Red Dwarf: Titan Review (Spoiler-Free) Reviews Posted by Ian Symes on 16th July 2026, 12:30 SPOILER WARNING: While this review gives nothing away about the plot of Titan, it does contain details of the structure, prose style, and characters present in the book. It should be safe to read this before you've read the book, but if you're extra cautious about avoiding every last detail, save it for afterwards. After three decades of waiting, the fifth Red Dwarf novel has finally been released. A mere six months ago, we had no idea it was coming, and yet so much has happened since then. The excitement that greeted its announcement was soon replaced by sorrow. Original co-creator Rob Grant returns, writing new Red Dwarf for the first time since 1996's Backwards novel, only to unexpectedly pass away before he could see it released. It's therefore an undeniably bittersweet occasion to finally have new material at our fingertips, while knowing it's the last of its kind. But thankfully, any hint of sadness is quickly moved to the back of the mind once you start reading, and instantly lose yourself in a comfortingly familiar, yet excitingly fresh and reinvigorated world... Read more →
DwarfCast 180 – Rob Grant: Thanks For The Memories DwarfCasts Posted by Ian Symes on 9th June 2026, 12:00 Subscribe to DwarfCasts: RSS • iTunes "The Carousel of Hideous Mistakes That Make You Say 'Fuck' In The Middle Of A Supermarket" The loss of Rob Grant earlier this year was a complete shock. Whether you knew him personally or were one of his thousands of fans, it was a bolt out of the blue. It's taken us a little while to be able to talk about it, but with the release of Red Dwarf: Titan - Rob's final work - rapidly approaching, we wanted to get together and discuss just how much he meant to us. So join us for our reminisces about all of G&T's interactions with Rob over the years, discover the origin of that "ex-wife's honeymoon video" quote, relive the moment that Ian's imminent fatherhood was announced to the world unexpectedly, and discover what's on the wall of Rob's downstairs toilet. You can also peruse the show notes section below for a bumper dose of Rob-related content, and feel free to share your own memories of Rob in the comments. Read more →
Rob Grant – the ultimate tribute News Posted by Ian Symes on 6th March 2026, 12:08 Just a very quick one to point you in the direction of this superb piece on TOS, in which dozens of friends, family members and colleagues pay tribute to the great Rob Grant. In the time it took me to read it, I laughed, cried, gasped and even found myself actually applauding. With tributes from all of Rob’s immediate family, university friends, Red Dwarf cast and crew aplenty, and other famous names like Ian Hislop, Sir Lenny Henry, Martin and Shirlie Kemp and Robert Lindsay, this is well worth setting aside a chunk of time for. Kudos to GNP (whatever that is, these days) for marking Rob’s passing and celebrating his life on an official platform, and to Rob’s friend and mine Curtis Threadgold for pulling off this epic undertaking. My heart may still be broken, but this has definitely warmed it up a bit.
Obituary: Rob Grant Features Posted by Ian Symes on 1st March 2026, 16:08 Pioneering comedy writer, best-selling author, and co-creator of Red Dwarf, Rob Grant has died, aged 70. Rob was born in Salford, Greater Manchester in September 1955, and grew up a stone's throw from the original exterior location for Coronation Street, if you want to get a picture of how his upbringing looked. Aged nine, he won a scholarship to Chetham's Hospital School, and on his very first day at the private music school, he met fellow pupil Doug Naylor. It was a chance coming together that had an immeasurable impact on the future of British comedy, not to mention the lives of thousands, if not millions of future fans. Read more →
Above all, Fun Features Posted by Andrew Marshall on 27th February 2026, 10:15 Following yesterday's awful news, Rob's writing partner Andrew Marshall has been in touch to share his tribute. For about the last 15 years my working day has started in the same way: make coffee, sit at desk at 9.30 and await Rob to appear on Zoom. Or Screenhero, Or Skype. Or whatever the gas powered useless app was before that. We shared thoughts, worries, family news, memories, latest movie opinions and most of all cookery tips. Oh, and then eventually wrote something. But most of all we laughed. Working with Rob was always, above all, fun. Read more →
Rob Grant RIP News Posted by Ian Symes on 26th February 2026, 17:02 We at Ganymede & Titan are heartbroken to pass on a message from Rob Grant’s family. With much sadness, we have to announce that Rob Grant, co-creator of Red Dwarf, passed away suddenly yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 25th February 2026), a great loss to his family, friends and comedy fans across the world. We’re in too much shock to add much else right now, other than to pass on our sympathies and love to Rob’s family, friends, colleagues and fans. This is devastating news, and for it to have happened within a week of his first Red Dwarf novel for thirty years being officially announced is just the sort of cruel twist of fate that Rob delighted in inventing. We’ll have more to say over the coming days, weeks and months, to celebrate the life of a man whose imagination, creativity and humour was matched only by his kindness, friendliness and generosity. We will forever be grateful for the impact the world he co-created had on our lives, and honoured to have known him.
