{"id":31042,"date":"2023-03-10T15:17:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1798909"},"modified":"2023-03-11T01:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T00:01:45","slug":"red-dwarfs-future-confirmed-after-legal-dispute-resolved","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/red-dwarfs-future-confirmed-after-legal-dispute-resolved\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Dwarf\u2019s future confirmed after legal dispute resolved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;Smoke a kipper, Red Dwarf will be back for breakfast!!&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 10 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The future of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/red-dwarf-best-series-ranked\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Red Dwarf<\/a> has finally been confirmed after a legal dispute between its creators, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that the writers, who co-created the comedy series, haven\u2019t always seen eye to eye, dissolving their partnership in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Naylor continued to write the Red Dwarf TV series but, in 2021, launched a High Court action against Grant over the rights to the show.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute has now been resolved and it\u2019s been confirmed that both of the writers will continue separately working on Red Dwarf in different media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li class=\"&quot;headline\" post-header__title=\"\" post-header__title--headline-layout=\"\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/red-dwarf-best-series-ranked\/&quot;\">Red Dwarf fans vote for their favourite ever series \u2013 your winner revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;headline\" post-header__title=\"\" post-header__title--headline-layout=\"\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/red-dwarf-future-episodes-specials\/&quot;\">Chris Barrie on Red Dwarf\u2019s future after The Promised Land: \u201cI think there\u2019s something\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A statement reads: \u201cRob Grant and Doug Naylor are delighted to announce that the ongoing dispute over the Red Dwarf rights has been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving onwards and upwards, Rob and Doug hope to launch separate iterations of Red Dwarf across various media, working again with the cast and other valued partners, and wish each other the very best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmoke a kipper, Red Dwarf will be back for breakfast!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of the statement, Naylor also shared a tweet of the cast of Red Dwarf, with the caption: \u201cSmug mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;da&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Smug mode. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/ShOpt8kN3P&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/ShOpt8kN3P<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Doug Naylor (@DougRDNaylor) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougRDNaylor\/status\/1634181455667425281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">March 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;mt-sm\" pr-xxs=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" body-copy-large=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;mt-sm\" pr-xxs=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" body-copy-large=\"\">Exactly what the two different iterations of Red Dwarf will look like, or what the various media are remains to be seen but, over the years, Grant has released Red Dwarf novels.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Red Dwarf, which stars Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Craig Charles as Lister, Danny John-Jules as Cat and Robert Llewellyn as Kryten, began airing in February 1988 and saw huge success, spawning 11 full-length seasons.<\/p> <p>Grant and Naylor recently released a joint statement to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the first episode, making it clear that they both hoped for the series to continue.<\/p>\n<p>They wrote: \u201cTo fans, cast and crew and everything in between, a very smeggy 35th birthday. 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