Launch delays for Red Dwarf
FANS of Red Dwarf have a bit longer to wait before the show transfers to the big screen. Liverpool actor and TV presenter Craig Charles who plays curry-loving Lister in the show, tells The insider: "It's down to money - after all it's going to be one of the biggest British budget movies ever. But we are all keen to do it and all of us have turned down other work. I should be in Australia filming it as we speak. "I'm sure Red Dwarf will come off - it has to and soon I hope, we are all getting older." But the star isn't worried about twiddling his galactic thumbs, he has enough work to last light years. He's working on Ripley's Believe it or Not and the Japanese challenge show Takeshi's Castle. As well as two medical dramas: Doctors, in which he plays a police inspector and Holby. Says Craig: "In Doctors I play an inspector. I based him on my brother, Dean, who worked in the Hope Street nick and in Walton. I used a lot of his mannerisms." And it's back to medical drama for a part in Holby City. "Yeah, I play a very hard man with a 19-year-old girlfriend," he said. Craig also presents Robot Wars, which has transferred from the BBC to five and is one of the most watched programmes in the world. "It's become a sport now - it's like Formula One," laughs Craig, speaking from the set of Sky's soccer soap where he plays a footy agent. "I went to do Robot Wars in Australia and people were saying 'hey, it's the guy from Red Dwarf.'" Craig has also got big plans for the future: "I've got a BBC Radio Funk Show, a chat show next March for ITV and I really want to be the first black Doctor Who . . ." Rain doesn't stopplay at awards EVEN the weather could not dampen Sue Nicolls spirits when she arrived at the Royal Television Society North West Awards on Saturday. Sue, who arrived with husband Mark Eden, who played Corrie soap villain Alan Bradley, was beaming - despite being soaked en route. "I have spent ages in the ladies loo drying my shoes with the dryer they were absolutely drenched, " she laughed. And what a striking performance from Wirral-born BBC anchor man Ray Stubbsfrom Match of the Day. Ray Stubbs helped out with a Crash of The Day when he came to the rescue of a waiter who dropped a tray of drinks. "I suppose I have got used to being calm during a crisis," smiled Ray who helped the hapless waiter collect the glass. | 
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