Paul Evans Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises eight series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and gained a cult following.[1] It was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series. The show originated from a recurring sketch, Dave Hollins: Space Cadet part of the mid-1980s BBC Radio 4 comedy show Son of Cliché, also scripted by Grant and Naylor. In addition to the television episodes, there are four bestselling novels, two pilot episodes for an American version of the show, a radio version produced for BBC radio 7,[2] tie-in books, magazines and other merchandise. In 2008, a three-episode production was commissioned by the digital channel Dave. These episodes were screened in April 2009 during the Easter weekend and comprised a three-part story titled Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.[3] Unlike the majority of the original BBC episodes, this mini-series was a comedy drama filmed without a studio audience or an added laugh track. Despite the pastiche of science fiction used as a backdrop, Red Dwarf is primarily a character-driven comedy, with off-the-wall, often scatological science fiction elements[4] used as complementary plot devices. In the early episodes, a recurring source of comedy was the "Odd Couple"-style relationship between the two central characters of the show, who have an intense dislike for each other but are trapped together deep in space. The main characters are Dave Lister, the last known human alive, and Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's dead bunkmate. The other regular characters are Cat, a lifeform that evolved from the descendants of Lister's pregnant pet cat, Frankenstein; Holly, Red Dwarf's computer; as of Series III, Kryten, a service mechanoid; and, as of Series VII, Kristine Kochanski, an alternative-reality version of Lister's long-lost love. One of the series' highest accolades came in 1994, when an episode from the sixth series, Gunmen of the Apocalypse, won an International Emmy Award in the Popular Arts category, and in the same year the series was also awarded "Best BBC Comedy Series" at the British Comedy Awards.[5] The series attracted its highest ratings, of over eight million viewers, during the eighth series in 1999.[6] (Source of text: WIKI) Official Site Red Dwarf at Internet Movie Database Red Dwarf at TV.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corruptcity || skalman Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 omg paul u ledge i love red dwarf aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Evans Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 DJK give me the idea, i actually was gunna watch series one earlier but got caught up in coding :) i have 'em all :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corruptcity || skalman Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 yeah ive got all 8 series on DVD and series 6 is by far my fave series i used to use them to fall asleep to would make it to the end of the 1st episode then i would be asleep lol and ive watched them all so much that i now know everyline that said 5 minutes before its even been said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djkanna Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Gotta be honest I like the pilot episode out of them all, however Gunmen of the apocalypse is probably the most watched episode. As for series probably series two, especially the episode Kyrten, however that was David Ross not Robert Llewellyn. Better than life was an awesome episode, so I recommend watching all four. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Evans Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 My brother likes the episode where lister gets turned into a mini robo cop and i personally like the episode where they goto a reverse dimension and Lister/Cat don't figure it out for ages and Cat takes a shite at the end lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corruptcity || skalman Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 my fave episode is series 7 episode 1 where they go back in time to 1969 or w/e it is so lister can get a curry and then they get Jeff Key to kill JFK if you have not seen that episode you wont get the jeff key reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Evans Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 I've seen the episode and i don't get the reference lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djkanna Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Tikka To Ride :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Evans Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Thing is he likes Vinderloo not Tikka lol i love me a good Vinderloo but i couldn't drink a vinderloo/larger milkshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corruptcity || skalman Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 lister says Jeff Kay thinking rimmer said it when infact he said JFK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Evans Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 ah haven't watched that one in awhile lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corruptcity || skalman Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 here is the referenced joke i was on about that i got from imdb Lister: Dallas? Wasn't that the place where that American king got assassinated? Rimmer: JFK. Lister: No. It was John something, not Jeff Kay! Lister: JFK, not Jeff Kay, you gimboid! Like the airport. I did a paper on him at school. Lister: I wonder why anybody would want to name their kid after an airport. Rimmer: The airport was named after the President! Lister: Alright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djkanna Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Sounds much better coming from them, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVIdoPrf-Tg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Evans Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 i love the song they did (you posted it djk) tongue tied was quite good actually :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djkanna Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 i love the song they did (you posted it djk) tongue tied was quite good actually :D Danny John Jules actually released it as a single in 93, also there's an extended version of it that was shown on a smeg ups vhs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janiepeter Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 That is very great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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