To celebrate the 21st birthday of Red Dwarf, we're bringing back the original cast for a three part special over Easter. Check out the Red Dwarf on Dave Easter schedule.
Over the last few months we've been bringing you a weekly update on how the production is going packed with all the latest news, gossip and first-look images as well as a smeg load of Red Dwarf Quizzes to keep you entertained. Plus - we've got some exclusive Red Dwarf: Back to Earth Videos in our Cinema.
Back to Earth is going to be a Red Dwarf epic. The show as you have never, ever seen it before. Oh smeg, yes.
About the show
You're the last human being in space, with only your spaceship's senile computer for company – until that computer provides a hologram of your dead roommate, who you detest, and you discover a humanoid creature that evolved from the ship's cat. Later you pick up cleaning-obsessed robot and a parallel version of your ex-girlfriend. That's the lot of Dave Lister, trapped aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf in this clever and sometimes poignant cult sci-fi comedy.
The amazing thing about Red Dwarf is that it always triumphed over its TV sitcom budget. Reverse universes, exploding spaceships, genetically engineered life-forms and ruthless killer simulants – over eight series the makers took us across the universe, three million years from home…yet never left their earthly characters behind.
Red Dwarf actually started out as a sketch on an 80s Radio 4 comedy series called Son of Cliche. Written by Grant and Naylor, the show contained a number of zany bits and bobs which they considered turning into a fully-fledged sitcom. For a while they focused on a sketch called Captain Invisible and the See-Thru Kid, before ultimately deciding on Dave Hollins: Space Cadet – a long-running bit about a human who winds up light years from Earth with only a talking computer for company. Hollins was changed to Lister for Red Dwarf because some footballer was rather thoughtlessly called Dave Hollins.
A host of famous names auditioned for Red Dwarf, including Hugh Laurie, David Baddiel and even Ronnie Barker. The ones who came closest were Alan Rickman and Alfred Molina (the veteran star who played Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2). They both auditioned for the parts of Lister and Rimmer, but the producers eventually felt that these about-to-be-big names would upset the balance of the programme. Plus comedians like Craig Charles and Chris Barrie really knew how to bring the funny.
Make sure you check out our exclusive Red Dwarf Videos
Find out some more smeg-free facts about the space sitcom or discover if you're a Space Buff or Smeghead with one of our Red Dwarf Quizzes.
Plus - Whatever happened to the Red Dwarf movie?, Red Dwarf: The Best Moments So Far, Sickness in Space, Red Dwarf Close encounters
For all those who have been asking about the new eps in their countries, be assured we haven't forgotten about you. Back to Earth will be released on DVD on June 15th. Pre-order your copy now..

























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