On This Day in Red Dwarf

Is It Bill Bailey? - The Inventors of Hide & Seek Norman Lovett appears in Is It Bill Bailey? as one of the inventors of Hide and Seek.

On 13 March 1998 (28 years ago today), Norman Lovett appeared in an episode of "Is It Bill Bailey?" as one of the inventors of Hide & Seek. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

The studio audience recording for "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" took place on this day in 1993. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

Bohemian Rhapsody | Comic Relief Red Nose Day | 1993 (HQ) Finally on YouTube in high quality. By 1993 ('The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes'), Comic Relief decided to branch out further from the BT tower, usual mob of Henry, French and Saunders, The Young Ones etc by getting more people involved. Elaborated from the film, Wayne's World, here is Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody which featured none other than a whole variety of television celebrities, actors and broadcasters at the time... most of which I've kindly listed below including studio sets (in order of first appearance): Lesley Joseph, Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson - Birds of a Feather Mike Myers, Dana Carvey - Wayne's World Noel Edmonds - Noel's House Party Judith Hann, Howard Stableford etc - Tomorrow's World Gordon the Gopher - Going Live Ian McCaskill - BBC Weather Penny Tranter, Bill Giles, Rob McElwee - BBC Weather Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry - Jeeves and Wooster Caron Keating - Family Affairs (lifestyle show) Nicholas Witchell - BBC Breakfast News Gloria Hunniford - Family Affairs (lifestyle show) Terry Christian - The Word Esther Rantzen - That's Life Adrian Mills, Gavin Campbell, Howard Leader, Kevin Devine - That's Life Sir Patrick Moore - The Sky at Night Cast of Drop the Dead Donkey Trev and Simon - Going Live! Cast of London's Burning Edd the Duck - Children's BBC Nick Owen - Good Morning with Anne and Nick Anne Diamond - Good Morning with Anne and Nick Mike Smash (Harry Enfield) - Harry Enfield's Television Programme Cast of Brookside Cast of Eldorado Sarah Greene - Going Live Dave Nice (Paul Whitehouse) - Harry Enfield's Television Programme Cast of Red Dwarf John Leslie, Diane Louise Jordan, Anthea Turner, Bonnie - Blue Peter Cast of Emmerdale Actress - The Word Richard Thorpe - Emmerdale Stan Richards - Emmerdale Wayne's World Cast of Drop the Dead Donkey Robbie Coltrane - Coltrane in a Cadillac (docu) Chris Evans - Big Breakfast Ruby Wax, Tony Slattery - The Full Wax Jonathan Ross and guests - Saturday Zoo Jill Dando - BBC Breakfast News Gaby Roslin, Paula Yates - Big Breakfast Norman Bowler - Emmerdale Andi Peters - Children's BBC Anne Robinson - Watchdog Donate here: http://www.rednoseday.com ALL COPYRIGHTS BBC WORLDWIDE / COMIC RELIEF / Music: QUEEN PRODUCTIONS 1993

The 1993 edition of Comic Relief was broadcast on 12 March and featured various TV personalities singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody, including the boys from the Dwarf. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

Chris Barrie on Noel's House Party - 12 March 1994

"Noel's House Party" was visited on two occasions by Chris Barrie, in character as Gordon Brittas. The second time was on 12 March 1994 (32 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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A legend was born in the form of a penguin hand puppet in "Quarantine", episode 4 of series 5, which first aired on 12 March 1992 (34 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

Bah, credits screenshot. This was bound to happen sooner or later, but I'd hoped it would be later.

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"Cassandra", episode 4 of series 8, first aired on 11 March 1999 (27 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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Craig Charles joined Channel 5's 'Gadget Show' in it's 25th series, which started on 10 March 2017 (9 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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Birthday, ah yes, the anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts. Happy birthday to Red Dwarf's resident mechanoid, @bobbyllew, who is 70 today! #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

Craig Charles interview on BBC Breakfast, 2012 - Red Dwarf, Corrie, funk Craig Charles on BBC1 Breakfast on 10th March 2012, talking about the 10th anniversary of BBC Radio 6Music and the new series of Red Dwarf. [Re-uploaded with Red Dwarf clip removed, as uncut video was taken down due to copyright]

On 10 March 2012 (14 years ago today), Craig Charles appeared on BBC Breakfast and discussed the 10th anniversary of his radio show and the upcoming Red Dwarf X. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

The studio audience recording for "Skipper" took place on this day in 2016. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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On 8 March 1992 (34 years ago today), Craig Charles took part in 'The Last Cigarette', a show designed to convince people to quit smoking, presented by Paula Yates and Danny Baker. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

The screenshots on the "first aired" posts are now taken randomly from the episode. I think this one is from the "previously on".

