Doug Naylor shares how they 'just sat down and wrote a hit Sitcom': Red Dwarf
Doug's time capsule is amusing, illuminating, and very personal
I loved Red Dwarf, even named our robot vacuum 'Scutter', so it was great to hear Doug and Mike talking about how it came about. This pod is a glorious eavesdrop into two mates chatting about their time working together (Spitting Image & a chart-topping song), Doug's childhood & trauma, and his writing and life since.
My Time Capsule - Ep. 532 - Doug Naylor
Doug Naylor is a British Emmy-award-winning television writer, best known as the co-creator of the iconic sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf for which he wrote or co-wrote all 74 episodes. He is also a Sunday Times bestselling novelist and an award-winning TV director.
He was one of the two Head Writers at Spitting Image during the series heyday and co-penned the number one single 'The Chicken Song', on which some bloke called Mike Fenton Stevens sang the lead vocal.
He is also the author or co-author of three best-selling Red Dwarf novels. His latest novel, Sin Bin Island, is his first children’s novel. Sin Bin Island mixes the classic adventure ingredients of a foreboding orphanage, compelling characters and intriguing mystery, with magic, a spot of surrealism and a whole heap of funny...
Doug Naylor is our guest in episode 532 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again.
Ep. 532 - Doug Naylor | My Time Capsule
The co-creator of the iconic sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf | reddwarf.co.uk
Rob and Doug would like to announce the Red Dwarf website is back up and running (well, staggering, but it'll get better) after what seems like 3 million years in stasis.
We'll be keeping you up to date with all things Red Dwarf - and other stuff too - starting with a new Red Dwarf Boxset which includes all the shows so far, released on October 6th, 2025...
Red Dwarf - The Official Website
The official website of Red Dwarf, the cult science-fiction comedy show
