I just really like the story of 'smegging' and 'smeg head'. The wroters wanted a naughty word but also wanted the show to run before the watershed. The word 'smegging' was invented and went on air. Only then did a possible origin of the word hit the writers .
Nothing to do with them working at home, writing the series in the kitchen then? I heard they used it as they saw it on a particular make of an American fridge.
"Written and directed by Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor" Oh dear, won't be classic Dwarf then... G>
Series 8 just went into the realms of stupidity plot wise, nothing clever. I think the last great episode was S7E1. I never though RD was the sort of show that benefited from background laughter.