On This Day in Red Dwarf
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Never forget Auntie Maggie's birthday again! #RedDwarf
On 6 August 2020 (6 years ago today), episode 1 of 'The First Three Million Years', a retrospective documentary mini-series about Red Dwarf narrated by David Tennant, first aired on Dave. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
On 28 July 2017 (9 years ago today), reddwarf.co.uk released the first image from Red Dwarf XII, which was this picture from Siliconia. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Happy birthday to Chloë Annett who turns 55 today! #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Chris Barrie returned to the 'Tomb Raider' franchise, reprising his role as Hilary the butler for the sequel, 'The Cradle of Life', which premiered on 21 July 2003 (23 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
We are now into the last 2 weeks in July, which is when Rimmer wanted to borrow Listers body. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Happy birthday to Jake Wood, aka Oswald Blenkinsop aka Kill Crazy, who turns 54 today! Happy birthday @MrJakeDWood #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Happy birthday to everyone's favorite space bum. Craig Charles is 62 today! Happy birthday @CCfunkandsoul #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
The visuals for the 'Tongue Tied' introduction to 'Parallel Universe' were shot on 9 July 1988 (38 years ago today). (Source: http://www.dirtyfeed.org/2021/06/seventh-heaven/) #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
In an alternate timeline created by the Dwarfers, John F. Kennedy was sentenced to 3 years in an open prison in July 1965. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
On 29 June 1998 (28 years ago today), English rock band 'Half Man Half Biscuit' released the album 'Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral'. The track 'On Reaching the Wensum' contains the lyric "Red Dwarf is all my arse". #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Happy Birthday to Emile Charles, brother of Craig Charles, known to Red Dwarf fans as 17-year-old Lister in the episode 'Timeslides'. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Happy Birthday to Ian Boldsworth, a.k.a. Ray Peacock, who has been the warm up act for many of the 'Dave' era episode recordings. He also plays Steve in the episode "M-Corp". #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
The instrumental backing track for 'Tongue Tied' was recorded on 27 June 1988 (38 years ago today). (Source: http://www.dirtyfeed.org/2021/06/seventh-heaven/) #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Back to Earth was released on DVD on 15 June 2009 (17 years ago today) with the episodes presented separately or as a feature length "Director's Cut". #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
"Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" was first released on 15 June 2001 (25 years ago today), starring Chris Barrie as Lara's butler, Hilary. Unfortunately for fans of the games, at no point does she lock him in a freezer. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
The Promised Land was released on DVD on 1 June 2020 (6 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
On 1 June 2017 (9 years ago today) BBC 4 aired "The Great Village Green Crusade" as part of their 'Fixing the Future' season. This features Robert Llewellyn's campaign to persuade residents Temple Guiting to generate more of their own power through renewable sources. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
June was the month Lister had a pizza, but he didn't like it until Kryten added curry sauce. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
On 20 May 2005 (21 years ago today), Robert Llewellyn joined Ian Hislop's team on the BBC's long running topical panel show, 'Have I Got News For You'. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
On 5 May 2010 (9 years ago today) Marvel Comics released Deadpool Corps #2, in which Lady Deadpool namechecks Red Dwarf. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
On 3 May 2010 (16 years ago today), BBC 4 aired "Dive, Dive, Dive!", a documentary in which Robert Llewelyn sets out to discover why submarine movies have gripped us for over a century. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
The third Red Dwarf novel, 'Last Human' by Doug Naylor, was published on 27 April 1995 (31 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
On 22 April 2016 (10 years ago today), Craig Charles joined Alex Jones to present an episode of The One Show. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Clare Grogan starred as Susan in Scottish coming-of-age film 'Gregory's Girl', which was released on 21 April 1981 (45 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
"Scrapheap Challenge", the Channel 4 show where contestants build contraptions out of materials found in a scrapyard, first aired on 12 April 1998 (28 years ago today). The first 10 series were presented by Robert Llewellyn. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Part three of "Back to Earth", first aired on 12 April 2009 (17 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
Part two of "Back to Earth", first aired on 11 April 2009 (17 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
After a 10 year hiatus, Red Dwarf returned to screens with part one of "Back to Earth", the first episode to debut on Dave, on 10 April 2009 (17 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay
"The Promised Land", the first feature length episode of Red Dwarf, first aired 6 years ago today, on 9 April 2020. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay