Features

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Name / Title: Gil Taylor Part 3 (Cinematographer, The Omen)
Mr Flibble's interview with cinematography legend Gil Taylor continues with a look at three more of his classic films - horror groundbreaker The Omen, camp sci-fi flick Flash Gordon and Beatles-fest A Hard Day's Night...
Gil Taylor Part 3
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Date: 8 December, 2000

Name / Title: Gil Taylor Part 2 (Cinematographer, Kubrick)
Gil Taylor has worked on more movies than Mr Flibble's had fish, and has worked with a host of legendary talent. In part two of Mr Flibble's exclusive interview, he talks about the many, many takes he spent on Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb...
Gil Taylor Part 2
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Date: 1 December, 2000

Name / Title: Mac MacDonald (Actor, Captain Hollister)
Captain Hollister was killed off in Red Dwarf's first episode - but that didn't stop him making a comeback in season VIII. Mr Flibble stops for coffee with the man who threw the Dwarfers into the brig - Mac McDonald...
Mac MacDonald
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Date: 1 December, 2000

Name / Title: Bill Pearson (Special Effects)
He's created effects large and small for Ridley Scott, John Travolta and, of course, Doug Naylor. Down where the cowardly fear to tread - which is to say, an effects shed in Shepperton - Mr Flibble holds up the microphone and prepares to transcribe, through a thick Scottish accent, the words of master of miniatures, Bill Pearson.
Bill Pearson
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Date: 20 November, 2000

Name / Title: Bob Kane (Batman Creator)
Batman creator Bob Kane passed away in 1998, leaving the world with perhaps its most famous comic book character. Before he died, Bob took some time out from a comic convention he was attending to discuss the creation of his winged vigilante, and his opinion on the Tim Burton movies, with the other penguin...
Bob Kane
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Date: 20 November, 2000

Name / Title: Danny John-Jules (Actor, Cat)
The best-dressed character on television he may be, right down to the cat's pyjamas - but what does the feisty feline do when the fur comes off? Mr Flibble tracked down Danny John-Jules for tales of pussy galore...
Danny John-Jules
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Date: 20 November, 2000

Name / Title: Dr Shantha Perera (Immunologist)
Research has shown that watching Red Dwarf can actually improve the body's ability to defend itself against viruses. The man responsible for this discovery is Wolverhampton University's Dr Shantha Perera. Mr Flibble stopped in for a check-up...
Dr Shantha Perera
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Date: 20 November, 2000

Name / Title: Ed Bye (Director)
In the depths of Shepperton, Red Dwarf TV director Ed Bye dropped into the Grant Naylor production office to discuss the making of his debut movie - Kevin and Perry Go Large - with the galaxy's most famous penguin. Right hand provided by Andrew.
Ed Bye
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Date: 20 November, 2000

Name / Title: Gil Taylor Part 1 (Cinematographer, Star Wars)
From Kubrick to Polanski, Hancock to the Beatles, Gil Taylor has worked as a cinematographer with some of the finest directors and biggest stars of the twentieth century. But in the first part of this exclusive interview, Gil talks exclusively about his time on one movie in particular - the original Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
Gil Taylor Part 1
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Date: 20 November, 2000

Name / Title: Sylvain Despretz (Movie Artist)
As the Red Dwarf web-site goes on-line, Mr Flibble takes his biro to meet the ink and paint of the man responsible for the site's glowing artwork, the conceptual artist renowned for such movies as Alien: Resurrection, The Fifth Element and Gladiator - Sylvain Despretz
Sylvain Despretz
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Date: 20 November, 2000