End of Part One, Red Dwarf XII Edition Features Posted by John Hoare on 31st July 2019, 07:01 With the two year anniversary of Red Dwarf XII rapidly approaching, it's time to tidy up a few remaining bits of business here on G&T. Our retrospective DwarfCasts are already in the can and will be published before too long. But before those, there's one thing which I'm sure you'd all hoped I'd forgotten about. Yes, it's time for that sodding ad breaks article again. A quick reminder of why I do these. When I first wrote this piece on Red Dwarf X's ad break placement, I did it because I was annoyed. It felt like Dwarf hasn't even tried to adapt to being on commercial television, and its ad breaks were placed and presented in a most begrudging manner. However, this was almost entirely rectified with Red Dwarf XI, which did a pretty damn good job. Seeing as Red Dwarf XII was made in tandem with XI, surely the same is true this time round? Let's take a look. Read more →
End of Part One, Red Dwarf XI Edition Features Posted by John Hoare on 6th August 2017, 06:00 Back in 2016, I took a look at the placing of ad breaks in Red Dwarf X, and how so many of them were a wasted opportunity to use the opportunity for a cliffhanger to its maximum effect. (I highly suggest you read that piece before this one if you haven't done so; otherwise, this article will come across as entirely ridiculous rather than just mostly ridiculous.) With publicity for Red Dwarf XII about to kick off properly, it's time to tie up one last loose thread from Red Dwarf XI. How did XI fare when it came to ad breaks? Did they seem like an afterthought, like much of X? Or was the chance taken to actually do something with them - to add a lovely punctuation point to the episode, and make viewers want to come back after the break? I'll be honest... the answer surprised me. Let's take a look. Read more →
End of Part One Features Posted by John Hoare on 6th January 2016, 13:39 During the current break in production between Red Dwarf XI and XII, now seems the perfect time to talk about something very specific to the Dave era of Red Dwarf. Oddly enough, it's something we haven't really discussed in any great depth here on Ganymede & Titan, although we did touch on it briefly in our commentary on Gunmen. Firstly, for some context, let's go back to how the BBC-era shows are presented on Dave. And for all my whinging about Red Dwarf repeats, there is one particular joy I have in watching Red Dwarf on a commercial channel - one which you might think of as merely a pain in the ass. And that is: the commercials themselves. Or, more specifically, the placing of those commercial breaks. Read more →
