Fans of space comedy Red Dwarf are smoking a kipper and preparing to be back in time for breakfast as the series go back to BBC iPlayer. Although the funny began on the BBC, later on series and specials were on Dave and it is the very first time for several years all episodes are on the BBC streaming service.
And for fans of the program who are likewise fans of transportation, there is a double factor to go to Nailsworth Transport Festival on Sunday (June 25) as Cotswolds-based star and comic, Robert Llewellyn, will be headlining the celebration. Robert is popular for playing the rubber-faced Kryten in the sci-fi funny and for providing Scrapheap Challenge.
In 2010, after being blown away by electrical cars and trucks, Robert released Fully Charged, a tidy energy and electrical vehicle channel. Robert will be at Egypt Mill Hotel in Nailsworth at 3pm on Sunday to respond to concerns on electrical lorries utilizing his substantial understanding, experience and humour.
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Sarah Martin of the Nailsworth Chamber of Trade and Commerce said: “Following the success of in 2015’s inaugural occasion, Robert’s presence is a substantial increase to this year’s transportation celebration. The celebration is the ideal method to demonstrate how lorries have actually altered throughout the years and an excellent location for visitors to ask concerns of specialists on sustainability and EV owners.
“The goal is for individuals to have a wonderful time, however likewise to demonstrate how action on environment today, with electrical van and cars and trucks, electrical bikes and domestic tidy energy systems, can make a positive distinction.”
Mat Partridge from NailsworthCAN said “Having Robert at the festival is amazing. I’ve seen him in action at Fully Charged shows before and his enthusiasm is infectious while his knowledge on the subjects of electric vehicles and clean energy is amazing after more than a decade being involved.”
Nailsworth Transport Festival will be ranging from Nailsworth Bus Station and the centre of Nailsworth in Old Market Road from 10.30am up until 8pm on Sunday, June 25. A complimentary park-and-ride system will range from the big parking lot opposite the Blue Diamond garden centre on the Avening Road (GL6 0BS).
Red Dwarf go back to iPlayer
Red Dwarf was initially produced by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. 6 Music DJ Craig Charles stars as Dave Lister, a low ranked caretaker on board the city-sized mining ship Red Dwarf who discovers himself the last staying human living after a mishap eliminates the remainder of the team. He wakes after 3 million years in suspended animation, his only buddies the hologram of his pernickety and contemptuous bunkmate Rimmer (Chris Barrie), an animal that progressed from his family pet cat, called Cat (Danny John-Jules, ship’s computer system Holly (Norman Lovett and Hattie Hayridge), and Kryten (Llewellyn) – an android they rescue from a shipwreck.
The series ran for 8 series on the BBC from 1988 to 1997, prior to being restored on Dave for 3 complete series and a function length unique entitled The Promised Land. Twelve series of Red Dwarf pertained to BBC iPlayer on Tuesday, June 20.
