'Red Dwarf': First image from new series released
Published Apr 26 2012, 13:03 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
The first image from the new series of Red Dwarf has been released.New episodes of the sci-fi comedy - starring Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Robert Llewellyn and Danny John-Jules - will air on Dave later this year.
UKTV channel Dave first revived Red Dwarf in 2009 for three-part special 'Back to Earth'. It was later confirmed that the series would return for six further episodes.
Last year, Danny John-Jules (Cat) criticised the BBC for its treatment of Red Dwarf, suggesting that the corporation had "ignored" the show.
"The BBC never really pushed Red Dwarf as one of their flagship shows, even though it was so successful," he told Digital Spy. "[The series] has made untold millions all over the world, but we're still not part of the furniture."
> Red Dwarf begins new series filming - video
Watch the stars of Red Dwarf in a make-up test video below:
Julianne Bonner Norman Lovett was asked back for Back to Earth, cleared his schedule then heard nothing back till he phoned them and they said they didn't need him. So he has washed his hands of the whole thing.
April 27th 2012 at 10:59pm
I don't think anyone's pretending that the series is supposed to take place 2 minutes after the last one, it was clear in Back To Earth a lot of time had passed.
I'm sure there'll be an explanation for Rimmer too, maybe the human Rimmer from series 8 aged for a while before dying again, hence the hologram form being older....
April 27th 2012 at 6:55pm
A white hole?
April 27th 2012 at 5:50pm
What a year for sci-fi - Star Trek 2, Prometheus, Jeff Wayne re-release of Way of the Worlds and now Red Dwarf is back. Now is the age of the geek.
April 27th 2012 at 5:48pm
sad though you'd think, the set would of been revamped to keep up with times, right? no oh well just me hoping that red dwarf would look more futuristic. but obv they wanted to keep low budgets again bring back the cardboard boxes guys we're in for a new season.
April 27th 2012 at 4:42pm