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9 avril

Red Dwarf: Back To Earth!

Guest Blogger JJ Benson here reporting back on what was probably the coolest night of my year so far! Andy (my friend and camera man for the evening) and I got to meet and chat with the cast of Red Dwarf, one of our favourite TV shows. We were in a central London location for the brilliant press launch of the new three-part series. It will air on Dave this Easter; fans will be treated to the first batch of new episodes in 10 years. Red Dwarf: Back To Earth reunites human Dave Lister (Craig Charles), hologram Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), feline evolved Cat (Danny John-Jules) and sanitation mechanoid Kryten (Robert Llewellyn).

If you don't know your holoships from your Talkie Toasters, here's a refresher of the series: it was about the hapless crew of the mining spaceship Red Dwarf. Set three million years in the future, it focussed on their attempts to return to Earth. It's impossible to sum up years of craziness in a couple of sentences, but if you can catch any of the old episodes, you just might see why people were, and remain, obsessed with this show. In the Dave episodes, the remaining crew finally discover a way to return to Earth. However in true Dwarf fashion things don't exactly go to plan.

The new episodes are written and directed by co-creator Doug Naylor. The show first aired on BBC2 back in February 1988, but took a three-year hiatus between series six and seven. Now let's cut to the chase: is Red Dwarf: Return To Earth any good? Answer: Yes! I enjoyed it and felt that it worked within the world of Red Dwarf, though it is remarkably different. As Doug Naylor told us, they were pushing up the levels of quality in this one with better sets, camera technology and CGI. And it did look a lot better than those wobbly sets from the early days (although that kind of added to its charm).

The series really is more of a film and deserves to be seen in one sitting. Luckily, we got to view it in one unadulterated showing, but for those watching it on TV, it will be broken up into pieces and that may spoil the experience.

This was pretty much a big celebration and the night lived up to the hype with loads of press and stars mingling together. Everyone associated with this programme are just fantastic. They made time to talk to us (we even had a chat with Doug Naylor's wife!) and - a real highlight for me - we ate duck rolls with Terry Pratchett. What a legend!

OK, I have to go to bed now as I have just got in from the after-party. The Red Dwarf team are right up there for the award of nicest people in the world - the only downside was that Craig Charles, who plays Dave Lister, was not there. He was busy filming Coronation Street but he did record a message for us all. We filmed the event for MSN so check back here for our video and you can get a flavour of a really memorable night.

Guest Bloggers JJ & Andy

Red Dwarf: Back To Earth airs on Dave - Friday April 10 at 9pm, Saturday April 11 at 9pm, Sunday April 12 at 9pm

