Cult Spy was in attendance at the premiere of the brand new Red Dwarf episodes for the Dave channel. It's been a decade since the boys from the Dwarf last graced our screens and hopes were high that the loveable smegheads could recapture the glory days. After all, surely writer Doug Naylor has had plenty of time to construct plenty of decent laughs? Sadly though, an initially humour-free script really lets Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Cat (Danny John Jules) and Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) down in a massive way during the first part. The quality does improve dramatically as the story continues, but one can't help but feel that this whole endeavour fails to live up to the hype. Red Dwarf: Back To Earth follows on from the last two seasons of its BBC2 days. Not in terms of plot, but through a procession of painful attempts to generate...
- 4/9/2009
- by By Ben Rawson-Jones
- Digital Spy
The return of Red Dwarf this year could spark a full comeback for the programme, it has been claimed. Last month, it emerged that the first new episodes of the cult show since 1999 were being filmed and would air on Dave over Easter. Red Dwarf: Back To Earth will consist of three parts written and directed by Doug Naylor. Chris Barrie, who played Arnold Rimmer on the show, told The (more)...
- 3/31/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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