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RED DWARF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS LIST
Version 5.08, 25 March 1996
Maintained by Patrick M. Berry
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switch from cathouse to ftech.
Updated America Online and CompuServe information.
The hard-to-describe green vegetable in bhindi bhaji has been
identified as okra.
Totally rewrote "Will there be a Series Seven?".
Corrected the number of a Space Corps Peace Conference Directive.
Added the ftp://ftp.shu.ac.uk/pub/red-dwarf/ ftp site.
Added the true origin of the Series Six Kryten suit.
Deleted the Ted Danson/Eddie Murphy movie rumor.
Added note about Lorraine Toussaint on LAW AND ORDER.
Added name and fate of Christopher Pile, virus programmer.
Updated URL for Michael Nagy's WWW page and added his ftp site.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is RED DWARF?
Where can I see RED DWARF in the United States?
Where can I get videotapes of RED DWARF?
Where can I get other RED DWARF merchandise?
Is there an episode guide for RED DWARF?
Did RED DWARF start on radio?
| Is there an American version of RED DWARF?
Who is Grant Naylor?
Where can I write to the cast and crew of the show?
What does "smeg" mean?
What are the lyrics to the theme song?
What does "LEVEL NIVELO" mean?
| What are some of the foods mentioned on the show?
Why is Holly now a woman? How did Kryten change?
What happened to the Red Dwarf and Holly?
What's the "lost" ending to "Out of Time"?
| Will there be a Series Seven?
Was Craig Charles arrested for rape?
What's the title of the last episode of Series Two?
What are the lyrics to "Tongue Tied"?
What are they really saying in "Backwards?"
Who is Gordon Bennett?
How many times has Rimmer had sex?
How many people were in Red Dwarf's crew?
How can Rimmer leave the ship?
How did the Polymorph touch Rimmer?
How many times has Starbug crashed?
Didn't Lister have his appendix out twice?
What's in canister 1121?
Are there books about RED DWARF?
Are there RED DWARF fan clubs?
| Where can I find online information about RED DWARF?
Should I post RED DWARF graphic images or sounds?
Are there RED DWARF magazines?
| Is there a RED DWARF computer game?
Has RED DWARF won any awards?
| What are the Space Corps Directives?
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Bette Llewellyn
John Lobaugh
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Subject: What is RED DWARF?
RED DWARF is a British science fiction comedy series that has been on
the air in the U.K. since 1988. It is the brainchild of "Grant
Naylor", a creative team consisting of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who
write and produce the show. The premise of the show is best summed up
by the opening narration used in the first series:
"This is an S.O.S. distress call from the mining ship Red Dwarf. The
crew are dead, killed by a radiation leak. The only survivors are
Dave Lister, who was in suspended animation during the disaster, and
his pregnant cat, who was safely sealed in the hold. Revived three
million years later, Lister's only companions are a life-form who
evolved from his cat, and Arnold Rimmer, a hologram simulation of one
of the dead crew." --- Holly, the ship's computer
The regular cast of the series is:
Dave Lister...............................Craig Charles
Arnold Rimmer..............................Chris Barrie
Holly.....................................Norman Lovett (series 1-2)
Hattie Hayridge (series 3-5)
The Cat................................Danny John-Jules
Kryten.................................Robert Llewellyn
RED DWARF is also a series of novels based on the TV show. The novels
greatly expand on, and are greatly different from, the show. Many of
the same ideas appear in the novels, but these ideas are put together
in new and interesting ways. Three novels have been published so far:
RED DWARF: INFINITY WELCOMES CAREFUL DRIVERS
by Grant Naylor
ISBN 0-14-012437-3
Penguin, 1989
RED DWARF: BETTER THAN LIFE
by Grant Naylor
ISBN 0-14-012438-1
Penguin, 1990
RED DWARF: THE LAST HUMAN
by Doug Naylor
ISBN 0-67-085255-4
Viking, 1995
To everyone's surprise, THE LAST HUMAN was written by Doug Naylor
only. The paperback edition will be published in October 1995. Rob
Grant has expressed interest in writing a book based on RED DWARF, but
it's not known whether he will do so.