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Norman Lovett returns to the cast for the first time since series 2 in "Nanarchy", episode 8 of series 7, which first aired on 7 March 1997 (29 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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David Ross made his return to Red Dwarf, voicing Talkie Toaster in "White Hole", episode 4 of series 4, which first aired on 7 March 1991 (35 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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"Waiting for God", episode 4 of series 1, first aired on 7 March 1988 (38 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

The studio audience recording for "Rimmerworld" took place on this day in 1993. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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"Terrorform", episode 3 of series 5, first aired on 5 March 1992 (34 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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"Back in the Red: Part III", episode 3 of series 8, first aired on 4 March 1999 (27 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

Red Dwarf's Holly (Norman Lovett) on Tomorrow's World (03/03/1999) and Megalab (17/03/1999) In March 1999, Norman Lovett appeared in character as Holly alongside Phillipa Forrester and Peter Snow to launch their Turing Test experiment, to see whether AI chatbots could convincingly pass as human. He returned two weeks later as part of the annual Megalab event, both as Holly and himself, taking part in the experiment alongside Sir Terry Pratchett and Jaye Griffiths. This footage has never been repeated or released.

On 3 March 1999 (27 years ago today), Norman Lovett appeared in character as Holly on Tomorrow's World. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

Little Mix - Word Up! (Official Video) Little Mix – Word Up! (Official Video) To celebrate #10YearsOfLittleMix listen to our brand new album ‘Between Us’ here: https://lttlmx.com/betweenus_yd Subscribe to the official Little Mix YouTube Channel: https://LittleMix.lnk.to/subscribeYD Follow Little Mix: Facebook: https://LittleMix.lnk.to/listenFI Twitter: https://LittleMix.lnk.to/listenTI Instagram: https://LittleMix.lnk.to/listenII TikTok - https://smarturl.it/LMTikTok WATCH WOMAN LIKE ME MUSIC VIDEO ► https://smarturl.it/LittleMix-WLM WATCH SHOUT OUT TO MY EX MUSIC VIDEO ► https://smarturl.it/LittleMix-SOTME WATCH TOUCH MUSIC VIDEO ► https://smarturl.it/LittleMix-T WATCH BLACK MAGIC MUSIC VIDEO ► https://smarturl.it/LittleMix-BM WATCH POWER MUSIC VIDEO ► https://smarturl.it/LittleMix-P Lyrics W-o-r-d We're coming up K-k-k-k-keep it Keep it coming up So do your dance Do your dance Do your dance quick, mama Come on, baby Tell me what's the word OW! Woo! Ah-hey! Word up! C'mon, c'mon! Woo! Yo pretty ladies around the world Got a weird thing to show you So tell all the boys and girls Tell your brother, your sister and your mama, too 'Cause we're about to throw down And you know just what to do Wave your hands in the air Like you don't care Glide by the people As they start to look and stare Do your dance Do your dance Do your dance quick, mama Come on, baby Tell me what's the word Word up Everybody say When you hear the call You've got to get it underway Word up It's the code word No matter where you say it You know that you'll be heard All you sucker DJs Who think you're fly There's got to be a reason And we know the reason why You try to put on those airs And act real cool (you ain't cool!) But you've got to realize That you're acting like fools Give us music We can use it We need to dance We don't have the time For psychological romance No romance No romance No romance for me, mama Come on, baby Tell me what's the word Word up Everybody say When you hear the call You've got to get it underway Word up It's the code word No matter where you say it You know that you'll be heard W-O-R-D up W-O-R-D up W-O-R-D up (Everybody say) W-O-R-D up W-O-R-D we're coming up Dial "L" for low K-k-k-keep it Keep it coming up So do your dance Do your dance Do your dance quick, mama Come on, baby Tell me what's the word Word up Yeah, yeah Word up Word up Hey, hey Word up Everybody say When you hear the call You've got to get it underway, get it underway Word up It's the code word No matter where you say it You know that you'll be heard Word up Everybody say When you hear the call You've got to get it underway Word up It's the code word No matter where you say it You know that you'll be heard Yeah #LittleMix #WordUp #10YearsOfLittleMix #Pop

The video for the Little Mix cover of Cameo's 'Word Up!' was released on 3 March 2014 (12 years ago today) and features Chris Barrie reprising his role as Gordon Brittas, his character in 'The Brittas Empire'. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

Interestingly, 2 March 2077 (-51 years ago today) will actually be a Tuesday, but maybe that was caused by the introduction of the month of Geldof. #RedDwarf

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Wednesday 2 March 2077 (-51 years ago today) is the day Lister, Rimmer and Cat first travel back to in Stasis Leak. This is stated to be 3 weeks before the crew got wiped out. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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Chloe Annett starred in 'Crime Traveller', a show about a detective who uses a time machine to solve crimes, which premiered on 1 March 1997 (29 years ago today). The show ran for just 1 series. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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"Epideme", episode 7 of series 7, first aired on 28 February 1997 (29 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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"Justice", episode 3 of series 4, first aired on 28 February 1991 (35 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

The studio audience recording for "Legion" took place on this day in 1993. #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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"The Inquisitor", episode 2 of series 5, first aired on 27 February 1992 (34 years ago today). #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

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Happy Birthday to the "fifth Dwarfer" Tony Hawks, who had many roles in Red Dwarf, including the Caligula waxdroid in "Meltdown" and the voice of the suitcase in "Stasis Leak". #RedDwarf #OnThisDay

My thoughts go out to his all his family and friends. I hope the outpouring of love I've seen from people this evening can be of some small comfort in this difficult time. #ThanksForTheMemory #RIP