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March 14, 2009

• Production is currently being undergone on a new three part Red Dwarf special, as well as an additional "Making Of" episode, for the UK television channel Dave. The special is called "Back to Earth" and the story is set nine years after the end of "Only the Good...", and is supposed to bring the crew back to their home planet, Lister's goal since Series I. It is to show the return of Lister, Kryten, Rimmer and the Cat as well as a new character named Katerina, a Red Dwarf science officer out to replace Rimmer. This is the first batch of new Red Dwarf episodes in almost ten years.

January 8, 2007

• Red Dwarf's own Danny John-Jules has a new kids show on BBC One! The show is titled M.I. High. The show is a children's adventure series following a group of inner-city high school kids who work as undercover spies. Danny plays MI9 agent Lenny Bicknall, the school's caretaker and leader of the spy team. The series' first episode had a guest appearance by Robert Llewellyn! The show is broadcast weekly on Mondays. For more info visit the show's official webpage.

January 5, 2007

• 'The official site has officially announced that Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant has recorded an interview to be included in the new Series I & Series II Remastered DVD set. This will be the first time Grant has gone on record in a DVD documentary about the production of the show! Also interviewed for the new DVD set were series stars Craig Charles, Hattie Hayridge, and Danny John-Jules. The Remastered DVD is expected to be released on autumn 2007 in the U.K.

December 26, 2006

• Fat, a novel by Rob Grant is released. According to the official site the book tells three parallel stories along the titular theme. Grenville is a man who struggles to get in and out of phone boxes, Hayleigh's a teenage girl who can't stomach eating, and PR man Jeremy Slank is about to get a wake-up call about what science is really telling us about obesity. Look for the book in stores everywhere!