Episodes

  • Christmas Carol - The Movie

    Christmas Carol - The Movie
    Dec 18 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. In this special festive episode, Mark is joined by Matt and returning guest Rob Turnbull to discuss Christmas Carol – The Movie: the critically panned animated film from 2001 that adapts the classic Dickins novella and is (in?)famous for giving the world the no. 6 Christmas hit What If? by Kate Winslett! What’s the link to Red Dwarf? It was written by and stars Robert Llewellyn! If you want to watch the film, it’s on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptEiotEFUdk Host: Mark Adams Co-Host: Matt Latham Guest: Rob Turnbull Editor: Mark Adams BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Shipwrecked Smeg Ups 4

    Shipwrecked Smeg Ups 4
    Dec 11 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. In this special festive episode, as is now tradition every year, we share a compilation of some of our bloopers/outtakes from 2025. In the spirit of the Smeg Ups and Smeg Outs Red Dwarf VHS releases, please enjoy our flubs and laugh along with/at us. Host: Mark Adams Featured in Smeg Ups: Mark Adams, Kurt North, Colin Jackson-Brown, Matt Latham, Carl Bryan, Rob Turnbull, Brandi Jackola, Priscilla Queen of the Ring, DangerRuss, Geoff Owens, MCB, Elodie and Oreo. Editor: Mark Adams BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 mins
  • Blade Runner

    Blade Runner
    Nov 20 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. After finishing out coverage of The Promised Land, we're nearly out of 'proper' Red Dwarf content now! There's a few specials and DVD extras that we're going to look at in 2026, but we've covered all the episodes of the show now! As such, we're going to embrace our love of specials covering weird and wonderful stuff peripheral to our favourite sci-fi sitcom! Welcome to our look at Blade Runner. This iconic film is acknowledged by Doug Naylor as one of his greatest influences and is homaged (plagiarised?) in Back To Earth. Matt, Kurt and Mark take a look at this cult film and compare it to Back To Earth. Host: Matt Latham Co-Hosts: Mark Adams and Kurt North Editor: Matt Latham BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • The Strangerers

    The Strangerers
    Oct 23 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. After finishing out coverage of The Promised Land, we're nearly out of 'proper' Red Dwarf content now! There's a few specials and DVD extras that we're going to look at in 2026, but we've covered all the episodes of the show now! As such, we're going to embrace our love of specials covering weird and wonderful stuff peripheral to our favourite sci-fi sitcom! Welcome to our look at what Rob Grant did after Red Dwarf! Mark and Carl are taking a look at The Strangerers, the sitcom about two aliens on Earth that was on Sky Telly in the early 00s. Can Rob Grant recreate the magic of Red Dwarf with a second sci-fi sitcom? Host: Mark Adams Co-Host - Carl Bryan Editor: Mark Adams BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Ashens and the Polybius Heist

    Ashens and the Polybius Heist
    Sep 25 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. After finishing out coverage of The Promised Land, we're nearly out of 'proper' Red Dwarf content now! There's a few specials and DVD extras that we're going to look at in 2026, but we've covered all the episodes of the show now! As such, we're going to embrace our love of specials covering weird and wonderful stuff peripheral to our favourite sci-fi sitcom! Welcome to the second of two episodes looking at the Ashens films. Stuart Ashen/Ashens is a British YouTuber who reviews tat with a cult following so high that he crowdfunded two satirical films, and we're going to take a look at both of them! What's the link to Red Dwarf? Robert Llewellyn, the actor who plays Kryten, is in both of them playing a character called The Professor. This week, we're looking at Ashens and the Polybius Heist (2020) and Mark is your host alongside the host of 8- Bit Back Issues, Geoff Owen. Host: Mark Adams Guest: Geoff Owen Editor: Mark Adams BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild

    Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild
    Sep 18 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. After finishing out coverage of The Promised Land, we're nearly out of 'proper' Red Dwarf content now! There's a few specials and DVD extras that we're going to look at in 2026, but we've covered all the episodes of the show now! As such, we're going to embrace our love of specials covering weird and wonderful stuff peripheral to our favourite sci-fi sitcom! Welcome to the first of two episodes looking at the Ashens films. Stuart Ashen/Ashens is a British YouTuber who reviews tat with a cult following so high that he crowdfunded two satirical films, and we're going to take a look at both of them! What's the link to Red Dwarf? Robert Llewellyn, the actor who plays Kryten, is in both of them playing a character called The Professor. This week, we're looking at Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild (2013) and Mark is your host alongside the host of 8- Bit Back Issues, Geoff Owen. Host: Mark Adams Guest: Geoff Owen Editor: Mark Adams BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Doug Naylor Reddit AMA - Highlights and Reactions

    Doug Naylor Reddit AMA - Highlights and Reactions
    Sep 12 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. In this impromptu episode, Matt, Mark and Kurt have a chat about what was said in Doug Naylor's Reddit AMA on 7th September 2025. Host: Matt Latham Co-Hosts: Mark Adams and Kurt North Editor: Mark Adams BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • The Brittas Empire - Series 7

    The Brittas Empire - Series 7
    Aug 14 2025
    Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf. After finishing out coverage of The Promised Land, we're nearly out of Red Dwarf now! There's a few specials and DVD extras that we're going to look at, but we've covered all the episodes of the show now! As such, we're going to embrace our love of specials covering stuff peripheral to our favourite sci-fi sitcom! Welcome to the seventh and final episode in the series of specials covering The Brittas Empire! The Brittas Empire was a BBC sitcom that started Chris Barrie as the titular Gordon Brittas, an inept but well-meaning manager of Whitbury Leisure Centre. Host: Matt Latham Guest: Tony Black Editor: Matt Latham Twitter/BlueSky/Insta: @RedDwarfPod Our network on Twitter/BlueSky: @filmstories Our network on Insta: @filmstoriesmagazineuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 36 mins