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It’s my Birthday today, it was pretty good! Mum and Dad got me a Chocolate Dalek Birthday Cake from Tesco!

I got on the bus into town early to buy doughnuts and cookies for the office and they’d changed the route so I ended up in Ifield and ended up ringing a taxi. But I got it all and got to work on time.

I worked on the new City Link website again today, it’s coming along nicely. More on that when it goes live.

Myself, DJ and Scott went to see Terminator: Salvation, I’ve been waiting to see the human Resistance battle Skynet in the future for about… 18 years.

I thought the new Terminators such as the Mototerminators, Harvesters and the T600, were in-keeping with the classic Terminator design and the Hunter Killer.

It was also really great to see the Terminator Hover Scout, which is a concept from the T2 3-D: Battle Across Time at Universal Studios.

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I’ve just found this Star Wars spoof video on YouTube, Snatch Wars (Snatch Vs Star Wars). It’s a mash-up of Star Wars and the cockney-gangster movie Snatch.

I’m a huge fan of the Guy Ritchie movie Snatch so I’m thinking this could be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on YouTube!

Casting Brick Top’s dialogue from Snatch over Darth Vader’s scenes from the original Star Wars Trilogy is pure genius.

However, when Darth Vader seemingly threatens to snap Leia’s “tarty-fuckin-legs off”, that audio was not taken from Snatch, but from Alan Ford’s performance on The Armando Ianucci Show. In that scene Alan Ford arrives at a woman’s home demanding to know whether she has read her copy of the Guardian Newspaper. He then threatens to send round “nutters, from Parkhurst”, (a top-security British prison) unless she fully digests every article. A great sample, expertly used.

Anyway, what do you think of Snatch Wars (Snatch Vs Star Wars)?

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Red Dwarf will soon to return to our screens 21 years after it first aired on the BBC.

But Red dwarf will not return on the BBC, but on digital TV channel Dave.

The episode is entitled Back to Earth; and will as you might’ve guessed see the Red Dwarf crew finally return to Earth.

An article by BBC News about the return of Red Dwarf states:

…the [Red Dwarf] new show reunites the line-up, including Coronation Street’s Craig Charles.

Red Dwarf’s AI computer, named Holly, was portrayed by Norman Lovett in the first two and last two series of Red Dwarf. I would assume therefore that Red Dwarf: Back To Earth will star Norman Lovett as opposed to Hattie Hayridge who played Holly for 3 series (III-V).

The return of Red Dwarf to TV in time for the 21st anniversary is part of a drive by Dave to broadcast more original programming, rather than just repeats. Dave is a joint venture between Virgin Media and the BBC. The BBC presumably do all the programme making and Virgin Media provide the broadcast medium for them both to earn revenue from advertising.

Original Programming By Dave
Also part of the original programming initiative by Dave are the shows Argumental, Batteries Not Included and Car of the Year 2008.

In our house we quite enjoy Argumental on Dave; chaired by the charming John Sergeant with the sometimes amusing Marcus Brigstocke and awesome Rufus Hound as team captains.

However, Dave’s Batteries Not Included was literally unwatchable and tarnished the previously unblemished career of one of my comedy heroes, John Cleese. And I refused to watch Dave’s Car of the Year 2008 because it starred Johnny Vaughan. Don’t even get me started on Johnny Vaughan. Johnny Vaughan and Noel Edmonds have got it coming.

Red Dwarf: Back To Earth Details
The 4-part Red Dwarf Easter Special entitled Red Dwarf: Back To Earth will premier on Dave on Friday 10th April at 9pm.

Red Dwarf: Back To Earth Resources

• Back To Earth | Red Dwarf | Wikipedia
• Holly | Red Dwarf | Wikipedia
• Red Dwarf voyages back to Earth | BBC News
• Red Dwarf cast to be reunited | The Guardian
• Red Dwarf Returns to Production | Official Red Dwarf Website

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