The first two novels have also been published in one volume:
RED DWARF OMNIBUS
by Grant Naylor
ISBN 0-14-017466-4
Penguin, 1991
This combined rerelease also contains the script for "Dave Hollins,
Space Cadet" (one of the SON OF CLICHE sketches that started it all --
see "Did RED DWARF start on radio?"), a reproduction of the beer mat
on which the idea for Red Dwarf was allegedly first written, and the
original script for "The End" (the first episode of the series).
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Subject: Where can I see RED DWARF in the United States?
RED DWARF is seen on public television stations across the country. If
your local PBS station doesn't show it, write to them, and convince
your friends to write to them, until they do! All six series are
available for purchase by PBS member stations.
If you don't know when (or if) your local PBS station shows RED DWARF,
check your local listings or call the station and ask. Please don't
post the question to alt.tv.red-dwarf; that will send it all over
the planet, annoying people who don't know or care about your local
station's programming. Besides, the other methods are faster.
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Subject: Where can I get videotapes of RED DWARF?
Videotapes of Series 1 through 6 are available at video stores in the
throughout the British Commonwealth and in the U.S.
In Australia, all episodes are available from ABC stores (along with
books, T-shirts, and other RD merchandise).
In the Netherlands, you can get them from W.H. Smith stores.
In Sweden, Series 1-5 and the Smeg-Ups tape are available from:
SF-Bokhandeln
Stora Nygatan 45
111 27 Stockholm.
Telephone: 08/21 50 52.
Fax: 08/24 77 30.
E-mail: order@sfbok.se
WWW: http://www.sfbok.se/sfbok/sfbok.html
[Let me know about availability in other countries and I'll add the
information here. -- PMB]
The alt.comedy.british FAQ List includes an excellent list of
mail-order dealers who will ship British comedy videotapes to overseas
customers. Refer to:
http://cathouse.org/BritishComedy/Info/a.c.b_FAQ/
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/tv/british-comedy/general-faq/part4
"Red Dwarf Smeg-Ups," a collection of outtakes from the series, was
released on video in the fall of 1994. At this writing, it is
apparently available only in the U.K. and Australia.
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Subject: Where can I get other RED DWARF merchandise?
You can order RED DWARF stuff (books, books on tape, T-shirts,
baseball caps, SMEGAZINE back issues, NTSC videotapes, etc.) from
John McElroy. For a free catalogue, write to:
JOHN MCELROY
2401 Fox Plaza
1390 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
T-shirts, greeting cards, and other items can be ordered by mail from:
Distribution Network
12 Deerpark Road
London
SW19 3TU
UK
Telephone: 0181-543-1231
Most of the RED DWARF-related books can be ordered from:
Star Tech
Box 456
Dunlap, TN 37327
USA
Merchandise is also available from some of the fan clubs (see "Are
there RED DWARF fan clubs?"). The Official RED DWARF Fan Club (U.K.)
has its own line of merchandise. The New Zealand-based fan club Zed
Shift operates a mail-order service for members living in New Zealand.
Other sources of RED DWARF memorabilia are listed in the book THE
MAKING OF RED DWARF (see "Are there books about RED DWARF?").
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Subject: Is there an episode guide for RED DWARF?
The RED DWARF PROGRAMME GUIDE (see "Are there books about RED DWARF?")
