Shipwrecked & Comatose: A Red Dwarf Podcast

Welcome to SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE, an in-depth podcast
dedicated to the classic BBC science-fiction sitcom, Red Dwarf.

Rob Grant (1955–2026):

Shipwrecked & Comatose Reacts to the Loss of a Red Dwarf Legend

Host Kurt North is joined by Matt Laham and Colin Jackson Brown for an emergency episode of Shipwrecked & Comatose following news that Rob Grant has died aged 70.

They discuss how the report was verified via the G&T news site after it briefly went down, and note Craig Charles’ tribute on X calling Grant a visionary.

The conversation reflects on Grant’s career from Spitting Image (including the chart-topping “Chicken Song”) to co-creating Red Dwarf with Doug Naylor, and his novels, including Grant Naylor books and solo work such as Incompetence and Backwards.

They also talk about the recently announced prequel novel Red Dwarf: Titan, hoping it is finished, and share personal stories about Red Dwarf’s multi-generational impact and influence on their friendships and humour, before closing with condolences to Grant’s family and friends.

00:00 Tribute to Rob Grant
01:20 Hosts and Guests Introduced
01:41 Breaking News Confirmation
03:51 Red Dwarf Titan Prequel
05:51 Colin on Personal Legacy
10:09 Craig Charles Tribute Quote
13:20 Matt on Red Dwarf Memories
18:15 Rob Grant Early Career
19:17 Spitting Image and Chicken Song
21:33 Other Works and Titan Hopes
22:18 Final Thanks and Sign Off

 

Host: Kurt North

Co-Host: Colin Jackson Brown & Matt Latham

Editor: Kurt North

 

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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 Zombie Apache. Released in November 2025, this counts as 'new' stuff to look at as it features Craig Charles as a main character. Mark welcomes Carl and returning guest Rob Yeomans (from the Cinemortuary podcast) to have a chat about this low budget indie film that's a fun little B Movie but features fewer zombies and apaches than expected.

 

Host: Mark Adams

Co-Host: Carl Bryan

Guest: Rob Yeomans

Editor: Mark Adams

 

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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

 

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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

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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

 

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