Something’s (maybe) coming (possibly) News Posted by Ian Symes on 17th April 2024, 13:15 It’s funny to think that just over a year ago, we were convinced that Red Dwarf was dead and buried, a victim of an ongoing legal battle with no end in sight. That was until it ended. And since then we’ve been teased with the prospect of a new spin-off series, whilst also regaining a modicum of hope that the OG Dwarf would return at least once more. While there is still no official news – and as usual we’d like to clarify that nothing is confirmed until it’s announced by the production company and/or the broadcaster – we’ve now entered what we’ve come to recognise as the preliminary phase that usually indicates that such an announcement may be forthcoming. Yes, the cast have been blabbing again. The first such occurrence happened in the Liverpool Echo back in December, with Craig stating: We’re in talks with the BBC and UKTV to do another series of Red Dwarf. It hasn’t been on the BBC for so long but now they’re in talks with UKTV to do a co-pro that will go out on Dave and the BBC. That’s a very interesting detail, and a plausible one. With both eras of the show now streaming on iPlayer, plus both UKTV and Baby Cow being part-owned by BBC Studios (the commercial arm of the public service broadcaster), it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that any new productions would be available on multiple channels and/or streaming services. After a few months of quiet, there’s been a sudden flurry of cast activity in the last couple of weeks – certainly enough to prompt us off our arses to round it all up. On the first weekend of April, Craig and Chris both attended Comic Con Prague; there’s a roundup of coverage on Tumblr, and their Q&A panel has found its way to YouTube. The pertinent part is around 17 minutes and 40 seconds in: CHRIS: We could be doing more… CRAIG: Yeah, yeah, we’re talking about doing a new one now, a new 90-minutes special. Bit like Promised Land, that format, so… Chris then changes the subject before he reveals any more, but the seed was sown, and then reaped by Robert in a YouTube live on Sunday 14th, the day after he’d appeared at a convention in Newcastle with Craig and Danny. [reading a comment]”Will there be more Red Dwarf? It’s my absolute favourite show.” [laughing] I am not at liberty to say. Which is such a giveaway! ‘Cause I didn’t think we were meant to tell anyone, and I don’t think we are, but Craig was telling everyone yesterday. So it’s not impossible. It’s not confirmed, it’s not confirmed but it’s not impossible that we will be making a further Red Dwarf experience. There’s a small chance that “experience” refers to something other than a televised project, but my money would be on that being a catch-all term for a special or a series, with Robert not wanting to go into as much detail on the format as Craig did in Prague. There was a further live stream from Robert on Tuesday 16th, during which he mostly managed to keep schtum save for a brief mention towards the end: [reading a comment] “It’s OK, Chris and Craig blabbed at Prague Comic Con.” I thought they did, ’cause when I was with Craig the other day he was blabbing about it. I’ve been trying to be good and not saying anything. Here’s hoping for more live streams in the future, we’ll probably end up getting the script a line at a time. With all these mentions flying about, the story of Red Dwarf‘s possible return is just starting to get picked up outside of our little corner of the internet, so do be extra wary of clickbait and sensationalism. We’ll say it again – nothing is confirmed until Grant Naylor Productions / Baby Cow / UKTV / the BBC say it’s confirmed. But we’re all allowed to be just a little bit excited. Sometimes you live, you die, you live again, you die again and then you live again again. Thanks to Stephen Abootman, Zamppera and si for alerting us to all of the above in our forum. Do make sure you’re keeping an eye in there and our comments as more news trickles in.
It’s exciting to think we might soon be at the point where someone might imminently indicate that there could one day be an announcement that a future project could at some juncture be in the offing. Maybe.
I’m 28 and new episodes have been intermittently keeping me company since I was 13, so it’d definitely be greedy of me to not be satisfied with what we’ve already got. I’m gonna be greedy. Come ooooon new Red Dwarf. Mama needs another episode to throw into watch rotation.
For me it’s not even about greed so much as the way that TPL worked so well and felt like some of the best stuff we’ve got in the Dave era. It feels like there’s still more potential there and it’d be a shame to waste that.
I really enjoyed TPL, but I find it difficult to rewatch, time wise. Now all episodes are on iplayer, I generally watch a random episode before bed, and I can’t do that with TPL as it’s too long. What’s also surprising, is more often than not, I’m picking a Dave-era episode (or even s7-s8), rather than the classic-era. This surprises me as well.
