episode order due to worries about the Gulf War. Slotting in among these standard set of facts is that the village scenes in Emohawk – Polymorph II were shot on an abandoned set for a series called Covington Cross. And that’s… kinda it. That is The Fact, done, ticked, off we go. I don’t think that’s good enough. Let’s take a proper look. Continue reading →
Red Dwarf: Series I-VIII Bluray Review Reviews Posted by Ian Symes on 18th January 2019, 09:21 Oh boy, where to begin? This is comfortably the largest Red Dwarf release ever, containing not only 71.2% of all episodes ever (or Series I-VIII, as most people refer to it), but all the extras from the original DVD range, including The Bodysnatcher Collection. Not only that, the episodes have been restored, upscaled to a high-definition resolution, and given what's been officially referred to as an "extensive" colour grade. It's a release that was rumoured for a very long time before it was finally announced, and one that's only now arriving some three and a half months later than the original release date. Our attitude towards the release during that time has ranged from ambivalence to open hostility, but now that it's finally here, is it indeed the ultimate collection of Red Dwarf - the definitive version of the episodes, packaged with all the extras you'd ever need - that it has the potential to be? Read more →
Let’s Talk About Series I-VIII (on Bluray) News Posted by Ian Symes on 11th January 2019, 13:31 The release that is both long-awaited yet not particularly hotly anticipated is finally happening this coming Monday, the 14th January. However, it’s become clear from both social media and our forum that some lucky individuals have started to receive their pre-orders already, mostly ones from Zoom if you want to try and get in on that action. Our review will be along in due course (not promising any dates, as none of us have received our copies yet), but in the meantime, please use this thread to jot down your thoughts and share your insightful opinions. For example, there’s an extremely intriguing nugget hidden away in today’s TOS update: (Incidentally, contrary to our previous reporting, we can now confirm that the bonus DVDs for each series do actually contain everything that was on their equivalent original release discs – including the original menus!) So it looks like we are getting the music cues and talking book chapters after all, so it would seem the controversy and debate on that score was in vain. Ho hum.
