Cult comedy Red Dwarf is returning to TV, 21 years after its initial launch.
The show has been resurrected by digital channel Dave for a two-part Easter weekend special, which sees the cast finally return to Earth.
Written and directed by Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor, the new show reunites the line-up, including Coronation Street's Craig Charles.
The hit show, which ran for eight series on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, won an International Emmy award.
'No holds barred'
Set three million years into the future, the show followed the exploits of Dave Lister, slovenly crew member of the mining ship Red Dwarf - and the last man in the universe.
He was joined in his weekly attempts to make it back to Earth by a cast of oddballs including human hologram Arnold Rimmer, sanitation mechanoid Kryton and Cat - a preening half-man, half-animal who evolved from the ship's cat.
At its peak, Red Dwarf pulled in around eight million viewers and was broadcast in more than 25 countries.
It has sold more than seven million DVDs and videos.
The new two-part series Red Dwarf: Back to Earth will be followed by a "no holds barred" episode without sets, special effects or autocue.
The weekend will climax with Red Dwarf: the Making of Back to Earth, a behind-the-scenes special from the new episodes

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I can't get DAVE!

*Screams and flies in to a rage*
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Dave is on Freeview, which is just a small box away on a telly with a signal strong enough to give you clear reception of Five.

Alternatively you could have a go at persuading a local SKY sports pub to show it ...

21 years ago???
So how old am I? Arrggghhh!!!
Too old.
When I was living and working in London Craig Charles 'borrowed'a fiver off me to entertain us all with some disapearing magic while our tube was at a standstill.
Yes he gave me my money back, he said "Dont forget my name, Craig Charles, I shall be famous one day"
Blimey, it feels like last week!
I just LOVE red dwarf, I have the whole series on dvd and its getting a bit worn.

I hold Red Dwarf in the same esteem as other UK comedy classics such as The Young Ones and Blackadder. I'm quite fond too of the way that they are prepared to ignore continuity for a good joke or a more interesting plot device!

It was good to see such a subversive comedy become so popular. It was also good to see the angst of ridiculous, lovelorn all-male environments satirised.

Dave is a good match for it as it already carries re-runs of the excellent QI and even that minor, lesser programme about cars ...

My (unsolicited) advice about Freeview is to auto tune it at times, to receive all the available channels and then mercilessly remove all the shopping channels and the ones that you have to pay extra for. You are left with a surprisingly good number of channels.