DwarfCast 179 – The Smegazine Rack – Volume 2 Issue #1

DwarfCast 179 – The Smegazine Rack – Volume 2 Issue #1

From DwarfCasts (a Red Dwarf podcast) by Ganymede & Titan

February 5, 2026 · 2h 29m

About this episode

The episode discusses the new volume of the Red Dwarf Smegazine, exploring its content and historical context.

"INT. Chris Barrie's Arse" 8 extra pages! 2 free postcards! Smeggier than ever before, it's the new-look Smegazine Rack! Yes, after a prolonged gap since our last sojourn to the early-to-mid 1990s, we return to discover everything's become glossier, wider and more densely packed, as we finally reach Volume 2 of the Red Dwarf Smegazine . There is much to discuss, not least the most unfortunate cover line of all time, but also a comic strip with remarkable parallels to a much later TV story, the latest news on just how messy the production of Series VI was, the evils of red chairs, the soap opera parody that refuses to die and the crossover event of the century. Plus, we give a very special welcome to a new Smegazine writer, who would go on to have a very, ahem, "interesting" career. Show notes The magazine, via archive.org or Stasis Leak , whatever's your poison It was actually us that tweeted a list of all the times the crew could have got back to Earth , although Curtis Threadgold did indeed come up with a number of other suggestions. We haven't managed to dig up any of Chris Barrie's Jackanory episodes, but we have figured out the TX dates: Jack Crater, 1st-3rd March 1993; The…

People in this episode

Host: Ganymede & Titan

Topics covered

  • Red Dwarf
  • Smegazine
  • comic strips
  • TV production
  • parody
  • media analysis

Keywords

  • Smegazine
  • Chris Barrie
  • Red Dwarf
  • comic strip
  • TV production
  • Anthony Frewin

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Red Dwarf Smegazine

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