The Outer Reaches of Human Imagination

Disclaimer: this is a personal post, and does not represent the views of the BBC. What do most people use YouTube for? Surely, EVERYBODY uses it for the exact reason I do: to watch lots of lovely old BBC2 continuity from 1992. Such as the below video, uploaded by Andrew Wiseman. The whole thing is well worth watching; I particularly like the trail for The Addams Family. Or perhaps I just like the idea of TV channels showing The Addams Family. But the interesting part of this video for our purposes today is right at the beginning: it starts with the original network continuity into the Red Dwarf episode “Holoship”, broadcast on the 20th February 1992. Sadly, the recording is not quite complete – some words are missing at the front – but it’s mostly there. Your announcer is Halyna Kozak. “…Red Dwarf return for another tour of duty around the outer regions of human imagination, proving that love can even conquer uncharted space.” A lovely announcement, for one of the most romantic…