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Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, author, poet, television presenter and radio DJ. He is best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, and Lloyd Mullaney in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street.
Charles first appeared on television as a performance poet, which led on to minor presenting roles. After finding fame in Red Dwarf, he regularly featured on national television, with celebrity appearances on many popular shows of the time, while he continued to host a wide variety of programmes. After a substantial setback in 1994, Charles re-established his career with a sell-out national tour of his poignant stand-up comedy act.
Charles notably presented the gladiator-style game show Robot Wars and narrated the comedy endurance show Takeshi's Castle. His acting credits include playing inmate Eugene Buffy in the powerful ITV drama The Governor, and leading roles in the British films Fated and Clubbing to Death. As well as starring in Coronation Street and occasional Red Dwarf series, Charles continues to host his Funk and Soul Show on BBC radio, and performs DJ sets at numerous clubs and festivals nationally.
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Craig Charles - filmography
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Red Dwarf X
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules
Director: Doug Naylor
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All six episodes from the tenth series of the BBC sci-fi comedy, following the interstellar exploits of Lister (Craig Charles), the last human in the universe, his hologram colleague Rimmer (Chris Barrie), android Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) and Cat (Danny John-Jules). In this series, Rimmer is torn ..read more »
 
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from 349 members
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Red Dwarf X - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules
Director: Doug Naylor
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All six episodes from the tenth series of the BBC sci-fi comedy, following the interstellar exploits of Lister (Craig Charles), the last human in the universe, his hologram colleague Rimmer (Chris Barrie), android Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) and Cat (Danny John-Jules). In this series, Rimmer is torn ..read more »
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from 323 members
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Red Dwarf - Back To Earth
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules
Director: Doug Naylor
Certificate: 
This feature-length episode of the popular sitcom, originally shown on TV as a three-part mini series, marks the return of the Red Dwarf crew after a break of ten years. Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryton (Robert Llewellyn) and Cat (Danny John-Jules) have aged but apparently not ..read more »
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from 2,462 members
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Red Dwarf - Series 7
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules
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All eight episodes from the seventh series of the cult BBC television sci-fi comedy, set on board the space vessel 'Red Dwarf, crewed by Dave Lister (Craig Charles), the last man in the universe, and the hologram of his dead colleague Rimmer (Chris Barrie). In 'Tikka to Ride', the crew travel back ..read more »
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from 9,155 members
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Fated
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Katrine De Candole, Craig Charles
Director: Nicola Scott
Certificate: 
Fantasy comedy drama set in Liverpool. Middle-aged art teacher Tatty (Angelis) is madly in love with French student Amy (Katrine de Candole). When she is run over and killed, he is distraught and builds a statue of her in the ruins of a derelict church. Thirteen years later, Tatty is reduced to the ..read more »
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from 19 members
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Asterix Conquers America
(1995)
Starring: Asterix the Gaul, Howard Lew Lewis, Henry McGee
Director: Gerhard Hahn
Certificate: 
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Asterix's village is thrown into turmoil when their potion-fixing druid Getafix is kidnapped by the Romans and catapulted off the edge of the world. It turns out that he has actually ended up in America, so Asterix (voiced by Craig Charles) and his chubby pall Obelix set off to rescue him.
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from 420 members
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Ghostwatch
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Mike Smith, Michael Parkinson, Craig Charles
Director: Lesley Manning
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Controversial BBC Halloween special from 1992. A fully-scripted drama which imitated the format of a live television broadcast taking place inside a haunted house, the show convinced many frightened viewers of its own reality and prompted a string of complaints. The hoax is made all the more ..read more »
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from 2,305 members
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Red Dwarf - Series 4
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Hattie Hayridge, Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles
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The entire fourth season of the sci-fi comedy. In 'Camille', Kryten finds love, while the crew battle a DNA beast in 'DNA'. In 'Justice', Rimmer is in deep trouble when the crew stumble across Justice World, where everyone is judged for their crimes. 'Dimension Jump' features an alternative ..read more »
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from 12,479 members
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Red Dwarf - Series 3
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Clare Grogan, Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles
Director: Ed Bye
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All six episodes from the third series of the popular sci-fi sitcom. In 'Backwards', the crew return to what they think is Earth, but find time is behaving oddly, and loads of things begin to un-happen. In 'Marooned', Lister and Rimmer find themselves stranded on an arctic moon with no food (except ..read more »
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from 13,094 members
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Red Dwarf - Series 5
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Hattie Hayridge, Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles
Director: Ed Bye
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The entire fifth season of the popular BBC sci-fi comedy set on board the mining spaceship Red Dwarf. In 'Holoship', Rimmer (Chris Barrie) falls in love with Commander Nirvanah Crane (Jane Horrocks), captain of a computer-generated spaceship. In 'The Inquisitor', Lister (Craig Charles)'s body is ..read more »
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from 12,159 members
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Red Dwarf - Series 1
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Clare Grogan, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules
Director: Ed Bye
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All six episodes from the first series of the popular sci-fi comedy. In 'The End' Dave Lister awakes from three million years in suspended animation to find he is the last living human being. 'Future Echoes' has the crew start getting glimpses of the future when Red Dwarf breaks the speed of light. ..read more »
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from 16,023 members
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Red Dwarf - Series 2
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Clare Grogan, Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles
Director: Ed Bye
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All six episodes from the second series of the popular sci-fi comedy. In 'Kryten' the crew of Red Dwarf answer a distress call from three woman survivors of a crashed spaceship, only to discover their long-dead bodies being waited on by android butler Kryten. 'Better Than Life' finds the crew ..read more »
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from 12,792 members
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Red Dwarf - Just The Smegs
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Hattie Hayridge, Robert Llewellyn, Craig Charles
Director: Ed Bye
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Comedy double bill. In 'Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups', sanitation Mechanoid Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) presents a compilation of out-takes from the popular BBC2 television series. The footage includes the un-transmitted ending for the final episode of Series 6, a selection of 'bloopers' by the crew of Red ..read more »
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from 1,600 member
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Red Dwarf - Series 8
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Chris Barrie
Director: Ed Bye
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Complete eighth series of the BBC sci-fi comedy, about Lister (Craig Charles), the last human in the universe, his hologram colleague Rimmer (Chris Barrie), android Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) and Cat (Danny John-Jules). In this series, the nanobots have completely rebuilt Red Dwarf and her crew, and ..read more »
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from 7,481 members
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The only convincing performances came from Parky and Craig Charles. But I am surprised that Michael Parkinson agreed to be part of such a load of ...
