NEW SERIES – FOR REALS

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Posted by on 20th January 2011, 16:53

UPDATED 21.30 - ROBERT LLEWELLYN CONFIRMS NEW SERIES COMMISSION

Hard to believe it's almost two years since Headfuck Monday, isn't it? But, while we're a long, long way from such things occurring yet again, today has at least given us cause to suspect that the next twelve months are going to see Dwarf news a-plenty - and with reports coming out from one source before being not-undenied by another, we're getting those first shivers of excitement as word starts to spread and threaten to overtake us. Let's stop, then, and recap.

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Paul Montague RIP

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Posted by on 15th January 2011, 13:20

As first announced by Danny John-Jules on Twitter, Paul Montague, Red Dwarf production designer for Series 1 and 2 of Red Dwarf, has died.

I am possibly the worst person in the world to report such news, as I tend towards either being extremely rude or inciting flame wars, so I shall leave it to Andrew Ellard to pay tribute - and make you furrow your brow at things being lost to the mists of time.

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Merry Christmas?

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Posted by on 22nd December 2010, 17:40

Hmm. Doug Naylor has just tweeted this:

An early Xmas present which I can't open until January. What a beautiful day Dwarfers!!!

This either refers to some sort of time-locked tin of Quality Street, or we might expect a big announcement in the new year. Either way, have a wonderful Christmas, and try not to get attacked by the pan-dimensional liquid beast from the Mogadon Cluster.

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I’m Not With Andrew

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Posted by on 5th November 2010, 13:57

I'd always assumed that Red Dwarf associate (or should that be "exec"?) producer Andrew Ellard spent his entire life immersed in the show, even when it wasn't being made. I've always had this picture of him sitting at his desk, watching the DVDs over and over again, occasionally having a chat with Doug, and just counting down the days until Friday so that he could post news items on the official site.

But it turns out that no. That perception is a good few years out of date. Because Andrew actually has an entire non-Dwarfy CAREER as a writer and somewhat renowned script editor, a career that's just yielded a radio sitcom pilot that you can download for free RIGHT NOW.

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Car Pool is Here!

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Posted by on 4th November 2010, 13:31

Yes, yes, we've been lousy at keeping up with this sort of thing recently. But in case you're not aware, the Proper TV Version of Carpool with Bobby Llew starts tonight, on Dave, at 8.30pm. The first guest is Jason Manford, but don't let that put you off. We've already seen how something doing really well on Dave can lead to lots of immediately exciting possibilities that definitely don't go wrong. Er.

Anyway, Robert is great, and this deserves to do well, so let's help make it so. There's also a nice little piece on BBC News about the show, in which Robert admirably tackles the question of whether there are any of his Dwarf pals he hasn't interviewed yet by answering "Norman Lovett", although admittedly failing to add "Because he's been an arsehole lately."

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