I can’t get past the self-involved thought that this would be the first time I was in the country (as an adult) when a recording takes place. Putting the word out to illegal touts that I’ll pay recklessly.
“Thanks to Stephen Abootman, Zamppera and si for alerting us to all of the above” I don’t know if the Nobel Prize people run a Red Dwarf rumours section, but if they do, we’ve got to be this year’s hot tip. Since ‘talks’ have been going on in some form for several months now, the hope would certainly be that it’s now more about agreeing the finer details by this point. Good to be in that pre new Dwarf period again though where an announcement could feasibly occur at any time (but I think we’ve all been around long enough to only believe it’ll happen when we see it).
I’d prefer a proper series over a special, but honestly I’ll take Emohawk – Red Christmas II at this point.
I think Doug hoped it would just be specials from now on. But with the amount of time between specials they will be 90 before the show officially ends.
With the BBC involved?? Perhaps the budget can get a boost and therefore the studio will be bigger and we can have a proper Starbug set e.g. midsection/cockpit. Hope for Kryten’s outfit to be like BTE. X they messed up his nose then since XI he just looks like one of those sea turtles from Finding Nemo. Also perhaps Doug sits out the directing and give someone else a go, the stress of literally doing everything, especially with such a complicated series can’t be good for someone nearly 70. Getting someone with the energy/youth of Andy de Emmony which could give another dynamic I’m sure. Though it’s probably due to such a tight budget Doug will still helm at this point. Anyway. Best guess shoot in autumn for Easter 2025 release like before. Though I recall Doug saying that he already had another special written I think in 2020? So hopefully another series is coming sometime as well.
There were two specials lined up back in 2020 before Covid and legal shit stalled it all, so it’s not impossible we’ll get two. If we do, I reckon they’ll be lined up and agreed upon now, allowing them to be filmed either around the same time or in the near future. Bobby’s almost retirement age and I don’t reckon he’ll be up for it for that much longer.
Ah I see. Thanks. Perhaps they can work out a way to CGI his head? Bobby with loads of spots on his face during the recordings. Though I can’t see the Dave budget able to do such a feat at this point but happy to be proved wrong. A bit OT but there was talk if they did a Hellboy 3 due to the age of the actor they would have to do a similar thing.
Perhaps a Legion/hardlight-like quick plot point that he just gets a new head (that looks exactly like Bobby with some much less intense makeup on)
For me it’s not even about greed so much as the way that TPL worked so well and felt like some of the best stuff we’ve got in the Dave era. It feels like there’s still more potential there and it’d be a shame to waste that. I’m happy to spend more time with these characters but anything since the end of VIII has been a bonus for me. Shame we have to kill Robert Llewellyn though.
The angles are a bit soft and Disney, I think they should go for the Jake Bullet scalp, then you could put vents in it and the top of his head would be ventilated, but his body is the bit that needs a major redesign. They need to go back to the series V sort of look, with less armour and more fabric. It’d be a lot more flattering, and more comfortable I imagine. It’s so easy to just explain away Kryten redesigns, it’s the one thing that makes sense. They’re 3 million years into deep space, they use what they can, fabricate bits based of designs found on derelicts etc, and IRL everyone knows there’s a human inside the costume and some concessions should be made for comfort now considering his age if we want more Dwarf.
Chris tells the actor who dubs Rimmer in Czech “We’re doing another special.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofR0jR8KdQ I really enjoyed TPL, but I find it difficult to rewatch, time wise. Now all episodes are on iplayer, I generally watch a random episode before bed, and I can’t do that with TPL as it’s too long. There’s the two-parter version on UKTV Play if that helps.
Chris tells the actor who dubs Rimmer in Czech “We’re doing another special.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofR0jR8KdQ That’s a good spot. Just need Danny to blab something now for the full set!
