David Bowie RIP News Posted by Ian Symes on 11th January 2016, 21:38 A hell of a lot will be written about David Bowie in the coming days. I don't feel remotely qualified to add to it; I'm a fan, but far from a scholar. And yet I feel that Ganymede & Titan should mark his passing in some way, despite it being far beyond the remit of a Red Dwarf fansite. But then again, it's hard to think of a single piece of popular culture from the last forty-odd years that hasn't been influenced by Bowie in some way. And there are a handful of tenuous Bowie/Dwarf connections... Read more →
Peter Wragg RIP News Posted by Ian Symes on 17th April 2012, 13:26 It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Peter Wragg, the visual effects designer of Red Dwarf I-VII, who died over the weekend following a short illness. He was just 65. Read more →
Jo Howard RIP News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 2nd January 2012, 15:00 Amid all the optimism about 2012 from everyone in the Red Dwarf community, it's with a heavy heart we start off the year learning of the sad death of Jo Howard who, on the 21st October last year, was lost to cancer. Read more →
New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road (1976-2011) News Posted by John Hoare on 26th November 2011, 14:05 We admit this rather snuck up on us. Last night, BBC Manchester's New Broadcasting House studios in Oxford Road closed its doors after 35 years. Over the decades, the studios have been host to any number of shows - A Question of Sport, The 8:15 from Manchester, Mastermind, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Life on Mars, North West Tonight... and, of course, the first three series of Red Dwarf. Read more →
DwarfCast 33 – Out of Time Commentary DwarfCasts Posted by Seb Patrick on 3rd November 2011, 12:49 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes I love you. You know that, don't you? I wouldn't want you to... GO anywhere, not knowing that. Read more →
Paul Montague RIP News Posted by John Hoare 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. Read more →
Dan O’Bannon 1946-2009 News Posted by Seb Patrick on 18th December 2009, 09:27 No direct Red Dwarf connection here, but as the co-writer of Alien and, perhaps more pertinently, Dark Star, it's safe to say that Dan O'Bannon - who has passed away at the age of 63 - should be counted as one of the most influential figures in late '70s/early '80s sci-fi, and consequently can be said to be one of those people without whom the show might not actually even exist. RIP. Read more →
BTL RIP News Posted by Jonathan Capps on 9th May 2007, 23:02 Look, everyone, there's no point feeling sorry about BTL. It's a kindness. Like a blind old incontinent sheepdog, it's had its day. Take it out to the barn with a double-barreled shot-gun and blow the mother away. And I'm only saying that because I'm so fond of it. That's right; after 52 issues the official Fan Club magazine, Better Than Life, is to be put out of its considerable misery and replaced with something just that little bit different. Read more →