contains an extensive episode guide for the series. If you're looking
for an electronic guide, Otto Heuer
maintains a very good one, available by anonymous ftp:
ftp://toaster.ee.ubc.ca/pub/red-dwarf/red-dwarf-guide
To get you started, here's a quick list created by Dale Clayton
:
Series 1 - 1988 Series 2 - 1988
1 The End....................15 Feb 7 Kryten.................... 6 Sep
2 Future Echoes..............22 Feb 8 Better Than Life..........13 Sep
3 Balance of Power...........29 Feb 9 Thanks for the Memory.....20 Sep
4 Waiting For God............ 7 Mar 10 Stasis Leak...............27 Sep
5 Confidence & Paranoia......14 Mar 11 Queeg..................... 4 Oct
6 Me^^2......................21 Mar 12 Parallel Universe.........11 Oct
Series 3 - 1989 Series 4 - 1991
13 Backwards.................14 Nov 19 Camille...................14 Feb
14 Marooned..................21 Nov 20 D.N.A.....................21 Feb
15 Polymorph.................28 Nov 21 Justice...................28 Feb
16 Bodyswap.................. 5 Dec 22 White Hole.................7 Mar
17 Timeslides................12 Dec 23 Dimension Jump............14 Mar
18 The Last Day..............19 Dec 24 Meltdown..................21 Feb
Series 5 - 1992 Series 6 - 1993
25 Holoship..................20 Feb 31 Psirens................... 7 Oct
26 The Inquisitor............27 Feb 32 Legion....................14 Oct
27 Terrorform................ 5 Mar 33 Gunmen of the Apocalypse..21 Oct
28 Quarantine................12 Mar 34 Emohawk: Polymorph II.....28 Oct
29 Demons and Angels.........19 Mar 35 Rimmerworld............... 4 Nov
30 Back To Reality...........26 Mar 36 Out of Time...............11 Nov
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Subject: Did RED DWARF start on radio?
Not exactly. Rob Grant and Doug Naylor wrote the short-lived radio
series SON OF CLICHE (broadcast for two six-episode seasons on BBC
Radio 4 in 1984). In an ongoing series of sketches, a space cadet
named Dave Hollins was trapped alone on a spaceship with a slightly
senile computer called HAB. (The voice of HAB was provided by Chris
Barrie, the actor who plays Rimmer in RED DWARF.) Many of the ideas
and jokes from these sketches were later incorporated into RED DWARF,
but there is no direct connection.
The script for one of the "Dave Hollins, Space Cadet" sketches is
included in the RED DWARF OMNIBUS (see "What is RED DWARF?").
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Subject: Is there an American version of RED DWARF?
No, not really. The NBC network expressed interest in an American
version of the show and two pilots were made by Universal, but no
series was ever produced.
The first pilot was written by Linwood Boomer and filmed on 22 January
1992 at Universal City Studios in Los Angeles. The cast included the
following actors:
Dave Lister.................................Craig Bierko
Arnold Rimmer.............................Chris Eigelman
Holly........................................Jane Leeves
Kryten..................................Robert Llewellyn
The Cat....................................Hinton Battle
Christine Kochanski...................Elizabeth Morehead
First Officer Munson...................Michael Heintzman
Captain Tau...........................Lorraine Toussaint
Grant Naylor served as technical consultants. Robert Llewellyn (from
the BBC cast) reprised his role as Kryten. (Some fans may also
recognize Jane Leeves from the American comedies MURPHY BROWN and
| FRAZIER. LAW AND ORDER fans may remember Lorraine Toussaint as public
| defender Shambala Greene.) The plot was a retelling of "The End",
with some elements of "Future Echoes" thrown in for good measure. Some
surprising and odd changes were made: for example, Lister was
transformed into a clean-cut and well-dressed Caucasian, and the H on
Rimmer's forehead was replaced with a silver marble.
After rejecting this version, NBC commissioned a second pilot with the
following cast:
Lister......................................Craig Bierko
Rimmer....................................Anthony Fuscle
Holly........................................Jane Leeves
Kryten..................................Robert Llewellyn
Cat........................................Terry Farrell
The second pilot was not a complete episode, but rather a promo that
combined scenes from the first pilot and newly filmed segments
spotlighting the new cast members. This pilot fixed some problems
(such as restoring Rimmer's H), but had more odd changes, such as
casting a woman as the Cat. (Terry Farrell went on to play Jadzia Dax
on STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.) The second pilot was also rejected,
and the proposed series was shelved indefinitely.
[Does anyone know who wrote the second pilot, or when and where it was
filmed? -- PMB]
Neither pilot has ever been aired or released on videocassette, but
bootleg copies of the first pilot can be found at science fiction
conventions. (The second pilot does not seem to have fallen into the
hands of bootleggers.)
A redesigned Kryten suit (of somewhat better quality than the old BBC
| version) was made for the U.S. pilots by Joseph Kerezman and Mike
| Moore of JK Costuming. When the pilots were rejected, the BBC created
| a new Kryten suit (based on the U.S. one) for Series Six.