Ah I see. Thanks. Perhaps they can work out a way to CGI his head? Bobby with loads of spots on his face during the recordings. Though I can’t see the Dave budget able to do such a feat at this point but happy to be proved wrong. A bit OT but there was talk if they did a Hellboy 3 due to the age of the actor they would have to do a similar thing. Maybe, these things develop all the time. But we’ve had Human Kryten, Jake Bullet, Jim Roper, Data Doctor, Bongo and other face on screen appearances from Rob before. With promised land we had a stand in during shooting, as we did in fact in Backwards as well. I would be fine with anything, future Kryten moments being a voice only, a human convert, other roles for Rob in a show mostly about Lister and Rimmer etc, like the 12 episodes before Rob joined. Whatever is age/heatlh/insurance appropriate. Last of the summer wine used to only film Peter Sallis sitting in an arm chair for dialogue only scenes during the final series. Why did Gordon Kennedy not have to wear a prosthetic mask as Hudzen? because he was an upgrade? Give rob a square haircut wig call it upgrade head 3, give rimmer a line or two about knackered upgrade head, and let him suffer no more. lol
Chris tells the actor who dubs Rimmer in Czech “We’re doing another special.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofR0jR8KdQ Even aside from the news within, this is a lovely little moment.
Nothing like having a good old nose blow immediately before shaking hands with someone. I enjoyed Craig saying to Czech Kryten “you’re younger than our Kryten”
Chris tells the actor who dubs Rimmer in Czech “We’re doing another special.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofR0jR8KdQ Even aside from the news within, this is a lovely little moment. “Neschopnost (záměrně)”
I feel like Doug has no end in sight. He wants to keep Red Dwarf going. And I think he is willing to keep nudging the cast for more as long as they can still walk and talk. Now whether that’s a good thing or not, who knows. Personally I stopped being excited for new Red Dwarf after Series 11. The Promise Land was enjoyable in areas but also suffered from a lot of comedy padding. which ok its a sitcom so the cast need to stand in front of the audience and do as many sketches as possible. But I really didn’t find the padding that funny and when it takes about 10 minutes to get to the story because of the padding, it almost feel like a weird decision. Among many weird decisions actually. I get what Doug was aiming for with The Promise Land. Alot of movie tropes thrown in there to give it some scale. But I ain’t sure he quite understood their purpose when he was replicating those tropes. So yeah I’m kinda expecting more of that for the next tv movie.
Ah I see. Thanks. Perhaps they can work out a way to CGI his head? Bobby with loads of spots on his face during the recordings. Though I can’t see the Dave budget able to do such a feat at this point but happy to be proved wrong. A bit OT but there was talk if they did a Hellboy 3 due to the age of the actor they would have to do a similar thing. Obviously love all of the cast as they are, but if in the next episode they found an upgrade for Kryten to give him a hudzeny-esque-head to make it easier for Rob to play from now on, I have no objections.
The Promise Land was enjoyable in areas but also suffered from a lot of comedy padding. That wasn’t padding, that’s just what happens as you get older.
I like The Promised Land a lot (if my name is any indication) but I do definitely agree it could stand to have 10-15 minutes cut for pacing. Here’s hoping Doug’s experience writing and seeing it come to fruition helps out in that regard on the next thing.
I agree it’s a little flabby in places but TPL is one of my favourite Dave episodes, and specials would definitely be my preference going forward. Sounds like that’s the plan and realistically I think they’ve got one or maybe two feature lengths specials left in them and that’ll be our lot, spinoffs/novels/the contents of Rob Grant’s buttski notwithstanding. Also, I’ve kinda come around to Doug’s ‘no definitive ending’ stance, as long as he continues to write every potential last ever episode as a nice, fitting finale at least, which he has done throughout the Dave era tbf.
I think a 60 minute TPL would be one of the best Red Dwarf things ever. The first half in particular is patchy. But something of that quality I would happily take, especially knowing that we’re probably only going to get one or two more now.
Doug has suggested he likes the idea of answering more of those kinds of open questions in these specials. When it comes to how Doug handled the Cat race stuff, was everyone happy with how he handled it? I think some of it was done alright, but there were bits that didn’t seem to fit within what they originally set up. Like the cat being left behind because he wasn’t cool enough. That even feels a bit contradictory in the special itself
I think there’s other ways they could have done it. But what they did was fine. I just wish it had had more impact or involvement on/from Cat. The retcon on Cat behind left behind for not being cool is just par the course for Red Dwarf. We only have a blind old man’s testimony that Cat was born after everyone else had left. He could have his timelines a bit mixed up.
We only have a blind old man’s testimony that Cat was born after everyone else had left. He could have his timelines a bit mixed up. I mean that would be ok if it wasn’t for the fact the Cat didn’t even seem to know much about it. while TPL suggests the Cat is fully aware as to why he was left behind. Its that kinda dave era logic that doesn’t feel very well thought out. It feels very thrown in there last minute. And it probably was. I mean even if you wanted to say it was confusion of the Cat priest, is it really a good addition or retcon?
that kinda dave era logic that doesn’t feel very well thought out. It feels very thrown in there last minute. I would recommend against you watching any of the original series either. Especially VI.