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	Lauraa écrit : It was just awful....how does a hologram get fat? 14 Juin
	Nicka écrit : I watched the new episodes and didn't laugh once. The first three series were brilliant and had depth and intelligence. Lister has now become Eddie Yates in space. 14 Juin
	Laza écrit : Loved this special. Basically "Back to Reality 2", which is not a bad thing as there was both Polymorph 2 and Gunmen which can be classes as a Better than Life 2 due to the VR game. The exclusion of the laugh track did not matter to me, a number of episodes from series 7 do not have a laugh track, and truthfully, having no laugh track is much much better than having fake canned laughter. It would also not have mixed in with the more emotional scenes. Overall, past episodes can be classed as off the wall comedy, back to front, but this one see's the crew older, more emotional, and back on Red Dwarf on their own, for which the CGI and lack of laughter portrays very nicely. Oh and anyone who is uncomfortable with Sophie Winkleman's English during the episodes, in my view, are just not confident enough with their own identity. If you ever go to Russia, you will hear people talking in English like that. 9 Juin
	marc warrinera écrit : i love red dwarf but...........back to earth special, hmmnnnn well lets just say i wasted precious time in watching it. what a load of rubbish thats putting it politely) cant believe the actors agreed to do this and ruin what has been a great string of series. put me off watching any more newbies by them.........shame............oh well. 5 Juin
	Elainea écrit : OMG I cant believe Ive missed this! How come there wasnt more advertisment about it. I had to read and re-read the date it was shown several times to finally understand I'd actually missed this show. Any idea if its going to be re-run? 4 Juin
	Aucun noma écrit : well considering the red dwarf is nothin to me and i know nothing about it but by the other comments it loks like its a good tv series 1 Juin
	Tiffany Jaynea écrit : i have to say that i thought the acting was a bit wooden to start but they soon got the old dwarf magic back, and having not worked together since the cliff hanger of season 8 i think they did pretty well for 4 " old" men trying to be older versions of the young funny men they once were, it was a good effort if slightly confusing, i wonder if they actually are in the alternate mirror universe or if they got back, roll on season 9 i need to know!!!!!!! 1 Juin
	Louise BYRNEa écrit : I hate to say it, but I agree with the general opinion that it was pretty bad. I have watched Red Dwarf since it started, and I was so disappointed with the Back to Earth episodes. My 14 year old son, who having been forced to watch Red Dwarf over the years, has become a real fan, was also unimpressed. Let's hope that any subsequent series will be greatly improved. 1 Juin
	Richarda écrit : Red Dwarf WAS one of the funniest TV series ever. When Rob Grant left after Series 6 the show went downhill with each subsequent episode. Red Dwarf Back To Earth was awful. The only funny part that I remember was Kryten saying "confirmed" and the Psi-Scan showing "bit crap" in the first epsiode. Other than that, a complete waste of time. Either find some way to get Grant back on board, or kill the show and do something else. 1 Juin
	Courtney Vernalla écrit : Maybe your write "Gemma Moore". Thanks for the answer. Apparintly, when they make the season 9, the plot of it will actually be inbetween the last episode of season 8 and the back to earth episodes so it will explane everything. 31 Mai
	Jon Perrya écrit : I was so let down by this trilogy of new episodes. The acting was wooden and didnt gel, the storyline/plot was just awful and I don't think I laughed ONCE thru all 3 episodes. Gutted. 26 Mai
	Gemma Moorea écrit : I loved the Back To Earth episodes, my son and I watched them all back to back. I've been a fan since it started and my son, who's 7, has been a major fan since he was 2 and a half! He's got all the episodes on DVD and quotes them like anyone's business. I so hope there is a series 9 as it would be fantastic. I loved the way the cast have still got the old Red Dwarf magic and chemistry. Craig Charles' character Lister bought tears to my eyes when he visited the grave. It was so emotional. In reply to Courtney Vernall I can only assume that Rimmer died at the end of series 8 in the episode Only The Good, as the ship was exploding, and that's why he was bought back as a Hologram. Again I'm only assuming that's why I don't actually know for sure. 25 Mai
	kellya écrit : i actually loved the specials.i thought the special effects were breathtaking,the script full of laugh out loud moments and the i was glad to see that the cast still had the old chemistry. even if you didnt like it,arent you glad the dwarfers are back??i know i am!! 24 Mai
	Aucun noma écrit : I watch ALLthe RED DWARFS on video for authenticity they are the only thing i use the VID for, HOWEVER the BACK TO EARTH TRILOGY will not be finding a place on my shelf. I was so looking forward to it but it was a total let down in fact it was piss poorand crappy I'm upset. 18 Mai
	Courtney Vernalla écrit : OMG, I just found out the most amazing news, for some people and defently for me. There is a trailer on the channel "Dave" advertising that there is defently going to be a season 9 of Red Dwarf. I can't believe it, it's amazing!!! 18 Mai
	Courtney Vernalla écrit : Ok, I have to admit... I have seen all the Red Dwarf seasons and I do love them because they are so funny (I like Kryten the best), and when I saw the last episode of season 8 "Only the Good" I thourght that the back to earth episodes would resolve the cliff-hanger from the last episode but it didn't. It didn't even make any sense that Rimmer was a holigram again. Oh well. 18 Mai
	rosalind meedendorpa écrit : i love my Red Dwarf but these specials shown on Dave over Easter didnt do it for me at all not funny in the slightest . WAS it the original writers who wrote this series or not please let us know .... 6 Mai
	russell jardinea écrit : huge red dwarf fan but lucky if i even cracked a smile at these episodes. big let down! 29 Avr.
	Tina Patersona écrit : I loved these episodes I thought they were very well acted, Craig's acting has really come on over the years. Who cares if he's in Corrie now? I didn't like the CGI sets, the charm was in the wobbly old sets, I didnt like the addition of Sophie Winkleman being the other hologram, I thought she was too serious and brought the mood down too much, and though I'm English/Scottish/Spanish by descent, I found her broken English to be insulting when it was quite clear the character was highly intelligent therefore enough so not to use broken English when she was fluent in English. There's really no need to start sexing up Red Dwarf. It's sickly enough with the whole Lister/Kochanski thing. I also wish they had not brought back Kochanski, though in a minimal form. I never liked Chloe Annett as Kochanski, really did NOT fit the original Kochanski character well, was nothing like the old character because they made her a spoiled whiny litte girl and Claire Grogan doing it was never like that, they took away her Scottish accent, though they stuck with the idea of her being from the Gorbals (I live/work VERY close to there, that accent isn't something you're going to lose any time soon!) and Claire Grogan was just much sexier and complimented Lister much better. Looks don't always mean sexy. So it was sad to see Chloe back as Kochanski in the new episode, being even more of a spiteful b**** to Lister, gnawing away at his already raw emotions. I also really missed having Holly there! Almost as pointless as doing this without the original cast night have been! Of course I always loved both Hollys, but would have loved to see Norman Lovett back there, inventing crazy things. All in all, a good show for RD, but could have been so much better. Still going to buy the DVD though, because there was some really powerful acting in it. And the cast really are the nicest bunch of people on the planet. :) 26 Avr.
	emmaa écrit : Red Dwarf Back to Earth was brilliant!! Had to watch it twice to get my head around the story but it was superb, I laughed like a drain! TV at it's best. Only thing missing was Holly shame I loved both him and her, either would have done. Nice to see Kochanski in there but a bit sad she wasn't sparring with Kryton again. I may be a Grandma now but the whole thing was a hit for me and I give it a big thumbs up!! Looking forward to the film. 25 Avr.

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