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Subject: Who is Grant Naylor?
The "About the Author" note in the RED DWARF novels (see "What is RED
DWARF?") has this to say about the creator(s) of the series:
"Grant Naylor is a gestalt entity occupying two bodies, one of which
lives in north London, the other in south London. The product of a
horribly botched genetic-engineering experiment, which took place in
Manchester in the late fifties, they try to eke out two existences
with only one mind. They attended the same school and the same
university, but, for tax reasons, have completely different wives.
The first body is called Rob Grant, the second Doug Naylor. Among
other things, they spent three years in the mid-eighties as head
writers of SPITTING IMAGE; wrote Radio Four's award-winning series
SON OF CLICHE; penned the lyrics to a number one single; and created
and wrote RED DWARF for BBC television.
They have made a living variously by being ice-cream salesmen,
shoe-shop assistants and by attempting to sell dodgy life-assurance
policies to close friends. They also spent almost two years on the
night shift loading paper into computer printers at a mail-order
factory in Ardwick. They can still taste the cheese 'n' onion
toasties.
Their favourite colour is orange."
Grant Naylor's number one single was "The Chicken Song," a SPITTING
IMAGE spinoff. Philip Pope composed the music and produced the
record, which was released in 1986 by Virgin Records.
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Subject: Where can I write to the cast and crew of the show?
The Official RED DWARF Fan Club (UK) (see "Are there RED DWARF fan
clubs?") will forward mail to the cast and crew. They do not open the
mail if a covering letter explains what it is and asks for it to be
forwarded.
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Subject: What does "smeg" mean?
The characters in the show use it as an all-purpose profanity.
Apparently derived from "smegma," the term for a particularly
unpleasant bodily secretion, the slang term "smeg" was reportedly in
use in England before the show premiered, although not commonly.
Grant Naylor presumably adopted this little-known bit of Scouse
profanity as a blanket replacement for all other swearing, to keep
them out of trouble with the BBC and to poke fun at the long-standing
convention in science-fiction of inventing futuristic slang.
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Subject: What are the lyrics to the theme song?
It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere
I'm all alone, more or less
Let me fly far away from here
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose
Drinking fresh mango juice
Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
There has been much debate over the "goldfish" line -- it is not sung
very clearly, and some fans think it is simply "Goldfish *are*
nibbling." However, in the "Smeg-Ups" tape (see "Where can I get
videotapes of RED DWARF?"), Robert Llewellyn recites the theme song
lyrics, and they are as listed above. (A "shoal" is a school of
fish.)
The theme song was composed by Howard Goodall and sung by Jenna
Russell.
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Subject: What does "LEVEL NIVELO" mean?
Red Dwarf is a bilingual ship, with English and Esperanto as the two
official languages. "Nivelo" is the Esperanto word for "level". The
signs in the corridors of the ship simply indicate (in both languages)
what level you're on.
Esperanto is a real language, developed in the the 1880s by Polish
ophthalmologist L.L. Zamenhof. The episode "Kryten" establishes that
Lister, Holly, and Kryten all speak at least some Esperanto. Rimmer
is shown trying -- and failing -- to learn Esperanto from a videotape.
The name "Esperanto" means "one who hopes," a fact that is alluded to
in "Back to Reality."
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Subject: What are some of the foods mentioned on the show?
"Vindaloo," the most frequently mentioned food item on the show, is a
very, very hot Indian curry dish. Most Indian restaurants have them
on the menu. They can contain almost any variety of meat, thus
Lister's references to "mutton vindaloo," "chicken vindaloo," etc.
"Madras sauce" is another standard curry sauce, less hot than
vindaloo.
"Poppadoms," another Indian food item, are thin lentil-flour wafers
resembling tortillas, deep-fried until crisp.
A "shami kebab" is an appetizer served in Indian restaurants. It
consists of finely ground meat and lots of spices, grilled over a
flame. The meat is a mixture of pork and either goat (in more
authentic restaurants) or beef (in less authentic ones). You
typically get two shami kebabs with a salad side dish. Shami kebabs
are sometimes prepared and served in an egg coating, similar to an
omelette.
