Hi everyone, this news is a bit late but I was in Malta all of last week and didn’t get around to any updates!
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth is a brand new two-part story, premiering on Friday 10 April at 9pm on UKTV channel Dave.
It will be followed by another episode (Red Dwarf: Unplugged), which will feature the cast with no sets, no special effects and no autocue. Then the Easter weekend will be rounded off with Red Dwarf: the Making of Back to Earth, a behind-the-scenes piece from the new production.
“When Lister’s busy day of annoying Rimmer is interrupted by a monstrous attack, it’s pretty much business as usual – until a shock development throws Rimmer, Lister, Cat and Kryten back to planet Earth…”
For eight series – a total of 52 episodes – Dave Lister wanted to return to his home planet. Now it seems that at last he’ll get his wish!
Written and directed by Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor, it will star the original cast (although the BBC news website mentions Charles, Barrie, John-Jules and Llewellyn only – nothing about Norman Lovett or Chloe Annett) and will begin shooting in February.