Red Dwarf: Titan – Covered News Posted by Ian Symes on 19th February 2026, 09:00 A mere two weeks ago, Red Dwarf: Titan was just a glimmer in Rob Grant's buttski, as far as we were aware. But now details are coming thick and fast. Following the novel first appearing on random booksellers' websites, quickly followed by Rob and Andy supplying a full synopsis, we can now exclusively reveal the book's cover art. Many thanks to The Orion Publishing Group, who seem to have accidentally mistaken us for a legitimate press organisation. Read more →
Red Dwarf: Titan – the full synopsis News Posted by Ian Symes on 10th February 2026, 10:06 Following last week's unheralded appearance of Red Dwarf: Titan on various obscure booksellers' websites, some bloke called Rob has got in touch with us to clarify one or two things. Hi G&Tians A couple of bookshops seem to have misunderstood the publisher’s embargo, and made a premature pre-launch of the new RD novel, Titan. It’s not even been through the final copy edit yet. They also announced a publication date in July, which is the first we’ve heard of it, and over which we have no control. It’s still not confirmed. Likewise, the blurb we’d written for the cover wasn’t shown in full, presumably to accommodate a word count. Now the Cat’s out of the baggy suit, here’s the full version. ROB & ANDY Read more →
Rob Andy readin’ Titan, yes sir I’ve been around News Posted by Ian Symes on 6th February 2026, 16:20 Well then. Exactly five years to the day that Rob Grant told us that he wanted Red Dwarf flying out of our buttskis, it seems we're a little over six months away from the first scheduled flight. Thanks to our Czech mate barbucha in our forum for spotting that a novel called Red Dwarf: Titan is beginning to turn up in online listings, with a release date of July 16th. An all-new prequel, and the first Red Dwarf novel in thirty years with Red Dwarf creator Rob Grant returning alongside Andy Marshall, creator of sitcom 2point4Children and Quanderhorn! Before the beginning. Before the accident that wipes out the crew, the mining ship Red Dwarf is in orbit around Titan, and the crew is heading down for shore leave, all with different intensions… However, their objectives are scuppered somewhat unexpectedly when they receive a cryptic message. A message from the future. Two feuding crewmen are catapulted into a breakneck race to save not only this but every other Reality. So strap yourself in - the Dwarfers are taking on TITAN. This novel is the perfect reboot for those who have never seen the series but also full of wonderful Easter eggs for the fans. Read more →
G&TV: Carrott’s Lib (22/10/1983) Quickies Posted by Ian Symes on 6th November 2024, 09:50 As we once again prepare to stick our fingers in our ears and try not to think about things for the next four years, let's take the opportunity to hark back to a far happier time, ie before many of us were even sodding born. We're heading back to 1983 to take in a crucial component of the Grant Naylor oeuvre. Having pretty much mastered the art of radio comedy with the first series of Son of Cliché, it was time to take on television, and the pair began successfully submitting sketches for the likes of Paul Squire, Cannon & Ball and Three of a Kind. But arguably the most quintessentially Rob-and-Doug feeling project of this era was Carrott's Lib. Starring Jasper Carrott, one of this country's greatest ever stand-ups, this was a pre-Spitting Image topical, satirical comedy, broadcast live on Saturday nights on BBC One. Paul Jackson produced the first series, but we're going to focus instead on the first episode of series two, for reasons that will become apparent. The first thing to note is the date - the series started just eleven days after the first series of Son of Cliché concluded on Radio 4, and given how last-minute a lot of those scripts were, Rob and Doug presumably had very little time to breathe between projects. This series also established a new supporting cast for Jasper: future Cadbury's Caramel bunny Jan Ravens, alongside the trio of Nick Wilton, Nick Maloney and Chris Barrie. Now where have I seen those guys together before? Huge thanks to Jonsmad for pointing us in the direction of this YouTube upload: Read more →