"Chutney" is a fruit piccalilli (pickled relish), often eaten with
cold meat.
"Gazpacho soup" is a Spanish tomato-and-cucumber cold soup which often
includes garlic, olive oil, and bread. It's common in Spain and in
upscale American restaurants.
A "pot noodle" is an instant noodle product marketed in the U.K. by
Golden Wonder, a snack food company. It's a plastic container with
pre-cooked dried noodles and flavorings inside. To prepare it, you
open the container, pour in boiling water, wait a few moments, and eat
it.
A "kipper" is a herring, cured by splitting, salting, and smoking.
Kippers are eaten as a breakfast food in some parts of the U.K.
A "Topic Bar" is a candy bar sold in the U.K., consisting of fondant
and hazelnuts covered with chocolate. (This is what Lister means in
"Marooned" when he says "Don't mention Topics, they're food.") One ad
campaign for the Topic Bar used the slogan "A hazelnut in every bite."
Thus, in "Stasis Leak", Rimmer complains, "Everything always goes
wrong for me. I'm probably the only person in the world to buy a
Topic Bar without a single hazelnut in it."
"Taramasalata" is a Greek appetizer consisting of a light paste of fish
roe, olive oil, lemon juice, and moistened bread crumbs or mashed
potatoes.
| "Bhindi bhaji" is a vegetable dish made with okra.
"Tarka dhall" is a mild curry dish based on lentils.
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Subject: Why is Holly now a woman? How did Kryten change?
The original actor to play Holly, Norman Lovett, left the series after
a dispute over his salary. In an interview with RED DWARF SMEGAZINE
(issue 9, November 1992), Lovett said that he asked to be paid the
same as the other actors on the series, but his request was turned
down. Hattie Hayridge had appeared in "Parallel Universe" as Hilly,
Holly's female counterpart. "When Norman said he wasn't doing another
series, I auditioned," she recalls. The character of Holly kept the
same name and personality despite the recasting.
Kryten's original actor, David Ross, wasn't available to commit to a
series when Grant Naylor decided to make Kryten a continuing
character, so he was replaced by Robert Llewellyn. (Ross later
returned in "White Hole" as the new voice of Talkie Toaster.) There
were also several changes in the show's look between Series Two and
Three, including changes in costumes, sets, and miniatures,
particularly the addition of the Starbug and its hangar bay.
Most of these changes are more or less explained by the following
words that scroll rapidly up the screen at the beginning of
"Backwards":
"Three million years in the future, Dave Lister, the last human being
alive, discovers he is pregnant after a liaison with his female self
in a parallel universe. His pregnancy concludes with the successful
delivery of twin boys, Jim and Bexley. However, because the boys were
conceived in another universe, with different physical laws, they
suffer from highly accelerated growth rates and are both eighteen
years old within three days of being born. In order to save their
lives, Lister returns them to the universe of their origin, where they
are reunited with their father (a woman), and are able to lead
comparatively normal lives. Well, as normal as you can be if you've
been born in a parallel universe and your father's a woman and your
mother's a man and you're eighteen years old three days after your
birth. Shortly afterward, Kryten, the service mechanoid, who had left
the ship after being rescued from his own crashed vessel, the Nova 5,
is found in pieces after his space bike crashed into an asteroid.
Lister rebuilds the 'noid, but is unable to recapture his former
personality. Meanwhile, Holly, the increasingly erratic computer,
performs a head sex change operation on himself. He bases his new
face on Hilly, a female computer with whom he'd once fallen madly in
love."
It *is* possible to read all this, using a VCR with good freeze-frame
capabilities. Try it.
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Subject: What happened to the Red Dwarf and Holly?
Throughout Series Six, the characters travel aboard Starbug; the Red
Dwarf (and Holly) don't appear at all. This tends to confuse viewers
who missed the explanation in "Psirens".
Briefly, what happened is this: Lister parked the Red Dwarf in orbit
around a planetoid, and then forgot which planetoid it was. "They're
all the same, those little blue-green planetoids. Blue-green and
planetoidy." Subsequently, Red Dwarf was stolen "by persons or
lifeforms unknown." Starbug followed the ship's vapor trail for over
200 years, with Lister and the Cat in deep sleep and Rimmer switched
off to conserve power. At the first opportunity to actually catch up
with Red Dwarf, Kryten revived the others, and the saga continued . . .
