A Nice Journal

Okay. Ian Hislop on Steve Wright In The Afternoon. On iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pd45c/Steve_Wright_in_the_Afternoon_16_12_2009/ Ian Hislop on The One Show. On iPlayer (UK only, dammit): http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pgrbs/The_One_Show_16_12_2009/

http://epguides.com/NewsatBedtime/

Regulars: Jack Dee , Peter Capaldi , Chris Addison , Lewis Macleod , Lucy Montgomery , Vicki Peperdine , Dan Tetsell

Crew: written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman

1. 1- 1 Dec 24th 2009
2. 1- 2 Dec 25th 2009
3. 1- 3 Dec 28th 2009
4. 1- 4 Dec 29th 2009
5. 1- 5 Dec 30th 2009
6. 1- 6 Dec 31st 2009
7. 1- 7 Jan 1st 2010

Ian Hislop on The One Show this Wednesday on BBC1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/

Also, his episode of Great Railway Journeys (India: East to West) is on at 9pm next Monday, the 21st, on BBC2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074phf

Ian is scheduled to be on Steve Wright's radio show on BBC R2 this Wednesday (the 16th) problably to publicise the this year's Private Eye Annual. The show starts at 2pm if you catch it but it's far easier to get hold of it when it gets put up on iPlayer shortly afterwards. :D Also, he has a podcast where some of the interviews are put on. I'll keep an eye out and post a link when it's been on. Anyway, the schedule is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_two/2009-12-16

Title: Massage
Pairing: Lister/Rimmer
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Alas, not mine.
Notes: Written for the lovely smaych , who I hope is feeling much better. I hope you enjoy this. Lister muses on his relationship with Rimmer over a massage. I will freely admit this is just a little sappy.

( An unconventional relationship )

A big congratulations to HIGNFY for winning it's category at the British Comedy Awards last night. It's only won once before (back in '99) so that's pretty cool though I adore the other shows too so... :D Anyway, Alexander Armstrong apparently accepted it in person and Paul Merton made a ramshackle speech thing (very amusing how many people on Twitter thought he was drunk...) via video link-up at Neil Innes' birthday party in Ipswith with a few technical glitches.

Also, for some stupid reason, the extended episode is on Monday evening now. Because the snooker overran, so it seems. Anyway, yay.

Title: Savior
Part: 2/2 - Part 1 is here.
Pairing: Rimmer/Lister, Lister/Kochanski
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't even own the fictional series IX and X of Red Dwarf. I make no money from this fannish venture.
Spoilers: Takes place between VIII and Back to Earth.
Notes: Thanks to smaych and roadstergal for their excellent betas, with special thanks to the latter for contributing some fantastic ideas and lines!

( If Rimmer couldn’t be happy, he would at least prefer for the misery to be spread around a little. )

Title: Savior
Part: 1/2
Pairing: Rimmer/Lister, Lister/Kochanski
Rating: PG (with some raunchy implications)
Disclaimer: I don't even own the fictional series IX and X of Red Dwarf. I make no money from this fannish venture.
Spoilers: Takes place between VIII and Back to Earth.
Notes: Thanks to smaych and roadstergal for their excellent betas, with special thanks to the latter for contributing some fantastic ideas and lines!

( So much of being Ace was a puppet show, with himself as the puppet and a sentient computer and the ghost of a long-dead actual hero as the puppeteers. )

09/12/09 - Ian was on Fred MacAulay's show on Radio Scotland. It's now up on iPlayer for your listening pleasure. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but I assume it's to promote this year's Private Eye Annual. Anyway, enjoy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6w05/MacAulay_and_Co_09_12_2009/

Also, it appears he was also on BBC Breakfast but I haven't been able to find a link or a way to see it. Sorry!

Only know through tweets which tell me that someone was "sat in green room at the beeb with Ian Hislop. He's on his second croissant." Also, "BBC Breakfast's Bill Turnbull to Ian Hislop (who was plugging Private Eye's 2009 review book): "Do you bring out an annual every year?""

Title: *as above*
Rating: None
Pairing: Just Rimsy
Warnings: Much angst

Something I've been needing to get out of my system for some time. Apologies as it's not the most cheeriest of pics.

( Angsty Rimmer is Angsty... )

Title: Christmas
Rating: G
Pairing: More Lister/Rimmer friendship than proper slash.
Disclaimer: Not mine (but I’d love to find it underneath my Christmas tree. :P )
Summary: Lister’s thoughts towards the upcoming festivities.
A/N: Apologies to anyone looking for Red Dwarf centric Christmas cheer. You’re not likely to find it here. This fic came as a result of a conversation I had with ouroboros13 about Lister and Rimmer’s feeling towards Christmas and a collection of the more melancholy Xmas songs helped me write it. Concrit welcomed.
And if I don’t speak to you all before the festive season, have a good one!

( Lister hated Christmas )

Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, part one available now on BBC7!

The reading is by Chris Barrie, and he's doing it all by himself, so he gets to imitate the voices of the rest of the cast. It's a trip.

hello lovely people, I'm a bit of newbie to lj and this is my first reddwarf slash here so some gerbil faced optimism would be very much appreciated >cheesy grin<

Title: Thoughts
Rating: T
Disclaimer: None of the characters portrayed belong to me, unfortunately, I just borrowed them for a bit



You love him Lister, there’s no point in denying it. Why else would you watch him secretly at any given opportunity? Why else would your heart beat that bit faster when he’s near you, when you can smell his aftershave or feel his shoulder brush yours when he walks by? Why would you purposely wind him up, just so he’ll notice you, just so he’ll raise his voice the way he does and turn you on? What is it about him Lister? Why can’t you tell him?
Is there shame in loving another man, is that what you think, an enlightened 23rd century guy like you? Is it wrong to want to hold him, kiss him and be with him and feel his breath against your neck? Is it strange that love and hate can be so intimately intertwined, so that you can’t tell the difference anymore? Ambivalence I believe it’s called, not an easy emotion to control.
What would Cat and Kryten say, and would it even matter? More importantly, how would Rimmer react if you told him, Lister, what do you think he would do?
You know what you’d want him to do, you’d want him to pull you close to him and kiss you with a groan. You want him to steal your breath away and make your heart race. You know what you want him to do, Lister, you’ve thought about it a hundred times. You’re thinking about it now, after all this time, you still think about him. You miss him Lister. You had your chance and you blew it. He’s gone now, your too late. He’s Ace now, not Rimmer, and thinking about him won’t bring him back.
There’s not point losing sleep over it Lister, just go back to bed. Stop staring at his bunk and wondering and fantasising about what could have been. Maybe you’ll be lucky, he might visit you in your dreams, you could tell him you miss him and want him back. You could tell him Kochanski means nothing to you compared to him, she doesn’t hold a candle to him. You hardly notice her anymore.

He loved you too Lister, you know damn well he did. He never said anything, but his eyes told you a million times. He never told you Lister, because Rimmer was scared, scared that you’d laugh at him or abandon him. You could have told him it was alright, that you loved him too, but you didn’t, and do you know why? You’re a coward too.

Some eye candy/gasms from 'Red Dwarf: The Making Of' (for those who don't have the book). See it as an early xmas gift or whatever!

Enjoy ;)

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Some pics of Ian and Paul with various people - as found on MySpace... And yes, I am pathetic and rather liked that Paul said 'First night nerves, love" to Ian when doing the miming bit on HIGNFY because I like to take things out of context.

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**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**

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And finally some answers to some questions:

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Some pictures from the Private Eye 2009 signing thing at Selfridges yesterday...

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