FTA-TV New Red Dwarf - Back to Earth

[celtic_pride]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/mar/26/red-dwarf-back-earth

Great news for all Dwarf fans

It's cold outside … but the Boys from the Dwarf have finally found somewhere with some kind of atmosphere. Nine years on from the frustrating final episode, here's our first glimpse of the all-new Red Dwarf. We've got a clip of the new three-part story Back to Earth, due to air over Easter on Dave. And it's Earth, Dave, and exactly as we know it, actually.

The new episodes take the Boys back to a modern-day Earth. Partially to provide some Galactica-style closure to the saga, but mainly because, with the sets long since torn down and the meagre budget of a digital channel, it was the only way they could do it.

This much we know: Kochanski has died (that noise was a million fanboys whooping). Rimmer has aged (a double downer, since holograms aren't meant to). And since Lister left a bath running for nine years, Holly is water-logged and still drying out (so apparently no Norman Lovett or Hattie Hayridge).

And somehow, they'd found themselves in Weatherfield. That's Starbug zipping through Coronation Street (did you spot Dev's kebab shop and Peter Barlow's bookies?) So chances are, Lister's going to meet some intergalactic genetic double in the form of cabbie Lloyd Mullaney. What can be going on here? A reality warp? Some kind of fiction actualiser? An ill-advised bout of fourth-wall breaking?

Time travel's somehow involved, and Rimmer knows all about the X Factor. Why so bitter? Could a failed pop career be one of his manifold broken dreams in some other reality? Could Rimmer really be a descendant of Leon Jackson? There's just a few weeks until we find out.

Back to Earth is on Friday 10 April 2009 at 9pm on Dave.

I so got to get a torrent of this when it airs

Only downside is that there is no Holly in these specials, but ah well, it's great to have the Dwarf crew back, even for only 3 episodes.
Who else is looking foward to this ???

 

[Cleavy]

can't wait!

shame they're not doing the improv show though.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Why would Lister have had a bath running??????????

 

[Kram]

Hadn't heard about this, sounds good.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

I've seen episodes of the original on ABC2. It doesn't seem particularly funny to me

 

[Kram]

The 1st 3 series are brilliant, if you don't laugh at them you have no taste in comedy. Some of the later ones were shite though and almost unwatchable.

 

[Quinz]

Loved the first few series, but series 5-6 were quite poor compared to the early ones. Season 7 was OK though.

Looking forward to this.

 

[The old campaigner]

I've seen episodes of the original on ABC2. It doesn't seem particularly funny to me

Have you noticed that Kryten and the guy off scrapheap challenge are one and the same.
Red Dwarf is an all time classic in my book.

 

[grimlock]

Looking at some photos, they look really really really old especially Chris Barrie.

 

[Kram]

One of my favourite parts


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[stephen_bayne]

Oh my god! FINALLY! Cannot wait for this. Am rewatching the entire series in preperation for this. The end? THE SMEG IT IS!

 

[Fade to Gray]

I've seen episodes of the original on ABC2. It doesn't seem particularly funny to me

You Sir, are a complete smeghead without a sense of humour.

 

[Quinz]

You are a total, total ... a word has yet to be invented to describe how totally whatever it is you are, but you are one and a total, total one at that.

 

[Mr P@H]

I can't wait to see it but i am not going to hype it up too much, could be total crap, Dave has never done anything like this before.

 

[sansian]

has anyone got a torrent for this yet?

 

[mellowyellow]

Demonoid has the first episode up if you want to dl it Dont know what the quality's like as Im just dl it myself

 

[mellowyellow]

Real disappointment and not funny at all .. God I hope 2 and 3 are better

 

[Mr Eagle]

First 10-15mins pretty weak, last 10 minutes were getting better.

Needed moar Kochanski

 

[Lensen]

It's.... uh.. umm.. not good.

Probably the first show I've ever liked and said this about, but it really needs a laugh track.

 

[Cleavy]

it really needs a laugh track.

read my mind. although they didn't want to tape it in front of a studio audience to prevent leaks.

 

[Mr P@H]

I enjoyed part 1

Part 2

Spoiler

however was just a whole load of fail, honestly, not funny, broke every rule of a sitcom and an incredibly flimsy plot, it was basically just a 30 minute advert for Red Dwarf merchandise and stuff like that, very weird.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Yeah its hard to see where it is going.. they should have either continued with a season 9 or just left it as it was.

 

[Cleavy]

didn't think parts 2 & 3 were that good

 

[Mr Eagle]

but it really needs a laugh track.

What it needed was to be funny. A laugh track on that material would have just emphasised how weak it was.

 

[stephen_bayne]

Just finished watching part 3. Would have done better being shown as one complete episode and adding a laugh track. I didn't have any trouble with the lack of laugh track (I laughed my arse off) but from my travels around the net it seems others did. Sure, it wasn't classic Red Dwarf but it was a fun little special. Is it wrong that I luaghed for 10 mins straight at what Rimmer did to the Russian chick who hot as hell?