Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Category: Red Dwarf

  • What’s The Opposite Of Arnold Rimmer?
    What’s The Opposite Of Arnold Rimmer?

    More setisoppO, and this week we work out the opposite of bubbles, of Arnold Rimmer, and of Hump Day. This week’s references include: And …

  • The Tenuous Link Between Open All Hours And Red Dwarf
    The Tenuous Link Between Open All Hours And Red Dwarf

    You’ll recognise this hair salon on Lister Avenue* in Balby, Doncaster. It’s the location for Arkwright’s in Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours. It seems like such an odd place for a shop, but Albert Arkwright knew what he was doing … it’s the only retail space around hundreds of homes. Swing the…

  • May Day
    May Day

    Can’t have the day off this Bank Holiday without always thinking about this.

  • Katy Brand Welcomes Careful Drivers
    Katy Brand Welcomes Careful Drivers

    I recently completed my long overdue re-watch of the BBC era Red Dwarf, and it made me want to pick up the books again. I had read the smeg out of Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers and Better Than Life, and I didn’t quite appreciate how much they had informed my love of the show as…

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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