Are you still holding out on a RD film Batch?
Still in development according to the official site but after so much time has passed and Lister's porn, crack and wanking session in the back of a limo it looks destined to end up in the bin.
Shame really as the past couple of serious were a fucking awful way to end the series.
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IMHO RD is now deader than corderoy. Too much time has past to ensure success of a film. That'll make it too hard to get funding for. And that's before the cast problems you mention.
As you say it went poop after the grant/naylor split. What would be really good would be for the BBC to do a 90 minute wrap up of the whole thing. Oh, and bring back Clare Grogan as kachanski
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I'm going to Blackpool with Mrs Batch and Baby Batch to see the illuminations. They'll drop me off/pic me up for the Stanley game too. It smells of wee and is tackier than a wank booth floor, but I kind of like it.