SMEGHEADS // SERIES VII EPISODE 8 - "Nanarchy"

Its the last episode of the series which means its the last episode of SMEGHEADS for a while. Red Dwarf ends this time around with a little hope. The crew of Starbug have finally found Red Dwarf… or have they? It’s a very optimistic episode but as we all know by now, it leads into the car crash that is Series VIII. No doubt Daniela will love it, but it is going to be a real slog for me.

Let us know what you think of RD VII as a whole and also your thoughts on VIII!

@jedshepherd @danielaphillips

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SMEGHEADS // SERIES XII EPISODE 2 - SILICONIA

Jed & Daniela are back again with another episode of SMEGHEADS, the Red Dwarf podcast! We are wrist-deep in Series XII and we've got an episode we both like! Its a good job too as the next one is a right stinker...

twitter: @jedshepherd & @danielaphillips

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SMEGHEADS // SERIES VI EPISODE 3 - GUNMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

An episode considered the very top of the heap. Its the Emmy winning masterclass of sci-fi comedy and the one episode I will always point to when trying to convince Red Dwarf is ESSENTIAL. It's Gunmen of the Apocalypse and it's smeggin' incredible.

Im preaching to the choir here of course because this isnt only critically considered one of the best... the fans think so too. So what more can we say about an episode thats been written about and dissected for decades? LOTS.

If you like what you hear, let us know on twitter @jedshepherd & @danielaphillips (with one L).

See you next week Smegeheads!

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SMEGHEADS // SERIES VI EPISODE 2 - "LEGION"

Jed & Daniela are back for another week of Smegheads! This time around they tackle 'Legion' which some Red Dwarf fans may have originally derided upon first broadcast but has since become a firm favourite.

If you like what you hear, let them know on twitter @danielaphillips and @jedshepherd

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SMEGHEADS: THE RED DWARF PODCAST // SERIES IV EPISODE 6 "MELTDOWN"

Finally. Daniela's parents finally came into POST/POP and on SMEGHEADS! Unfortunately they didn't have too many stories about Daniela getting up to mischief when she was little. I don't believe for a second that she was as angelic as they made her out to be! For some reason their mics were really low, so imagine they are saying something scandalous about her instead! They got us Smegheads cups and they both wore Smegheads tshirts they got made themselves. How bloody amazing!

I mean, this episode is a lot better than I remember it, but it certainly isn't a classic. This meant that I knew for certain Daniela would like it, because of course she would! I do think it is a good thing that we have completely different opinions about absolutely everything, but maaaaaaaan! We all agreed the below "winnie the pooh" scene was a show stealer though. 

It's another episode that reveals Rimmer's utter selfishness that dictates everything he attempts to do turns to SMEG. Was he really trying to help these people, or was he just living out his boyhood fantasy at the cost of everyone's lives? To be fair, his "pawn sacrifice" tactic DID work... but at what cost?

This episode also had one of my favourite closing themes ever though, and is almost worth the rewatch in itself!

PLEASE READ THIS:

ALL 6 EPISODES OF SERIES 5 OF SMEGHEADS WILL DROP ON ITUNES ALL AT ONCE!

Yes, I am testing out the Netflix model and giving you everything all at once. People moaned about Netlfix doing this very thing at first, but now we are accustomed to it, and expect it. this way, you can choose your own pace. You can binge on Smegheads in one beautiful weekend, or save it until you really need it, on a long plane journey somewhere or a rather difficult time on the loo. Either way, you're grown ups and so are we (barely) so the choice is yours.

We are going to record every episode of Series 5 on one very long day, piling guests into POST/POP and jumping on mics during relevant episodes. As I will have total editing powers and can see the whole series at a glance, I am going to use this opportunity to tweak it, introduce new feature theme songs, new segments, secret stuff and generally mess around with the format you know and love. What could possibly go wrong?

So there will be perhaps a good few weeks break before Series 5 so why not go back and listen to everything again yeah? I will do some teasers leading up to Series 5 which will appear as 3 min long episodes on your phone/computer which will update you with guests or if there is any new Red Dwarf news we think you should know.

Thanks once again for supporting us across 4 seasons so far, and we have many more to come. I reckon thats about 80 hours of listening to our voices, and you probably know us better than we know ourselves now, so spread the word if you know any Red Dwarf fans, and we will respond in kind by making the show as awesome as possible.

So I'll leave you with an awful Red Dwarf theme song cover. This video has 30 views and the guy is singing it to impress an unseen lady. He sorta makes up the words as he goes along and I want him to be hit by a comet. See you next series Smegheads. 

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jed & daniela

aka @jedshepherd & @danielaphillips

SMEGHEADS: THE RED DWARF PODCAST // SERIES IV EPISODE 5 "DIMENSION JUMP"

Sometimes planets align and a guest comes along for an epsisode of SMEGHEADS that makes perfect sense. Jo Sharples is one of them. Not only is this the "Dimension Jump" episode of the podcast and Jo is a Red Dwarf expert... but she also organises the Red Dwarf Convention called "Dimension Jump"! Add to that, the fact she also helps run the Red Dwarf Fan Club, she is more than qualified to join this discussion (and we might actually learn something for once!)

Almost everyones loves this episode of Red Dwarf so it was easy to wax lyrical about it and that doesn't necessarily make a podcast, so we spent a lot of this episode discussing the fan convention and what happens there. I've been in a Red Dwarf fan for most of my life but never been to Dimension Jump! Though I'm also a fan of Star Wars and I've never been to space so perhaps it's not so unusual. To illustrate how awesome it is, here is Red Dwarf co-creator and current showrunner announcing the TWO new Series of Red Dwarf at the last DJ.

This episode has firmly put Dimension Jump (the convention) at the forefront of my mind and Daniela and I will definitely turn up next year (Series XI will have aired by then!) but not sure if we will take part in the cosplay part of it. My idea of going as Queeg may get me some strange looks...

I'll leave you with this mini documentary about the making of the Dimension Jump (the episode) and want to say thank you very much to Jo for coming to the studio and being informative and funny and awesome. Hopefully she will come back on for a later Series. I know she loves Series 8 :) Find out more about Jo, Dimension Jump and the Fan Club in these places:

http://www.reddwarffanclub.com/
http://www.dimensionjump.info/djxix/

See you guys next week for the Series finale.. Meltdown!

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jed & daniela

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