The real reason for the change was to eliminate Holly from the show.
According to Hattie Hayridge, the parts for Holly and the Cat had both
been getting smaller and smaller. Grant Naylor decided to drop one of
the characters and expand the other. It was easier to drop Holly
because many of her lines could be given to Kryten instead.
At a convention in January 1996, Doug Naylor anounced that *both*
Lovett and Hayridge will be signed for Series Seven.
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Subject: What's the "lost" ending to "Out of Time"?
The "Red Dwarf Smeg-Ups" videotape includes an ending for "Out of
Time" that was filmed, but never used. LizBeth258@aol.com describes
the ending as follows:
"Rimmer blows up the time drive. Seconds later, a laser cannon blast
blows up one of the Starbugs, while a second one is seen flying in the
upper right-hand corner of the screen.
In the next scene, Kryten is carrying a pitcher of yellow liquid into
Starbug's hold while Rimmer, Lister and Cat are seated around the
table with wine glasses in front of them. Kryten explains that they
were never killed because Rimmer's actions in blowing up the time
drive caused their future selves to cease to exist and notes that
Rimmer had in fact saved the day. Rimmer grins broadly and tells
Kryten that it was nothing and not to mention it while Lister claps
him on the shoulder. Kryten then pours the 'homemade magaritas' into
all four glasses and passes on better news: they are now a mere six
hours behind Red Dwarf and that there is no doubt in his mind that
they'll be able to catch up.
Kryten proposes a toast 'to the present' and all four click glasses
and take a drink. Lister, wearing a foam mustache, makes a horrible
face and exclaims that they aren't drinking magaritas, they're
drinking 'urine recyc' and glares at Kryten. Rimmer and Cat, with
their matching foam mustaches, also making nasty faces, give Kryten a
dirty look. Kryten, with his foaming mustache, slouches with
embarrassment in his chair."
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Subject: Will there be a Series Seven?
| Yes! In March 1996, Robert Llewellyn reported that "We are going into
| production on May 20, for 14 weeks." On 25 March, a voice-over
| announcement on BBC2 stated that the next series will be aired "early
| in the New Year."
|
| However, Chris Barrie will not be in all of the new episodes.
| Throughout 1995, articles in various U.K. newspapers reported that
| Barrie was "in dispute with the show" or that he was quitting.
| In February 1996, the DAILY EXPRESS reported that Barrie would
| appear in just two episodes of the new BBC2 series. However,
| Llewellyn stated in March that "he is in at least 4 episodes,
| possibly more."
|
| Series Seven will bring some other changes, according to Llewellyn:
| "I am writing one episode, it's called 'Beyond a Joke' at the moment,
| but more than that I am not at liberty to divulge. The rest of the
| cast remains the same, although there will be one new character, ha
| ha. And guess what. I am under strict instructions not to say
| anything about him/her. . . . I have a new mask and a new costume.
| Same basic design, hopefully more comfortable."
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Subject: Was Craig Charles arrested for rape?
Yes, but he was cleared of all charges.
On 8 July 1994, Esther Harman (a former stripper and Charles's
ex-girlfriend) filed a charge of rape against him. Charles was
arrested, imprisoned, and denied bail. On 25 October, after being
attacked (but not wounded) by a fellow inmate wielding a homemade
knife, Charles was released on bail.
The trial began on 20 February 1995 and lasted for two weeks. No
forensic evidence was shown to exist proving that a rape had occurred.
In his instructions to the jury, the judge stated that a woman's claim
to have been raped doesn't prove that she actually was. The jury took
less than ninety minutes to find Charles not guilty. Afterwards,
Charles made an emotional appeal to the press for the anonymity of
those accused of rape.
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Subject: What's the title of the last episode of Series Two?
"Parallel Universe," according to the RADIO TIMES and the label of the
BBC videotape release. No title in given the episode, which begins
with a musical number instead of the usual titles sequence.
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