Stephen Abootman

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To go back to the original topic, I can confirm that the co-creator of Red Dwarf was Rob Grant, not Ross Grant.

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Well, that’s the end of that then:

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https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2024/08/crypto-fascist/

Hoping that the library music sparks a new era of  “Lifestyles of the Disgustingly Rich and Famous” content.

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Slow news day? https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/red-dwarf-fans-spot-major-33424275

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Any picture from the Olympics opening ceremony:

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He was in the first 3 days but he’d have a job fitting that in:

Keeping a certain period clear though I see:

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Haha

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Disappointing lack of Rimsy in the replies to this.

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“It was also presumptuous of me to fight iron man’s battles” isn’t a phrase you hear every day.

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Looks like there was a June update sneaked in though I think he’s just added a comic-con date in mid November. So that’s a 6 week period from 7th October to 15th November left blank to rightly or wrongly draw conclusions from.

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Also, I don’t think the resolution they give to the mystery of Ruby’s parents is particularly well thought-out or positive, especially for anyone watching who might be in a similar situation (raised by foster parents). It creates the impression that finding your birth parents and reconnecting with them is the be-all and end-all, and is something that will turn out as a fairytale happy ending, which I’m not sure is a thoughtful message to be sending.

Yeah, I was at least expecting a “I/you already have a mum” sort of line at some point. Left a little bit of a bad taste in the mouth tbh.

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Had a dream last night that the next Red Dwarf special was called ‘Listermania’. Can’t offer any more details than that I’m afraid.

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The Sun saying Bobby ‘told’ BCG this just to continue the running theme of top notch fact checking.

As everyone knows, he actually told it to G&T first (someone posting his comments here before they appeared anywhere else is an exclusive interview, right?)

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I’m pissed off with people who are supposed to be professional journalists passing around unverified, unchecked third hand information and reporting it as fact, which leads ordinary people – quite reasonably – to react to rumours and conjecture as if it’s truth.

I think you’re mistaken. Look, it’s been confirmed by the good folk of filmstories.co.uk

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Also, the VOD of Robert’s live stream has now been taken down. So someone’s had a word, at last.

Possibly not connected but did make me think of this line:

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Not had chance to listen yet but BobbyLlew is Talking Bottom here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUs_6ox4vc4

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My money is on Cilla being the ‘big bad’ for this series. 

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A different brewer to the Leopard Lager (thankfully by the sounds of it). Who is going to be cracking open a 6 pack of these?

https://twitter.com/TwiceBrewedCo/status/1788870654734827592

https://twicebrewed.co.uk/products/shipwrecked-comatose-mango-juice-pale-3-0-440ml-can-1?variant=43414423535768

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I was waiting for someone to say the line but that’s much better.

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Nothing new otherwise although no appearance dates listed past the start of October or ‘later in the year’ as some might call it….

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Update: “We’ve all agreed to do more, we’re not going to make a whole new series but we’re making…something, and it should be fun. And we’re hopefully… hopefully we’ll make it later this year, if not it’ll be early next year.”

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5.55 for another BobCast 

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^that made me laugh. OK, now I’m done.

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 and imply that at least some of it might be accurate (“which of these are accurate” suggests at least one must be) 

It would have certainly have been implied less if I’d have said ‘or not’ after that. Oh wait, I did. 

Since this is getting disingenuous, I’ll leave it there to avoid derailing the thread any further.

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Holy shit. You catch a tiny bit of flak for presenting something in a slightly misleading way – and we rightly point out how little effort it would take to actually turn it into a more interesting contribution – and instead of taking it and moving on you start acting out a dick about it.

Can you clarify what was misleading about saying where it came from and how it may not be accurate? That would be a more interesting contribution than making stuff up about making people do things.

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‘Made?’ Haha.

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“Because you could spend the time it takes to fact check just looking up the information yourself”

Nuh. Premise was clearly set out that it was an experiment, not my problem.