Id say the majority of the original series is fairly well thought out. excluding series 8. But that’s just me. Its like the difference between Back to Reality and Back to Earth. By the time Back to Reality ends it feels like Rob and Doug had a strong concept there. While Back to earth wants to be like Back to Reality but Doug is just throwing stuff at the wall with very little reason for much of it to exist beyond being like Blade Runner. So when I say thrown in last minute, it’s Dave era last minute :P
About one half of everything in the episode Camille exists and happens for no reason beyond resembling Casablanca. Sometimes you just tell a story and do a blatant homage.
Back to Earth definitely speaks to the era of the show that was doing lots of homage and references. And it’s really only about 50% at most that is directly referencing Blade Runner. Whether it’s true Red Dwarf owes its creation to Blade Runner (it doesn’t) it’s still fun to do a story that parodies it. There’s plenty of great and funny moments as a result.
I didn’t mind the cat race stuff in TPL until I considered the likelihood of Rodon et al still being around after Cat spent 200 years in stasis. So they all spent 200 years in hibernation chasing a vapour trail as well did they? How convenient. (But then I did what a certain type of Redditor usually suggests when any kind of interesting philosophical or continuity questions that require more than two seconds of thought arrive, and JuSt WaTcHeD iT, so it was fine.)
I didn’t mind the cat race stuff in TPL until I considered the likelihood of Rodon et al still being around after Cat spent 200 years in stasis. So they all spent 200 years in hibernation chasing a vapour trail as well did they? How convenient. If nothing else, the show is very aware of that issue and throws this in just to imply some possible time travel sci-fi-y smeg to explain it.
If nothing else, the show is very aware of that issue and throws this in just to imply some possible time travel sci-fi-y smeg to explain it. That’s how I took it too, the kind of brief handwavey acknowledgments you get in Doctor Who sometimes.
If Rodon had travelled at FTL speeds Cat would end up older than him. Cat’s stasis stints would slow him down so you end up with Cat old, but not by a great deal than Rodon and them both being alive at the same time. I think.
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/red-dwarf-season-13-review.html “From the perspective of a die hard Red Dwarf fan, season 13 has made a classic error: They’ve turned it into a 90-minute movie.” In general I did notice that the critical reception for The Promised Land seemed worse than for Series XI and XII at the time, regardless of the fan opinion seeming fairly (and rightly) positive, but I am not sure critical adulation is the goal at this point if it ever was.
Isn’t Giant Freakin Robot one of those sites that’s infamous for posting unsubstantiated rumours and stirring shit for clicks? If TPL did get a worse contemporary critical reception than Series XI and XII, I hope there are better examples.
“From the perspective of a die hard Red Dwarf fan, season 13 has made a classic error: They’ve turned it into a 90-minute movie.” Like there isn’t a tradition of established sitcoms successfully shifting to a prestige specials format. Red Dwarf did it decades late in that regard, though not for want of trying.
I get the feeling many just want Red Dwarf to stay the same. Don’t change, just make 6 more episodes. I seen many people say they just want a new series. I think the whole point of doing a 2 hour special is that its bigger story wise and what a 30 min episode would be. So it means special really has to count for itself because there isn’t gonna be another episode, different story next week.
I just did a quick search for other reviews, and this quote from Den of Geek kind of gets more to what I was meaning: “Not a triumph then, this feature-length special, more a fond rehash of some former hits.” Or this from The Guardian: “The Promised Land is not Red Dwarf in its prime. You get the impression that everyone involved knows it, but is trying to enjoy themselves, regardless.” Radio Times: “The end result is a good-but-not-great first stab at the feature-length format for Red Dwarf – The Promised Land is unlikely to convert anyone who’s found themselves immune to the show’s charms thus far, but it’s a reasonably rewarding outing for the faithful.” Geek Ireland: “This isn’t a movie, rather an extra-long episode, and the transition from 30 to 90 minutes has not been kind.” Set the Tape: “The show has life left in it, but as with Back to Earth in 2009, this extended format is not the optimum way to enjoy Red Dwarf.” On the other hand, Cult Fix wrote: “You feel we’re reaching the final curtain now- but playing with format and content like this, is key for the posse’s future- whether more series or specials.” The Daily Mail reviewer of all people liked it too: “And it’s practically unique in making the quantum leap to movie-length. In the Seventies, many popular sitcoms tried it: On The Buses, Steptoe & Son and even Dad’s Army were box office successes, but they weren’t a patch on the 30-minute episodes.” The Nerd Daily: “The 90 minute run time, for once, allows these themes to be explored in a bit more depth without having to rush, but without sacrificing the pacing. The story speeds up and slows down exactly when and where it needs to, to the point where, once it’s finished, you’ll feel like you happily could’ve watched more.” On the whole, I feel like individual specials get a bit more, well, individual scrutiny than an episode of larger series would get. Which may or may not be fair. Certainly my feeling at the time was The Promised Land was more liked by fans than reviewers, when I felt it was the opposite with XI and XII if I am honest.
