For those fans out there the first episode of season 9 has been released ... just thought i'd let those who want to know know.

Really??? Oh god, how can it be any good though.

Downloading it now ... but don't know how good it is at the moment. Only just got released apparently.

Its not a new season, its just a special, its 3 episodes screening over the easter weekend.

On the topic of BBC specials; new Doctor Who this weekend, tomorrow

Is it just me or did anyone else find that middle series of Red Dwarf was the most awesome?

- Slaps of Smeg

both writers back for this?
coz the show went totally to s*** when one of them left and the other guy kept the show going

No, only Doug Naylor wrote the special.

oh :(

The problem with the new episode was the lack of even a single ounce of comedy. It was totally f***en unfunny, which for a comedy is kind of a problem.

I got a few laughs out of it, but yeah, it did feel pretty flat.

All the actors are in pretty good shape though, I expected them to all be old and fat by now.

Rimmer looked pretty chubby. But yeah, I watched it because it's Red Dwarf but it wasn't funny. I get constant laughs from Arrested Development, or 30 Rock this - zip, nadda. RD should have been left to die.

I'm with Khel here, had a few laughs, but felt like they were just using it purely as a setup for the other two eps. At least I hope that's the case. What I don't get is that it looks like they've totally ignored s8?

What I don't get is that it looks like they've totally ignored s8?

How? Series 8 was when the nanobots rebuilt Red Dwarf.

Yeah, they probably haven't ignored Season 8 cause the photo of Kochanski was that chick, what they've done is left the cliffhanger S8 ending completely unexplained. Fingers crossed for it being explained in the next 2 parts or I'll be pissed.

After watching the second episode, it looks like they're treating it as an in-joke, they refer to a season 9 where stuff happened that we never saw. Second episode was better I thought, but its really just turned into a kind of parody of itself.

The problem with the new episode was the lack of even a single ounce of comedy. It was totally f***en unfunny, which for a comedy is kind of a problem.

Sounds like nothing has changed to me

I'll definitely look into this.

LOVE Season 1 - 4, seen every episode probably close to 30 times each.

Season 5 and 6 were enjoyable too. Some of the stuff is hit and miss, but with episodes like "Legion" (dinner scene = win) and the finale "Back to reality" from Season 5... you can't help but laugh.

Season 7 was a bit dodge, 8 ruined it for me.

i haven't watched the third epsiode yet but yer... first ep was unfunny & it really showed that it was much older actors doing the same ol' s***. rimmer, in particular, had very poor dialog... like some hack was told to write 'rimmer jargon' or something :( the second ep was definitely better but still not a patch on the old red dwarf :( hopefully the third ep will have some larfs but i'm not holding my breath.

3rd ep was the best by far, wish the first 2 had been as good

i watched the third ep last night.. def better than the first 2 but still not up to the standard of the older series. just to make sure i wasn't remembering the older series with rose coloured glasses i watched series 1 episode 1 again on youtube... it was fkn hilarious by comparison.