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Red Dwarf plans cancelled by UKTV (www.comedy.co.uk)

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Doug Naylor has revealed that channel Dave has backtracked on plans to make more Red Dwarf
UKTV told him he should stop writing a new special as it is no longer commissioning scripted comedy
The script involved Lister going back in time to help his 23-year-old self escape from stasis

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[–] hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Damn. You ripped the nostalgia goggles right off my face just now. As a kid I never thought twice about those names, so I continued thinking nothing of them until just now. I feel like I'm losing my religion.