> more a fond rehash of some former hits Unlike a lot of the previous series, I can’t think of anything about TPL that’s derivative of previous Red Dwarf in anyway. Other than it is picking up a story thread from 33 years previously
I just did a quick search for other reviews, and this quote from Den of Geek kind of gets more to what I was meaning: “Not a triumph then, this feature-length special, more a fond rehash of some former hits.” OK, fair’s fair. That’s a pretty good range of examples.
In case I was not clear, I do not actually agree with that critical reception, just that I observed it being that way. Personally I am happy if it is another special in the offing. By the way, is there a reason I do not seem able to post on the forums yet?
The Daily Mail reviewer of all people liked it too: “And it’s practically unique in making the quantum leap to movie-length. In the Seventies, many popular sitcoms tried it: On The Buses, Steptoe & Son and even Dad’s Army were box office successes, but they weren’t a patch on the 30-minute episodes.” Why’s it being compared to cinematic remakes and not 90-minute TV specials like One Foot in the Algarve, Only Fools and Horses etc? Personally I am happy if it is another special in the offing. Specials and novels are the only Red Dwarf I want at this point.
By the way, is there a reason I do not seem able to post on the forums yet? Sorry, the forum requires a manual approval and I was slow on the uptake. Should be all good now.
By the way, is there a reason I do not seem able to post on the forums yet? Sorry, the forum requires a manual approval and I was slow on the uptake. Should be all good now. Thanks Cappsy. I figured it was something like that.
I just did a quick search for other reviews, and this quote from Den of Geek kind of gets more to what I was meaning: “Not a triumph then, this feature-length special, more a fond rehash of some former hits.” OK, fair’s fair. That’s a pretty good range of examples.
Why’s it being compared to cinematic remakes and not 90-minute TV specials like One Foot in the Algarve, Only Fools and Horses etc? At a guess I’d suspect it was because rumours about a Red Dwarf movie were circulating for so long, even if yeah it seems more to me like the later Vicar of Dibley specials.
I love Red Dwarf but I’m at a point where I’d like to see an end in sight, of this ‘iteration’ anyway, Grant Dwarf and ‘different’ Doug Dwarf (maybe with other writers) should be the future. If I could wave a magic wand I’d have one more special ‘now’ ie announced soon and filmed/broadcast in the next 12 months, followed by a final 6 part series next year, ending on a cliff-hanger to be resolved by a 90 minute finale in 2026. That’s upwards of 6 hours worth of Dwarf, plenty of time to tie up and loose-ends, tell some new stories and provide us/them with a definitive conclusion.
Robert did a live stream 2 hours ago and said they have all signed on and hope to film something either later this year or early next year, but it is not a series, it’s “something”. The main RD comments start around 32:45.
It’s Out of the Red, but set in a reality where the characters in Red Dwarf are real people playing versions of themselves, like The Muppets.
A Brief History of Red Dwarf: a recurring segment in Chris Barrie’s new GB News show where he reframes the show’s more progressive aspects to highlight “their real meaning.”
Having applied a few times for tickets to the episode recordings over the year and failing miserably, I better get some this time around because as great as this news is, more Dwarf, I don’t know how many more comebacks the boys have. Either way, it’s more Dwar to look forward to.
I don’t care what it is, I am still insisting they refer to the next thing they make as Series XV to confuse and infuriate the fanbase.
Less. With ‘Series 15’ at least the numbered entries are all in broadcast order even if there are gaps, and the skipping of both 13 and 14 cements the idea that the numbers don’t really mean anything. With ‘Series 9’ you would be compelled to try and reason why it was called that, to fit it in between Series VIII and Series X somehow.