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Thought this was very well done. Easy for these sort of things to descend into a parade of minor celebs saying what their favourite episodes/moments were over clips of them so did well to keep the focus where it should be throughout.

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The mistake would be assuming that they’re accurate rather than asking. They could be but I shall leave that to anyone who is inclined to check to actually confirm :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMvFA-Sbxno There’s an actual one though, Britain’s Best Sitcom (2004) – Red Dwarf #18 

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I’ve fired a question to ChatGPT and this is what it has come out with (I have not verified which of these are accurate or not):

Here are a few notable polls and lists where the British sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf has been ranked among the best TV series ever made:

In 2021, Red Dwarf was voted the 17th best British TV show of all time in a Radio Times poll of over 42,000 readers.

A 2020 poll by RadioTimes.com of over 11,000 TV fans placed Red Dwarf at #30 on their list of the 100 greatest British TV shows.

A 2004 Channel 4 poll saw Red Dwarf ranked #10 in their list of the 100 Greatest Comedy Shows.

In a 2009 poll by Digital Spy, Red Dwarf was voted the 9th best British sci-fi or cult TV show ever.

A 1999 poll by the British Film Institute ranked Red Dwarf at #49 on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Programs of the 20th Century.

Red Dwarf also made the British Film Institute’s 2015 list of popular archive-worthy TV programs from 1980-2004.

Google’s ranking system also places Red Dwarf very highly in search results for “best TV series ever” due to its consistent placement in polls and ‘best of’ lists over the decades.

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Ed Bye everyone:
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/bottom-bbc-ed-bye-interview-rt-rewind/

Red Dwarf mention at the end:

“For Bye and for fans, it was a welcome return. Though one he was unable to be a part of due to scheduling issues.

“There was a bit of a gap between the end of Red Dwarf on the BBC and it being picked up by UKTV and Dave and I was off doing other things. Also, Doug Naylor wanted to direct them, and he did a very good job, I think. They were annoyingly good. You can quote me on that!”

News of a planned Red Dwarf prequel book and TV series announced recently by co-creator Rob Grant had fans excitedly speculating who might be involved in the project called Red Dwarf: Titan. Does space beckon once more?

“Yes. I had a discussion with [Rob Grant] and Paul Jackson over some interesting lunches, and it’s a really exciting idea. It’s ambitious and crazy, which are two things I really like. As a director, I’m going, ‘Yeah, let’s do this.’ I can’t wait.””

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Chris and Craig were interviewed at Comic Con Prague a few hours ago, and it was said that there is a 90’ minute special (like The Promise Land) in talks.

This might be on one of the videos you linked to in the Chris Barrie thread but found the clip of Craig saying that for reference.

https://youtu.be/gsCU_Bu1peA?t=1060 (17:40 in if the link doesn’t take you to it directly)

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Didn’t think he’d do another one quite so soon, must have enjoyed it.

See his comments have been picked up by at least one other site https://tellymix.co.uk/red-dwarf-reboot/

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I believe they were both doing Newcastle comic con yesterday in case anyone wonders where Craig was telling people.

Additionally, he said that Rob Grant hasn’t spoken to him about Titan.

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I like it when they say Quegg.

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There’s a few minutes of footage of their Prague interview here if you want to see them drink Banana Split beer https://youtu.be/6h1b8-njxzQ?t=2070

Also this Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPTsSaRAhaE

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“Who is it?”

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Prequel to ‘I knew I should have bought huge fat cocks’

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Note to Doug: Call it Series XV in order to confuse and infuriate.

And on a similar theme, it should go out in 4 different time slots across BBC2, Dave, iplayer and UKTV Play. 

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Old news (December) but might have slipped under the radar as I hadn’t seen it mentioned anywhere. Interview with Craig via https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/bbc-craig-charles-wife-took-28299047

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G&T: Come for Red Dwarf, stay for the life hacks

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