Since the end of Red Dwarf , POSSIBLY THE BEST SHOW IN THE WORLD, the crew of the space ship after which the show is named have drifted to strange new worlds in the television galaxy.

Is the age of the sitcom really over? Purists would no doubt argue that it is; pointing to once beloved shows like Fawlty Towers and Blackadder having been killed off by the rise of single-camera shows like The Office or The Peep Show .

A cassette on the EMI label from 1990 - a compilation of songs from the satirical puppet series Spitting Image that was popular throughout the 80's and 90's on TV.

JODRELL Bank's Lovell Telescope last week became the star of a National Geographic Channel television programme.