I mean, obviously TPL is 13 and Red Christmas is 14. Does Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg mean nothing to you What are you talking about. That’s series VIII
The 24-part radio show broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1996 was indisputably the seventh series of Red Dwarf.
Leaked scene from the new special? https://twitter.com/PaigeyEFC/status/1786874615186264445 Red Dwarf: Asylum
Someone’s put the full Q&A panel from Liverpool on YouTube. 47 minutes and not one question about what’s next. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd6XYQPNtL8
I’d bet you 95% of these people excited to see the Red Dwarf cast at a convention aren’t even aware the show has aired episodes in the past 25 years.
Danny is now in Guadeloupe for Death in Paradise so I guess any Dwarf announcement isn’t coming until nearer the end of the year?
For Promised Land, we knew in May/June that something new was on the cards and that was officially announced in October with filming starting 7 weeks later so probably reasonable to anticipate a similar timeframe this time around (all being well) since Bobby said they were hoping to do it later this year.
Series XI and XII: announced by Doug at Dimension Jump The Promised Land & First Three Million Years documentary: announced by GNP via official Red Dwarf media channels New special(s): announced on Twitter by a spoof character account operated by one of the cast
It pains me to realise that with TOS and the official Red Dwarf social media channels no longer being updated, the ActualKryten Twitter account is legitimately the closest thing they have to an official online outlet for Red Dwarf news. Dear GNP – please sort your shit out.
It pains me to realise that with TOS and the official Red Dwarf social media channels no longer being updated, the ActualKryten Twitter account is legitimately the closest thing they have to an official online outlet for Red Dwarf news. Dear GNP – please sort your shit out. Given the last official announcement of anything – the end of the legal troubles – was given to G&T ahead of the official “Tweet” being Twutted I think they probably see this site as the closet thing they have to an official outlet
It pains me to realise that with TOS and the official Red Dwarf social media channels no longer being updated, the ActualKryten Twitter account is legitimately the closest thing they have to an official online outlet for Red Dwarf news. Dear GNP – please sort your shit out. Doug’s still semi active on Twitter (as is Rob but I’d have thought him less likely to put out TV-related Dwarf news).
That’s true, but I count ActualKryten as being more official, because it’s specifically a Red Dwarf thing, not just the personal account of someone involved.
I just don’t get why RedDwarfHQ is no longer a thing. Even as something that’s updated by Rob or Doug once a year it would have a lot of value.
The plural of updates is intriguing, as is the suggestion that the first will be this year. Can’t wait for the official announcement in the middle of one of Danny’s Twitter arguments about racism, nor the steelbook BluRay being announced by a surprise appearance of an awkwardly dancing Chris Barrie at a convention, between rants about vaccines and wokeness.
It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Sending new updates’
The plural of updates is intriguing, as is the suggestion that the first will be this year. To be fair he could be referring to a singular special as updates and guesstimating a range of time for it to release. But two specials would be awesome.
I can’t get it to link but Robert’s livestream made it sound like they’re doing a singular new special either in late 2024 or early 2025. Whether that’s production or when it’ll come out is anyone’s guess.
Bob just confirmed they are doing it in October/November. Seems it’s up in the air if it will be one 90 minute special or 3 30 minute parts. Been planned for a while and they were just waiting to officially announce when Craig Charles jumped the gun on that. https://www.youtube.com/live/RUtsAWDSUTM?si=4ZDeE9Ndq8VCckZz
Cheers for that. 2 minutes 10 into the video for the relevant bit. “middle of October to the middle of November this year”
Has there ever been a revival era Red Dwarf production block that the cast didn’t blab about before it was announced? I know Series 11 and 12 being made together was news but I assume somebody had already said they were doing more. It’s been so long. I’m so old. Help.
Jumping back to say I cannot fucking believe in the Year of our Lord Twenty Hundred and Twenty-Four I get to say the words “New Red Dwarf filming in six months.”
I will say that with all the ridiculousness about shows being filmed and then never seeing the light of day (as tax write-offs or something? Not too sure) one thing we can rely on is that if Red Dwarf is filmed, we will see it. When the cast blab about things, Ben Browder’s words always come to mind – he used to not bank on a project happening until it was filming, and then one of his things a few years ago was filmed but never made it to air (before the TV landscape changed to include streaming platforms and the big big studios started to shelve things), so now he’s always really cautious about talking about upcoming things unless it’s absolutely certain it will be shown. Obviously the American TV scene is quite different from over here in many ways, but it does make me appreciate the situation with RD today – once it’s confirmed, it does happen. Especially considering its early start and then the will-they-won’t-they with Red Dwarf: The Movie.
My only hope now is that the mid-October date for filming turns out to be true, AND that there’ll be a live audience AND that I’m able to get tickets to be in it as I’ll actually be in the UK at that time. Bet it won’t though.
I’d assume that if there are any studio recordings in front of an audience that they’d be more likely to be towards the end of the schedule but since we don’t know anything for a fact yet, wait and see I guess.
I just don’t get why RedDwarfHQ is no longer a thing. Even as something that’s updated by Rob or Doug once a year it would have a lot of value. Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
https://twitter.com/signalspodcast/status/1792881836609118253 No revelations but been a while since a Doug comment. This was recorded before Liverpool comic-con but presumably after Prague since Doug is asked about the rumours: “It seems like there is big news, what is happening?” “At this point, I can’t…um…and if there was nothing to say I would be saying there’s nothing to say but I’m clearly not saying that there’s nothing to say. So that’s kinda saying something I guess. Something I think you can absolutely put money on is that if you tell any of the cast the secret they absolutely are incapable of keeping it a secret. So we never learn really. Although you kind of have to ask them ‘are you available?’ and then so in doing so you are imparting news so we will wait and see. I’m sure it won’t be too long before something happens publicly and officially……it will be done through official channels, I think, I think, if and when there’s something that may or may not be happening happens. When. Eventually. Soon. OK?”
it will be done through official channels, I think An exclusive announcement that Red Dwarf will once again have official channels!
UKTV actually planned to officially announce new Red Dwarf tonight via the @davechannel Twitter account, but they’ve just been locked out for giving their birthday as 15/10/07.
“At this point, I can’t…um…and if there was nothing to say I would be saying there’s nothing to say but I’m clearly not saying that there’s nothing to say. So that’s kinda saying something I guess. Something I think you can absolutely put money on is that if you tell any of the cast the secret they absolutely are incapable of keeping it a secret. So we never learn really. Although you kind of have to ask them ‘are you available?’ and then so in doing so you are imparting news so we will wait and see. I’m sure it won’t be too long before something happens publicly and officially……it will be done through official channels, I think, I think, if and when there’s something that may or may not be happening happens. When. Eventually. Soon. OK?” Add a few instances of “yeah, yeah, no, yeah” into this and it reads like the way Robert exaggerates Doug’s speech in his book.
Barely worth mentioning but Craig was interviewing Kiell Smith-Bynoe this afternoon on 6 Music and mentioned during that (in relation to a question about Ghosts ever coming back), “I’m about to film a new Red Dwarf”. Therefore, now that he has announced it on the BBC, might as well get the formal press releases etc. out too.
Maybe they were supposed to have already announced it but Rob changed the password on the Twitter account and won‘t give it back to Doug unless he hooks him up with funding for Titan from the Duke of Manchester.
Only Fools and Horses revival? It’s got to be something that features a character called Dave, but not Red Dwarf.
somebody in the comments of a Stoke Me A Clipper… clip on the official Britbox TikTok account says new episodes start filming October 24 to be shown next year, I expect the front page article to be written before the Tories are out
New series of Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit? You know I just realised that they misspelled Dara Ó Briain’s name in the title of his own show. Bit offensive.
You know I just realised that they misspelled Dara Ó Briain’s name in the title of his own show. Bit offensive. Do you mean by not using the ó fada? He often doesn’t use it, especially in titles and designs/logos and such, I guess it’s a stylistic thing.
Yes. OK, that’s good to know. I guess it doesn’t make anyone pronounce it differently. Go 8 Bit would fit with the 8am announcement timing, by the way. If it’s Red Dwarf they should announce it at 1:59. In a white corridor.
If it’s Red Dwarf they should obviously announce it by launching a curry and a can of lager into space on a balloon.
Going to need Doug to post something cryptic on Twitter followed by 200 people replying with the ‘so what is it?’ gif before getting too carried away.
The Katherine Ryan gameshow and Modern Life is Goodish were both announced by the BCG the day before Dave did so it might just be this https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/7969/dave-reunites-two-pints-stars-will-mellor-ralf-little-for-travelogue/
Actively cruel to do the whole “Might want to keep an eye on this feed tomorrow 👀” social media pre-announcement song and dance for every new show you announce, instead of just the ones people actually anticipate.
Yep, it was the Will and Ralf Out of the Red equivalent. I’m sure all of the Two Pints… fans who were specifically not hoping for a revival or reunion special will be delighted, and glad they hyped it.
Going to need Doug to post something cryptic on Twitter followed by 200 people replying with the ‘so what is it?’ gif before getting too carried away.
Things we’ve unexpectedly got since a new Red Dwarf special was unofficially revealed: -UK General Election called, held and a new government in place -New Presidential candidate for the Democrats -Oasis reform Things we have not got since a new Red Dwarf special was unofficially revealed: -Official confirmation of a new Red Dwarf special
In the gap between The Promised Land and now, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s second romance and marriage began and ended. By the time the next Red Dwarf special comes out (if it ever does), there will have been at least 3 more UK Prime Ministers and 2 more US Presidencies than when The Promised Land came out.
What is it that George W. Bush and Joe Biden have in common that makes it impossible for new Dwarf to be released during their presidencies?
Biden’s still coasting on the 15 Red Dwarf episodes that came out during his time as Vice President, and Bush was too afraid he wouldn’t live up to the golden era of Red Dwarf that his dad oversaw. Weird to think that 100% of the female Holly episodes were during the Bush Mk 1 presidency, but I can understand why she wouldn’t stick around for Clinton.
Things we’ve unexpectedly got since a new Red Dwarf special was unofficially revealed: Stephen Abootman commenting in this thread about the lack of news, thus creating the appearance of news on the site’s sidebar.
Not sure every comment in this thread over a 4 month period has been news related but I am happy to try and will it into existence.
As Red Dwarf’s cast claimed in mid-2024 that something new and exciting was on the horizon to cheer us all up, only for reality to sadly reflect basically the same depressing state of affairs as the past few years…
More time has passed since the Promised Land and today, than had passed between the end of VI and the start of VII, which felt like a fucking eternity but still had the benefit of two Smeg Ups tapes, two novels, the last of the Smegazines, some shit tie-in books (Survival Manual, I’m looking at you), some shit pretend-to-be tie-in books (The Log, I’m looking at you), and the cast getting a few starring roles in some dire sitcoms of their own to tide us over.
More time has passed since the Promised Land and today, than had passed between the end of VI and the start of VII, which felt like a fucking eternity but still had the benefit of two Smeg Ups tapes, two novels, the last of the Smegazines, some shit tie-in books (Survival Manual, I’m looking at you), some shit pretend-to-be tie-in books (The Log, I’m looking at you), and the cast getting a few starring roles in some dire sitcoms of their own to tide us over. I don’t know how old you are, CB, but the old time-dilation/age effect was probably a bit at play too, i.e. when you were younger (assuming you were still a child/adolescent in the mid-90’s) you hadn’t lived as long, so even a year’s wait could seem like forever.
On the plus side, it’s September so we can now start saying that Red Dwarf starts filming next month. Right? Hello?
Other gaps between pop cultural releases that felt like ages at the time but are shorter than the gap between The Promised Land and today: * Die Another Day to Casino Royale. (When we start approaching the gaps between SPECTRE and No Time To Die, and between Licence to Kill and GoldenEye, then I’ll start to worry.) * Sonic & Knuckles to Sonic Adventure (Japanese release)
Most other gaps in pop culture didn’t have a pandemic closing everything down and keeping everyone at home They may or may not have had legal woes between the creators.
Most other gaps in pop culture didn’t have a pandemic closing everything down and keeping everyone at home Spoken like someone who never had to endure the Sherlock Holmes drought of 1917 to 1921.
Just clocked today that Danny John Jules is doing a week on Richard Osman’s House of Games in the next few weeks. The TPL to New Special gap is fighting back!
Most other gaps in pop culture didn’t have a pandemic closing everything down and keeping everyone at home They may or may not have had legal woes between the creators. I do take consolation in the fact that if you are to lose years to bullshit legal wrangling, those were the ones to lose.
Most other gaps in pop culture didn’t have a pandemic closing everything down and keeping everyone at home Spoken like someone who never had to endure the Sherlock Holmes drought of 1917 to 1921. And Holmes coming back rather racist?
